Note: Here’s a sneak preview of an upcoming announcement about a new website we’re launching. We are continuing to enhance and refine the listings, so if your company is not listed and you think it should be, or if you have any other feedback, just drop me or Gary Vasey an email, or […]

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2008 North American ETRM Market Analysis and Sizing ReportThis study provides the […]

It appears that SunGard Energy has chalked up another victory for ZaiNet with a major player in India. While SunGard is saying no comment, it appears the deal could be a sizable one…

I’ve talked to a number of the leading vendors of ETRM systems in the last few of days and most are reporting the market for new systems isn’t dead, but it has started to get a little lethargic. These software companies are saying that while their sales pipelines are healthy, they are having trouble […]

As many of you may know, we are in the process of conducting research into the impacts of the recent and ongoing market shifts on companies participating in the evolving commodity markets. We received very good response so far and a preliminary review of the data is providing some interesting, albeit, early insights into […]

An article in the Telegraph.co.uk paints a disturbing picture of the scientific bodies tasked with monitoring global temperatures and advance of “global warming”. The article, found here, points out some very serious flaws with a recent release from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in which they declared that this most recent October […]

Spam, the “potted meat product” of choice for survivalists everywhere is apparently in such demand that its maker, Hormel, is having a hard time producing enough.
I guess I’m going to be forced to load up on Vienna Sausages when stocking my own bunker. Apparently you can still get other “potted meats”, such […]

I had the opportunity to meet with the SunGard Energy executive team yesterday to get an update on their product strategy and development progress.
While I think SunGard would be the first to acknowledge past difficulties in reconciling a wide and sometimes conflicting product line, what I saw yesterday was an organization that’s operating in lockstep […]

It seemed that with their acquisition by ICE, Yellow Jacket had gone very quiet, almost dormant, other than their weather derivatives business. However, this morning, they’ve issued a new press release detailing a new product, YJ Block, which they describe as “an automated block-trade function that supports broker execution and submission of cleared over-the-counter […]

A couple of weeks ago, my associate Gary Vasey and I were in Geneva to attend EMart, the energy trading show. We stopped by one of the local bistros for lunch and were soon joined in the restaurant by an elderly couple and their friend. They all sat together at a table next […]