http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress A blog about energy trading and risk management Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:55:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CommodityPoint CommodityAlert Patrick Reames Though non-binding, a report released yesterday by the Bipartisan Policy Center should provide momentum toward the lifting the deepwater drilling moratorium currently in place in the wake the of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The BPC, a Washington based non-profit think tank was founded by four former Senators, ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/27/a-rational-look-at-the-plans-for-moving-forward-in-the-gulf/ In response to an earlier blog posting about Opportune's ETRM consulting practice that referenced sunsetting of ETRM systems, Stephen Schwarz, SVP of Product Management passed along a note saying, "Despite what some firms may be saying in the market, SunGard has no plans to discontinue support for the GMS product ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/20/sungard-says-they-arent-ending-support/ Quorum Business Solutions, Inc., recently announced that The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings had made what the company calls a "significant" capital investment in the company. While none of the parties disclosed the size of the investment, it appears that the new investors did pick up a majority interest in ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/19/the-carlyle-group-buys-into-quorum/ I met up with Marty Makulski this afternoon, one of two partners overseeing the Energy Supply and Trading practice at Opportune. Marty, who joined Opportune (along with fellow partner Don Jefferis) a little over 2 and half years ago, indicated that the company is seeing tremendous growth in the ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/18/opportune-seeing-big-opportunity-in-etrm/ Allegro has posted a number of new wins recently for their Allegro 8 product set. Allegro's announcements through the first half of the year include wins with both new and existing customers including Russian coal producer Suek AG, Source Gas, SouthWest Airlines, and Genesis Energy. You ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/13/allegro-increasing-market-momentum-for-allegro-8/ As I alluded to in an earlier blog posting, Micheal Schwartz, Triple Point's CMO, indicated that the company has seen record sales in the first half of 2010, with 20 new license deals done in the 2nd quarter alone, half of which were to existing clients of the company's products ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/12/triple-point-enjoying-strong-2010/ Matthew Simmons, one of the more colorful, and controversial, voices in the energy industry was found dead at his home yesterday in North Haven, Maine. Mr. Simmons was a frequent speaker at many industry events. Though he founded several successful companies, including Simmons and Co. International, he is ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/09/matt-simmons-found-dead/ A CommodityPoint CommodityAlert Patrick Reames Every company that trades commodities is using some type of system capture their trades, manage their positions, and account for the value of the trades. That's not to say that all the systems being used are created equal —they are most certainly not, after all a ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/06/ctrm-systems-are-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/ Press Release Brno, Czech Republic and Houston, TX—August 2, 2010—CommodityPoint, A Division of UtiliPoint International, Inc. focused on research, analysis and consulting around global wholesale commodity markets and trading & risk management technologies, has released a landmark report on alternative delivery mechanisms for Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) software. The ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/08/05/commoditypoint-releases-study-on-alternative-delivery-methods-for-ctrm-software/ I met up with Mike Muse, president of Woodlands Solutions, last week to get a look at the company's Phoenix ETRM product and catch up on the latest developments with the company. According to Mike, since they laid down the first line of code about a year and half ... http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/wordpress/2010/07/28/woodlands-solutions-strong-out-of-the-gate/