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Welcome

Keith Sidaway

Welcome to the Energy Channel of the UK Business Intelligence Network, dedicated to covering the business challenges facing the energy industry, and the use of business intelligence and information technology to address those challenges. This channel will provide insights into the variety of ways that business intelligence helps companies improve the unique challenges faced by the energy industry, from upstream E&P, midstream trading, downstream refining, as well as power generators, merchants and utilities. As market forces drive the need for change, progressive companies are recognizing that business intelligence enables a competitive edge that can positively impact bottom-line results.

I hope you find this channel helpful and relevant, and I welcome your input. Please send your comments, questions and/or suggestions to me at keith.sidaway@hp.com.

Articles

Will Messaging Infrastructures Ultimately Displace Older Information Integration Schemes? Part 2
by John Mehers
How does messaging technology fit within the broader area of business intelligence and information architectures?

Will Messaging Infrastructures Ultimately Displace Older Information Integration Schemes?
by John Mehers
This article explores business activity monitoring – reviewing the benefits of integrating BAM and BI architectures and considering if ETL technology remains a requirement for success.

Top 10 Trends in Business Intelligence, Part 2
by John Ruddy
What Do They Mean to the Energy Industry?
This article continues the discussion of the implications of the top 10 business intelligence trends.

Top 10 Trends in Business Intelligence, Part 1
by John Ruddy
What Do They Mean to the Energy Industry?
What are the implications of the top 10 BI trends for the energy sector?

Information Quality in Communication
by Larry P. English
As shown by last week’s tragic coal mining misinformation, ambiguous language must be avoided when reporting or communicating critical information.

News

Quorum Expands its Business Intelligence Footprint into the Energy Industry
Quorum has augmented its BI consulting services to include solutions for information management, dashboard management, and query, reporting and analysis.

SAP Unveils Solution for Energy Management
The release of this solution demonstrates SAP's ongoing commitment to delivering solutions to customers that enable a rapid return on investment and the implementation of sustainable business practices.

Aternity Launches Frontline Performance Intelligence Partner Program
FPI Partner Program is designed for vendors delivering products and services in the financial services, healthcare, energy, manufacturing and retail industries.

InforSense Virtual Machine Announced
InforSense Virtual Machine (IVM) can be effortlessly installed and is simple to maintain, eliminating the complexity typically found with traditional software installations.

Teradata and SAS Announce Strategic Partnership
Customers will be able exploit the best of both companies' core strengths.

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Spotlights

Companies highlighted in the spotlights serve the Energy industry.

Sid Probstein, Chief Technology Officer of Attivio streaming audio
Sid Probstein explains how Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) is powering the next generation of information access, integrating enterprise search and BI capabilities through its unique ability to combine structured data and unstructured content in one universal index.

Matthew Everett Krudop, Managing Partner of Intersect Solutions streaming audio
Matthew Everett Krudop explains how Intersect develops enterprise strategies to improve analytics or achieve data integration with the goal of mitigating the risk associated with data warehouse/business intelligence creation.

Brad Hopper, Senior Director, Industry Solutions for TIBCO Spotfire streaming audio
Brad Hopper describes TIBCO Spotfire Operations Analytics as a solution that combines BI and complex event processing to offer real-time, event-driven process improvement.

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Links

Petroleum Network Education Conferences
Philip C. Crouse and Associates, Inc. is an international petroleum and management practice founded 26 years ago by Philip C. Crouse. The company has specialized in unique engineering design projects in the exploration and production sector, market and engineering studies, project management, expert witness and technology research. Petroleum Network Education Conferences (PNEC) was formed in 1993 as a separate effort of Philip C. Crouse and Associates, Inc. This division of Philip C. Crouse and Associates, Inc. runs 100% owned petroleum conferences and provides conference and complex event management services to the wider international petroleum industry.

Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) is a not-for-profit professional association whose members are engaged in energy resources development and production. SPE serves 69,000-plus members in 112 countries worldwide. SPE is a key resource for technical knowledge related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry and provides services through its publications, conferences,workshops, forums, and website.

Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the science of geophysics and the education of applied geophysicists. SEG, founded in 1930, fosters the expert and ethical practice of geophysics in the exploration and development of natural resources, in characterizing the near surface, and in mitigating earth hazards. The Society, which has more than 25,000 members in 129 countries, fulfills its mission through its publications, conferences, forums, Websites and educational opportunities.