Software solutions must meet tracking, analysis, scheduling and reporting needs of energy business.

Technology is constantly evolving to meet the emerging needs of business. Things are no different in the energy industry,where the waves of change are transforming how almost every business function is conducted. With new regulations and requirements, as well as the shifts in how business functions are handled, more is being required of internal software systems. Gas and power transaction management and the ability to handle tracking, analysis, scheduling, reporting, and risk management is becoming increasingly critical to energy businesses.

Research and Markets announces the addition of the 2003 Energy Transaction Software Report to its offerings.

Technology is constantly evolving to meet the emerging needs of business. Things are no different in the energy industry,where the waves of change are transforming how almost every business function is conducted. With new regulations and requirements, as well as the shifts in how business functions are handled, more is being required of internal software systems. Gas and power transaction management and the ability to handle tracking, analysis, scheduling, reporting, and risk management is becoming increasingly critical to energy businesses.

These new business requirements are driving software vendors to add new features at an ever-increasing pace. New players have entered the market; old names have fallen by the wayside; function-specialization seem to be the emerging trend in the market. Distinguishing between the different vendors and software systems available has become a challenge to thoselooking to upgrade or invest in a new system.

Many vendors offer similar sets of functionality but use different approaches and methodologies to achieve similar goals. Once the choices are narrowed to the vendors meeting the functionality requirements, it is up to the buyer to perform due diligence to ensure those choices meet compatibility requirements of your current or future software systems.

This Energy Transaction Software Reports provide a starting point for your transaction software search. The report is designed to give a comprehensive overview of the specific features available from a wide number of vendor offerings for energy market participants.

This report is a benchmark analysis of 36 energy transaction software packages. It includes easy to read side-by-side comparisons on over 350 functionality points and graphs to help you quickly see which software contains the functionality you need. Also included, a section on company and service information submitted by the software vendors.

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