This document discusses trends towards vertical integration among E&P operators. Some drivers include pricing pressures from supply/demand fundamentals and challenges securing supply from service companies. Several mid-sized operators are pursuing vertical integration strategies to varying degrees across services like pressure pumping, proppant, coiled tubing and drilling rigs. Case studies of Pioneer and Southwestern Energy's integration approaches are provided.
PacWest FracDB Capabilities: A Sophisticated Market Analysis ToolAlexander Robart
The FracDB is the first database of US frac activity available on the market. It provides highly granular data around every aspect of frac operations including pumpers, chemicals, proppant, etc. It is an extremeley powerful tool for the sophisticated analyst to analyze and understand the frac market.
PacWest is a leading consulting firm with deep expertise in the oilfield and unconventionals/shale. In addition to our strategic advisory and consulting services, we offer a collection of market intelligence products focused on the shale and unconventional supply market and industry trends.
The document summarizes the current state of the supply chain for hydraulic fracturing services, proppant, guar gum, and water in the Eagle Ford shale play. It finds that constraints have eased as the supply chain has caught up to increased demand from rising rig counts. Specifically, there is now an oversupply of fracturing services and proppant. Guar gum and water availability have also improved. The document forecasts that utilization rates for fracturing services will continue to fall through 2013, driving down prices across the major US plays including the Eagle Ford.
E&P Operator Trends to Vertical Integration: Service Company Threat?Alexander Robart
What do recent E&P operator trends towards vertical integration across pressure pumping, drilling rigs, logistics, frac sand, and coiled tubing mean for service companies? Is this a strategic threat or a short-term trend fad?
PacWest is a leading consulting firm with deep expertise in the oilfield and unconventionals/shale. In addition to our strategic advisory and consulting services, we offer a collection of market intelligence products focused on the shale and unconventional supply market and industry trends.
HMS Group Investor Presentation June 2011HMS Group
HMS Group is a leading provider of flow control solutions in Russia and the CIS. In the first quarter of 2011:
- Revenue increased 84% year-over-year to Rub 7,051 million
- EBITDA grew 269% to Rub 1,588 million, with the margin expanding to 22.5%
- Net income increased significantly to Rub 991 million from a net loss in the prior year period
John Hopper presented at the Deutsche Bank High Yield Conference on September 28, 2005. The presentation summarized El Paso Corporation's progress in turning around its business, reducing debt, and positioning itself for future growth. Key points included stabilizing production, focusing more investment onshore, improving the Texas Gulf Coast business, and having significant leverage to rising natural gas prices in 2006. Cost reductions were also continuing across the company. The presentation demonstrated that El Paso had made rapid progress in its turnaround.
Doug Foshee, President and CEO of El Paso Corporation, presented at an annual investor conference on September 20, 2005. He summarized that El Paso has made significant progress in turning the company around, reducing net debt from $20.5 billion to $15.9 billion through asset sales and debt reduction. Production has stabilized at around 900 million cubic feet equivalent per day, and the company is well positioned with natural gas assets. El Paso expects substantial leverage to higher natural gas prices in 2006, with every $1 increase in gas prices above $5 providing around $200 million in additional cash flow.
SPX provided guidance for 2009 in light of an uncertain global economic environment. It expects organic revenue to decline 5% but sees long-term growth of 4-6%. SPX will focus restructuring efforts in 2009, targeting $65M in actions to reduce its global workforce by around 10%. Guidance for 2009 EPS is $5.40-$5.80 and free cash flow is $230-$270M, assuming a continued global economic recession with 1% GDP growth.
PacWest FracDB Capabilities: A Sophisticated Market Analysis ToolAlexander Robart
The FracDB is the first database of US frac activity available on the market. It provides highly granular data around every aspect of frac operations including pumpers, chemicals, proppant, etc. It is an extremeley powerful tool for the sophisticated analyst to analyze and understand the frac market.
PacWest is a leading consulting firm with deep expertise in the oilfield and unconventionals/shale. In addition to our strategic advisory and consulting services, we offer a collection of market intelligence products focused on the shale and unconventional supply market and industry trends.
The document summarizes the current state of the supply chain for hydraulic fracturing services, proppant, guar gum, and water in the Eagle Ford shale play. It finds that constraints have eased as the supply chain has caught up to increased demand from rising rig counts. Specifically, there is now an oversupply of fracturing services and proppant. Guar gum and water availability have also improved. The document forecasts that utilization rates for fracturing services will continue to fall through 2013, driving down prices across the major US plays including the Eagle Ford.
E&P Operator Trends to Vertical Integration: Service Company Threat?Alexander Robart
What do recent E&P operator trends towards vertical integration across pressure pumping, drilling rigs, logistics, frac sand, and coiled tubing mean for service companies? Is this a strategic threat or a short-term trend fad?
PacWest is a leading consulting firm with deep expertise in the oilfield and unconventionals/shale. In addition to our strategic advisory and consulting services, we offer a collection of market intelligence products focused on the shale and unconventional supply market and industry trends.
HMS Group Investor Presentation June 2011HMS Group
HMS Group is a leading provider of flow control solutions in Russia and the CIS. In the first quarter of 2011:
- Revenue increased 84% year-over-year to Rub 7,051 million
- EBITDA grew 269% to Rub 1,588 million, with the margin expanding to 22.5%
- Net income increased significantly to Rub 991 million from a net loss in the prior year period
John Hopper presented at the Deutsche Bank High Yield Conference on September 28, 2005. The presentation summarized El Paso Corporation's progress in turning around its business, reducing debt, and positioning itself for future growth. Key points included stabilizing production, focusing more investment onshore, improving the Texas Gulf Coast business, and having significant leverage to rising natural gas prices in 2006. Cost reductions were also continuing across the company. The presentation demonstrated that El Paso had made rapid progress in its turnaround.
Doug Foshee, President and CEO of El Paso Corporation, presented at an annual investor conference on September 20, 2005. He summarized that El Paso has made significant progress in turning the company around, reducing net debt from $20.5 billion to $15.9 billion through asset sales and debt reduction. Production has stabilized at around 900 million cubic feet equivalent per day, and the company is well positioned with natural gas assets. El Paso expects substantial leverage to higher natural gas prices in 2006, with every $1 increase in gas prices above $5 providing around $200 million in additional cash flow.
SPX provided guidance for 2009 in light of an uncertain global economic environment. It expects organic revenue to decline 5% but sees long-term growth of 4-6%. SPX will focus restructuring efforts in 2009, targeting $65M in actions to reduce its global workforce by around 10%. Guidance for 2009 EPS is $5.40-$5.80 and free cash flow is $230-$270M, assuming a continued global economic recession with 1% GDP growth.
Chevron at Barclays Capital 2009 CEO Energy/Power Conferenceinvestorrelation
Pat Yarrington, CFO of Chevron Corporation, presented at the 2009 Barclays Capital CEO Energy/Power Conference in New York City on September 9, 2009. He discussed Chevron's strategic advantages including its leading exploration performance, top portfolio of projects, strong project execution track record, and engineering and technology leadership. Yarrington also highlighted Chevron's financial strength and focus on cost reduction during the current economic environment.
John Watson, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development at Chevron, presented at the Merrill Lynch Global Energy Large Cap Conference in New York City on December 2, 2008. In his presentation, Watson discussed Chevron's strategic focus on growing its upstream business and improving returns in its downstream business. He highlighted several of Chevron's major capital projects and emphasized the company's financial strength and track record of delivering returns to shareholders.
CSP technologies are approaching commercial markets but still need support to fully enter the mainstream market. The market potential is large but structured programs are needed to move CSP through commercial validation, niche markets, market expansion, and full market acceptance. Subsidies and policies will be important to establish virtuous cycles of increasing production, declining costs, and broader market adoption. Key factors like capital costs, risks, and competing fuels present barriers, but policy tools can help address these and establish markets for CSP around the world and in target regions.
Barclays Capital Industrial Select Conferencefinance40
SPX provides guidance for 2009 financial results amid an uncertain global economic environment. It expects organic revenue to decline 5% to be flat compared to 2008. Key segments like tools and diagnostics and general industrial are expected to decline the most. SPX will focus restructuring efforts in 2009, targeting $65 million in actions to reduce workforce by around 10%. Guidance forecasts challenges from slowing end markets but SPX is well-positioned with a disciplined strategy and $3.4 billion backlog.
PennVirginiaCorp Investors Presentation May 2011PennVirginiaCorp
Penn Virginia Corporation is investing more capital in oil and natural gas liquids plays. It plans to spend $320-370 million on capital expenditures in 2011, with 77% directed towards oil and liquids-rich projects. The company maintains a diversified portfolio of assets concentrated in several core operating regions, including the Eagle Ford shale, where it is continuing to build its acreage position and drill its multi-year inventory of locations. Penn Virginia aims to generate value through a track record of growth, high-quality operating assets, and a focus on rate-of-return based capital allocation decisions.
This document provides an overview of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.'s presentation at the KeyBanc Capital Markets Basic Materials and Packaging Conference on September 11, 2008. It discusses Reliance's company profile, recent acquisitions including PNA Group, growth strategy through acquisitions, financial results, and key investment highlights. The document contains forward-looking statements and non-GAAP financial measures with required reconciliations.
McDermott provided an overview of its business and discussed key focus areas including:
1) Integrating the cultures of McDermott and CB&I to create a unified culture focused on safety, customer engagement, and fixed-price contracting.
2) Demonstrating discipline in risk management and project execution through a centralized bidding process and consistency across engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation.
3) Updating on the Freeport and Cameron LNG projects, where no new project charges were recorded in Q2 2018 and changes in personnel and plans have started to show results.
Georgia has significant potential to expand its hydropower generation capacity to meet both domestic demand growth and export opportunities. Domestic demand for electricity is projected to increase by 65% by 2020 due to economic growth. Georgia can also export excess hydropower generation as surrounding countries like Turkey and Russia are expected to face power deficits. Georgia's hydropower generation costs are very competitive internationally, around 50% lower than in Turkey. Planned transmission line upgrades will further facilitate power exports. With only 65% of its viable hydropower potential currently exploited, Georgia is well-positioned to capture opportunities from growing regional energy demand.
More excitement ahead. The eventual award of the RM1.3b Pahang-
Selangor raw water transfer tunnel works on 28 Apr confirms that the
new administration sees the urgency for construction in stimulating the
economy. Langat 2 should be next in the limelight, together with the
massive Klang Valley LRT system. We expect more positive news flow
over the near-term. Continue to Overweight Construction.
Langat 2 next. Langat 2, the downstream portion of the water transfer
project, comprises a 2,180 mld treatment plant and the distribution
pipelines. The estimated RM5b construction contract was awarded in
Feb ’08 to Kumpulan Darul Ehsan, which holds 60% of Kumpulan
Perangsang Selangor (KPS). As KPS does not have a major
construction arm, we think that potential beneficiaries are Gamuda, Loh
& Loh and Taliworks, which have had working experience with, and/or
are affiliated to KPS via shareholdings.
Klang Valley LRT to follow. Local companies have been invited to
submit “expressions of interest” for the LRT extension and upgrading
works, with the government keen to see construction works start within
the next 3-4 months, according to today’s Edge. The extension works
could cost RM7b, including RM1b to buy rolling stocks. Our view is that
the project may be parcelled out and experienced contractors like IJM,
Gamuda, UEM Builders and YTL Corp may bid as turnkey contractors.
Overweight Construction. We continue to expect mid-sized projects
to lead the momentum of construction sector recovery under the fiscal
stimulus. Meanwhile, the inter-state water transfer (including Langat 2)
and Klang Valley LRT extension are also two priority projects under the
9th Malaysia Plan with works expected to start before the decade turns.
IJM, WCT and HSL remain on our Buy list. Meanwhile, Gamuda is a
strong contender for the two mega water and LRT projects. Our Hold
call on the stock is under review, with upward revision potential.
Overview of PacWest's ground-breaking FracDB product, a propietary database containing detailed chemical and technical information from nearly 10,000 fracs, starting from January 2011.
NetSol Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTWK) is a worldwide provider of IT and enterprise software solutions primarily serving the global leasing and financing industry. The Company’s suite of applications are backed by 40 years of domain expertise and supported by a committed team of more than 1000 professionals placed in eight strategically located support and delivery centers throughout the world.
8over8 provides contract management software called ProCon to help large capital projects improve performance and profitability. ProCon offers complete contract control through structured communication exchanges, early risk identification, and an audit trail to help avoid claims. It has helped customers like Shell and Woodside save over $60-100 million on average on $2 billion projects through improved governance, transparency and risk management.
This document discusses sourcing investors and strategic partners for infrastructure projects. It explains that InduStreams has a large network of investors, operators, and cargo owners as well as insight into both industries. InduStreams can identify the most relevant investors and executives for a project, introduce the proposition, and facilitate securing an agreement, typically through a three step process of understanding needs, engagement, and finding 3-5 high relevance investors or partners.
This document discusses a review of the retail market and supplier performance conducted by Strategic Horizons. It provides background on Strategic Horizons and its joint venture @TheCoalFace Review, which brings together skills and experience from consumer goods, retail directors, and market research. The review aims to gather insights from retailers and suppliers on key priorities and issues, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and develop action plans to help businesses prepare for future growth. The structure assesses relationship management, supply chain, brand development, personnel quality, and customer management. Benefits for retailers include benchmarking competitive strengths and leveraging trading relationships. Benefits for suppliers include understanding customer priorities and engaging more effectively.
- InduStreams helps identify relevant investors and strategic partners for infrastructure, port, and asset owners seeking funding.
- They have a large network of global investors, operators, and cargo owners as well as insight into the industries and communities.
- Their process involves understanding the client's situation/needs, engaging them through an agreement, and fast-tracking to find 3-5 high relevance investors/partners.
Core analysis:State of SDN-NFV in wireless networks 2014Patrick Lopez
This document discusses SDN and NFV in mobile networks. It provides background on Core Analysis, which provides consultancy services on over-the-top video. The document summarizes AT&T's challenges around rapidly increasing network traffic. It then discusses why SDN and NFV are needed in wireless networks to address issues like monolithic infrastructure. The rest of the document outlines the state of NFV orchestration, ETSI's NFV architecture, breakdowns of NFV proofs-of-concept, and a roadmap for virtualized network functions in wireless networks.
Shell launched a large IT infrastructure outsourcing program to lower costs, drive efficiency, and focus more on business needs. Working with ISG, Shell developed a sourcing strategy and delivery model using multiple service providers. This included issuing an RFP, evaluating responses, and selecting preferred providers AT&T, T-Systems, and EDS. The program transitioned services on time and within budget, resulting in estimated cost savings and improved agility for Shell.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Steven P. Eschbach, Vice President of Investor Relations for Midwest Utilities Seminar. The presentation provides an overview of Integrys Energy Group, a leading Midwest energy company serving over 2 million customers. Key points included Integrys' goals of long-term shareholder value and earnings growth, its diverse regulated utility businesses across six states, ongoing capital investment including the Weston 4 power plant project, and guidance for 2008 financial performance.
This presentation provides an overview of AVEVA’s contract management solution, ProCon, a contract risk-management solution that helps owner operators manage contractors to ensure on time and on budget delivery for capital projects.
Discover how AVEVA can transform your business at www.aveva.com or contact the team directly at http://www.aveva.com/en/Contact/
Chevron at Barclays Capital 2009 CEO Energy/Power Conferenceinvestorrelation
Pat Yarrington, CFO of Chevron Corporation, presented at the 2009 Barclays Capital CEO Energy/Power Conference in New York City on September 9, 2009. He discussed Chevron's strategic advantages including its leading exploration performance, top portfolio of projects, strong project execution track record, and engineering and technology leadership. Yarrington also highlighted Chevron's financial strength and focus on cost reduction during the current economic environment.
John Watson, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development at Chevron, presented at the Merrill Lynch Global Energy Large Cap Conference in New York City on December 2, 2008. In his presentation, Watson discussed Chevron's strategic focus on growing its upstream business and improving returns in its downstream business. He highlighted several of Chevron's major capital projects and emphasized the company's financial strength and track record of delivering returns to shareholders.
CSP technologies are approaching commercial markets but still need support to fully enter the mainstream market. The market potential is large but structured programs are needed to move CSP through commercial validation, niche markets, market expansion, and full market acceptance. Subsidies and policies will be important to establish virtuous cycles of increasing production, declining costs, and broader market adoption. Key factors like capital costs, risks, and competing fuels present barriers, but policy tools can help address these and establish markets for CSP around the world and in target regions.
Barclays Capital Industrial Select Conferencefinance40
SPX provides guidance for 2009 financial results amid an uncertain global economic environment. It expects organic revenue to decline 5% to be flat compared to 2008. Key segments like tools and diagnostics and general industrial are expected to decline the most. SPX will focus restructuring efforts in 2009, targeting $65 million in actions to reduce workforce by around 10%. Guidance forecasts challenges from slowing end markets but SPX is well-positioned with a disciplined strategy and $3.4 billion backlog.
PennVirginiaCorp Investors Presentation May 2011PennVirginiaCorp
Penn Virginia Corporation is investing more capital in oil and natural gas liquids plays. It plans to spend $320-370 million on capital expenditures in 2011, with 77% directed towards oil and liquids-rich projects. The company maintains a diversified portfolio of assets concentrated in several core operating regions, including the Eagle Ford shale, where it is continuing to build its acreage position and drill its multi-year inventory of locations. Penn Virginia aims to generate value through a track record of growth, high-quality operating assets, and a focus on rate-of-return based capital allocation decisions.
This document provides an overview of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.'s presentation at the KeyBanc Capital Markets Basic Materials and Packaging Conference on September 11, 2008. It discusses Reliance's company profile, recent acquisitions including PNA Group, growth strategy through acquisitions, financial results, and key investment highlights. The document contains forward-looking statements and non-GAAP financial measures with required reconciliations.
McDermott provided an overview of its business and discussed key focus areas including:
1) Integrating the cultures of McDermott and CB&I to create a unified culture focused on safety, customer engagement, and fixed-price contracting.
2) Demonstrating discipline in risk management and project execution through a centralized bidding process and consistency across engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation.
3) Updating on the Freeport and Cameron LNG projects, where no new project charges were recorded in Q2 2018 and changes in personnel and plans have started to show results.
Georgia has significant potential to expand its hydropower generation capacity to meet both domestic demand growth and export opportunities. Domestic demand for electricity is projected to increase by 65% by 2020 due to economic growth. Georgia can also export excess hydropower generation as surrounding countries like Turkey and Russia are expected to face power deficits. Georgia's hydropower generation costs are very competitive internationally, around 50% lower than in Turkey. Planned transmission line upgrades will further facilitate power exports. With only 65% of its viable hydropower potential currently exploited, Georgia is well-positioned to capture opportunities from growing regional energy demand.
More excitement ahead. The eventual award of the RM1.3b Pahang-
Selangor raw water transfer tunnel works on 28 Apr confirms that the
new administration sees the urgency for construction in stimulating the
economy. Langat 2 should be next in the limelight, together with the
massive Klang Valley LRT system. We expect more positive news flow
over the near-term. Continue to Overweight Construction.
Langat 2 next. Langat 2, the downstream portion of the water transfer
project, comprises a 2,180 mld treatment plant and the distribution
pipelines. The estimated RM5b construction contract was awarded in
Feb ’08 to Kumpulan Darul Ehsan, which holds 60% of Kumpulan
Perangsang Selangor (KPS). As KPS does not have a major
construction arm, we think that potential beneficiaries are Gamuda, Loh
& Loh and Taliworks, which have had working experience with, and/or
are affiliated to KPS via shareholdings.
Klang Valley LRT to follow. Local companies have been invited to
submit “expressions of interest” for the LRT extension and upgrading
works, with the government keen to see construction works start within
the next 3-4 months, according to today’s Edge. The extension works
could cost RM7b, including RM1b to buy rolling stocks. Our view is that
the project may be parcelled out and experienced contractors like IJM,
Gamuda, UEM Builders and YTL Corp may bid as turnkey contractors.
Overweight Construction. We continue to expect mid-sized projects
to lead the momentum of construction sector recovery under the fiscal
stimulus. Meanwhile, the inter-state water transfer (including Langat 2)
and Klang Valley LRT extension are also two priority projects under the
9th Malaysia Plan with works expected to start before the decade turns.
IJM, WCT and HSL remain on our Buy list. Meanwhile, Gamuda is a
strong contender for the two mega water and LRT projects. Our Hold
call on the stock is under review, with upward revision potential.
Overview of PacWest's ground-breaking FracDB product, a propietary database containing detailed chemical and technical information from nearly 10,000 fracs, starting from January 2011.
NetSol Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTWK) is a worldwide provider of IT and enterprise software solutions primarily serving the global leasing and financing industry. The Company’s suite of applications are backed by 40 years of domain expertise and supported by a committed team of more than 1000 professionals placed in eight strategically located support and delivery centers throughout the world.
8over8 provides contract management software called ProCon to help large capital projects improve performance and profitability. ProCon offers complete contract control through structured communication exchanges, early risk identification, and an audit trail to help avoid claims. It has helped customers like Shell and Woodside save over $60-100 million on average on $2 billion projects through improved governance, transparency and risk management.
This document discusses sourcing investors and strategic partners for infrastructure projects. It explains that InduStreams has a large network of investors, operators, and cargo owners as well as insight into both industries. InduStreams can identify the most relevant investors and executives for a project, introduce the proposition, and facilitate securing an agreement, typically through a three step process of understanding needs, engagement, and finding 3-5 high relevance investors or partners.
This document discusses a review of the retail market and supplier performance conducted by Strategic Horizons. It provides background on Strategic Horizons and its joint venture @TheCoalFace Review, which brings together skills and experience from consumer goods, retail directors, and market research. The review aims to gather insights from retailers and suppliers on key priorities and issues, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and develop action plans to help businesses prepare for future growth. The structure assesses relationship management, supply chain, brand development, personnel quality, and customer management. Benefits for retailers include benchmarking competitive strengths and leveraging trading relationships. Benefits for suppliers include understanding customer priorities and engaging more effectively.
- InduStreams helps identify relevant investors and strategic partners for infrastructure, port, and asset owners seeking funding.
- They have a large network of global investors, operators, and cargo owners as well as insight into the industries and communities.
- Their process involves understanding the client's situation/needs, engaging them through an agreement, and fast-tracking to find 3-5 high relevance investors/partners.
Core analysis:State of SDN-NFV in wireless networks 2014Patrick Lopez
This document discusses SDN and NFV in mobile networks. It provides background on Core Analysis, which provides consultancy services on over-the-top video. The document summarizes AT&T's challenges around rapidly increasing network traffic. It then discusses why SDN and NFV are needed in wireless networks to address issues like monolithic infrastructure. The rest of the document outlines the state of NFV orchestration, ETSI's NFV architecture, breakdowns of NFV proofs-of-concept, and a roadmap for virtualized network functions in wireless networks.
Shell launched a large IT infrastructure outsourcing program to lower costs, drive efficiency, and focus more on business needs. Working with ISG, Shell developed a sourcing strategy and delivery model using multiple service providers. This included issuing an RFP, evaluating responses, and selecting preferred providers AT&T, T-Systems, and EDS. The program transitioned services on time and within budget, resulting in estimated cost savings and improved agility for Shell.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Steven P. Eschbach, Vice President of Investor Relations for Midwest Utilities Seminar. The presentation provides an overview of Integrys Energy Group, a leading Midwest energy company serving over 2 million customers. Key points included Integrys' goals of long-term shareholder value and earnings growth, its diverse regulated utility businesses across six states, ongoing capital investment including the Weston 4 power plant project, and guidance for 2008 financial performance.
This presentation provides an overview of AVEVA’s contract management solution, ProCon, a contract risk-management solution that helps owner operators manage contractors to ensure on time and on budget delivery for capital projects.
Discover how AVEVA can transform your business at www.aveva.com or contact the team directly at http://www.aveva.com/en/Contact/
This document provides an analysis of upgrading an operator's OCS platforms to support prepaid services and future business needs. It discusses maintaining two separate platforms (PMO) versus converging to a single platform (FMO). A cost model is developed to analyze the cumulative cost savings of each option over 5 years. The analysis finds that while FMO has higher initial CAPEX, the yearly OPEX savings improve the net present value and cost breakeven is achieved in 2Q 2019. FMO is recommended as the more cost effective approach long-term.
Managing the Flexible Workforce of the Future [Amsterdam]SAP Ariba
As business continues to move at light speed, companies are deploying flexible workforces that can be quickly engaged and on - boarded to keep pace. Behind the scenes, they need total visibility in order to optimize all areas of services procurement including complex spend, worker quality, corporate and external compliance and contingent workforce program efficiencies. And they need a new breed of technology to achieve this. Companies today need a Vendor Management System (VMS) that can easily integrate with other internal systems to enable a holistic view of both talent and spend.
Managing the Flexible Workforce of the Future - Fieldglass
Jim Brozny, Director of Account Services & Application Support, Fieldglass
Ariba Commerce Summit, Amsterdam 2014
Total contract control for rail projects mounir boemondIbrahim Al-Hudhaif
This document discusses complete contract control and the ProCon software. It provides an overview of traditional project challenges such as cost overruns and delays. ProCon provides complete contract control through standardized processes, a contract line item structure, an audit trail, and early warning indicators. It allows all stakeholders to make collaborative decisions and have transparency into financial health and contractual obligations. The document describes ProCon functionality and analytics that provide insights and connect decision makers. Customer testimonials show how ProCon has helped avoid claims, recover funds, and realize sizable cost savings.
APAC Data centre Service Provider landscape - FrostIQAjay Sunder
2017 FrostIQ – Asia-Pacific Data Center Service Providers
A comprehensive guide for industry CIOs and other decision makers, on the selection of best-in-class data center service providers in Asia-Pacific.
This is an abridged version of the FrostIQ presentation shared with our clients.
Incase you are a CIO/CTO/IT decision maker and are interested in knowing more on this Report and the Methodology , please feel free to drop me a note.
Solution Business As a Growth Area for Post Operators?Capgemini
The document discusses solution business as a potential growth area for postal operators. It begins with defining solution business as integrating products and services to address specific customer challenges and deliver measurable value. The document then outlines critical success factors and strategic options for postal operators pursuing solution business. It provides examples of potential solutions in areas like CRM and mobility. It also reviews the size of the CRM/document management market and trends. Finally, it proposes a modular approach for postal operators to establish "solution factories" and outlines an approach to defining solution portfolios.
The document summarizes a presentation given by Joseph P. O'Leary and Steven P. Eschbach at a Mid-Cap Utility Conference on March 25, 2008. It discusses Integrys Energy Group's goals of delivering long-term shareholder value and earnings growth. It provides an overview of Integrys' regulated utility businesses, the progress of integrating Peoples Energy, capital investment programs, and financial outlook. Guidance is given for 6-8% annual EPS growth and a projected 2008 EPS range of $3.33-$3.78.
TRANSFORMATION MED KANT OG MÅLBARE RESULTATERMicrosoft
Få indsigt i hvordan Welltec har implementeret omfattende Business Intelligence ud fra et ønske om at understøtte forretningsudvikling med dataanalyse og transparens. En proces som tillod højt implementeringstempo, detaljerede tilpasningsmuligheder og stor fleksibilitet – En proces med stærke kvaliteter der sikrede, at udfordringer blev tydeliggjort og øjeblikkelige forretningsbehov dækket.
Michael Krabbe, CFO, Welltec
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
High performance Serverless Java on AWS- GoTo Amsterdam 2024Vadym Kazulkin
Java is for many years one of the most popular programming languages, but it used to have hard times in the Serverless community. Java is known for its high cold start times and high memory footprint, comparing to other programming languages like Node.js and Python. In this talk I'll look at the general best practices and techniques we can use to decrease memory consumption, cold start times for Java Serverless development on AWS including GraalVM (Native Image) and AWS own offering SnapStart based on Firecracker microVM snapshot and restore and CRaC (Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint) runtime hooks. I'll also provide a lot of benchmarking on Lambda functions trying out various deployment package sizes, Lambda memory settings, Java compilation options and HTTP (a)synchronous clients and measure their impact on cold and warm start times.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
Northern Engraving | Modern Metal Trim, Nameplates and Appliance PanelsNorthern Engraving
What began over 115 years ago as a supplier of precision gauges to the automotive industry has evolved into being an industry leader in the manufacture of product branding, automotive cockpit trim and decorative appliance trim. Value-added services include in-house Design, Engineering, Program Management, Test Lab and Tool Shops.
"Scaling RAG Applications to serve millions of users", Kevin GoedeckeFwdays
How we managed to grow and scale a RAG application from zero to thousands of users in 7 months. Lessons from technical challenges around managing high load for LLMs, RAGs and Vector databases.
inQuba Webinar Mastering Customer Journey Management with Dr Graham HillLizaNolte
HERE IS YOUR WEBINAR CONTENT! 'Mastering Customer Journey Management with Dr. Graham Hill'. We hope you find the webinar recording both insightful and enjoyable.
In this webinar, we explored essential aspects of Customer Journey Management and personalization. Here’s a summary of the key insights and topics discussed:
Key Takeaways:
Understanding the Customer Journey: Dr. Hill emphasized the importance of mapping and understanding the complete customer journey to identify touchpoints and opportunities for improvement.
Personalization Strategies: We discussed how to leverage data and insights to create personalized experiences that resonate with customers.
Technology Integration: Insights were shared on how inQuba’s advanced technology can streamline customer interactions and drive operational efficiency.
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
How information systems are built or acquired puts information, which is what they should be about, in a secondary place. Our language adapted accordingly, and we no longer talk about information systems but applications. Applications evolved in a way to break data into diverse fragments, tightly coupled with applications and expensive to integrate. The result is technical debt, which is re-paid by taking even bigger "loans", resulting in an ever-increasing technical debt. Software engineering and procurement practices work in sync with market forces to maintain this trend. This talk demonstrates how natural this situation is. The question is: can something be done to reverse the trend?
The Microsoft 365 Migration Tutorial For Beginner.pptxoperationspcvita
This presentation will help you understand the power of Microsoft 365. However, we have mentioned every productivity app included in Office 365. Additionally, we have suggested the migration situation related to Office 365 and how we can help you.
You can also read: https://www.systoolsgroup.com/updates/office-365-tenant-to-tenant-migration-step-by-step-complete-guide/
"NATO Hackathon Winner: AI-Powered Drug Search", Taras KlobaFwdays
This is a session that details how PostgreSQL's features and Azure AI Services can be effectively used to significantly enhance the search functionality in any application.
In this session, we'll share insights on how we used PostgreSQL to facilitate precise searches across multiple fields in our mobile application. The techniques include using LIKE and ILIKE operators and integrating a trigram-based search to handle potential misspellings, thereby increasing the search accuracy.
We'll also discuss how the azure_ai extension on PostgreSQL databases in Azure and Azure AI Services were utilized to create vectors from user input, a feature beneficial when users wish to find specific items based on text prompts. While our application's case study involves a drug search, the techniques and principles shared in this session can be adapted to improve search functionality in a wide range of applications. Join us to learn how PostgreSQL and Azure AI can be harnessed to enhance your application's search capability.
Must Know Postgres Extension for DBA and Developer during MigrationMydbops
Mydbops Opensource Database Meetup 16
Topic: Must-Know PostgreSQL Extensions for Developers and DBAs During Migration
Speaker: Deepak Mahto, Founder of DataCloudGaze Consulting
Date & Time: 8th June | 10 AM - 1 PM IST
Venue: Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore
Abstract: Discover how PostgreSQL extensions can be your secret weapon! This talk explores how key extensions enhance database capabilities and streamline the migration process for users moving from other relational databases like Oracle.
Key Takeaways:
* Learn about crucial extensions like oracle_fdw, pgtt, and pg_audit that ease migration complexities.
* Gain valuable strategies for implementing these extensions in PostgreSQL to achieve license freedom.
* Discover how these key extensions can empower both developers and DBAs during the migration process.
* Don't miss this chance to gain practical knowledge from an industry expert and stay updated on the latest open-source database trends.
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"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
From Natural Language to Structured Solr Queries using LLMsSease
This talk draws on experimentation to enable AI applications with Solr. One important use case is to use AI for better accessibility and discoverability of the data: while User eXperience techniques, lexical search improvements, and data harmonization can take organizations to a good level of accessibility, a structural (or “cognitive” gap) remains between the data user needs and the data producer constraints.
That is where AI – and most importantly, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Model techniques – could make a difference. This natural language, conversational engine could facilitate access and usage of the data leveraging the semantics of any data source.
The objective of the presentation is to propose a technical approach and a way forward to achieve this goal.
The key concept is to enable users to express their search queries in natural language, which the LLM then enriches, interprets, and translates into structured queries based on the Solr index’s metadata.
This approach leverages the LLM’s ability to understand the nuances of natural language and the structure of documents within Apache Solr.
The LLM acts as an intermediary agent, offering a transparent experience to users automatically and potentially uncovering relevant documents that conventional search methods might overlook. The presentation will include the results of this experimental work, lessons learned, best practices, and the scope of future work that should improve the approach and make it production-ready.
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdf
PacWest E&P Vertical Integration Trends, Nov 2011
1. E&P Operator Trends to Vertical Integration
Strategic Threat to Service Companies?
Houston, Texas
November 14, 2011
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