Author: Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book

Informed Decision Making

Corporate management is increasingly called upon to make complex critical decisions in short time frames. Consolidations within industries, competition to maintain competitive ... Read Article

Examining Business Process Outsourcing

What does next-level utility performance look like? The energy industry may be one of the most complex business environments, as it is ... Read Article

Using Service-Oriented Architecture to Transform Utilities

Since the 1970s, utility companies have grown principally through mergers and acquisitions. This industry consolidation has resulted in organizations with diverse business ... Read Article

Business Process Management in Energy

Forced to deliver expected shareholder returns in stagnant markets, energy utilities are turning their attention to performance improvement. The drive for operational ... Read Article

Making Decisions With Data

How well does a utility perform its distribution operations? The answer to that question depends in part on what you are trying ... Read Article

Must-Have Technology

High commodity prices and volatility are driving growth in energy trading as producers try to maximize their market share and profitability and ... Read Article

Let''s Take A Closer Look at Generation Operational Excellence

Accelerating world demand for energy, coupled with recent natural disasters, is driving and will continue to drive, gas, oil, coal and nuclear ... Read Article

How to Optimize Reliability in Utility Networks

While reliability is perhaps one of the most watched performance indicators in the utilities industry today, improvement efforts are often based on ... Read Article

The New (Nuclear Power) Generation

During the relatively quiet period of nuclear power development over the last 15 years, there has been a consolidation of expertise in ... Read Article

Asset Management – Do You Know Your Risk?

Asset management is the focus for most utilities, primarily because of cost pressures resulting from the limited availability of capital and O&M ... Read Article

Let the Sun Shine

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) works to ensure California’s energy supply is safe, reliable and reasonably priced. In the aftermath of ... Read Article

Q&A with Brian Gramer: Marketing Automation Software Allows Companies to Manage, Design, Automate and Analyze Integrated Marketing Campaigns

Marketing automation software allows you to perform both campaign management and execution. It helps marketing executives plan, create, manage, execute,automate, track and ... Read Article

Q&A with Chris Thomas: We Are Close to Connecting the Last Mile

Chris S. Thomas explains how close we are to connecting the last mile. Chris S. Thomas Intel Corporation Chief Strategist, Director of ... Read Article

Power Tools

Sometimes even the simplest tasks can only be performed using the right tools. There's no point in using a chain saw when ... Read Article

Optimized for the Future: Q & A with Noah Elkin

Noah Elkin is the director of industry relations at iCrossing, which was recently named Best Search Agency of 2005 by industry trade ... Read Article
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