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Reimagining your financial close: bottom line to the frontline

According to a survey by McKinsey, about 60 % of CFOs spend most of their time on traditional financial process and not enough time providing strategic and…


5 benefits to real-time supplier collaboration

5 benefits to real-time supplier collaboration

Commodity markets are volatile even without a pandemic. If you want to keep up with rapidly evolving markets, you need a way to collaborate with your ecosystem…


Energy trading and risk management without limits

Energy trading and risk management without limits

The energy market landscape has changed over recent years. Price volatility, an increase in supply and demand of gas (and LNG), geopolitical changes and drives…


Managing your energy business through market shocks

Managing your energy business through market shocks

The coronavirus affects energy markets in a few ways. First, travel restrictions due to containment efforts decrease demand for jet fuel for planes and…


5 Lessons from the coronavirus

5 Lessons from the coronavirus

On February 25, 2020, stock markets around the world plunged after multiple countries reported a surge of coronavirus cases, fueling concerns about new…


Breaking through the glass ceiling in the world of high-tech

Breaking through the glass ceiling in the world of high-tech

On March 8, 2020, we celebrated International Women’s Day. As I reflect on my own career, it amazes me that we have been celebrating women in the workforce for…


Navigate uncertainty with speed and agility

Navigate uncertainty with speed and agility

Reflect for a moment on an amazing feat recently accomplished in China, where thousands of people built a hospital in just 10 days. Creating a safe, functional…


Coronavirus infects commodity markets

Coronavirus infects commodity markets

Nothing demonstrates the volatility of commodity markets better than the title of this blog. In just a few days, the virus went from a serious problem in China…


How companies gain measurable value with Eka’s cloud platform

How companies gain measurable value with Eka Cloud Platform?

Promising value is easy. Delivering it can be challenging. When we created the Eka Cloud Platform, our goal was to deliver a platform that would enable our…