I was honored to represent SAP and speak at "Vilnius Energy Forum", a high-profile event organized in Vilnius, Lithuania on November 7-8. The main theme of this gathering of more than 500 executives and professionals from energy industry was "Indepen...

     Three months ago I wrote that “Middle East Utilities go Smart very fast “. Shortly after I wrote this article two very important research papers were published by Forrester Research and Arc Advisory Group. Both were referring to the same very im...

Business goals and expected benefitsOil prices staying at low levels force governments of GCC countries to look for sources of additional income. Reducing state subsidies to electricity and water bills is one of the often mentioned options, although ...

Middle East countries are seen as paradise in terms of lack of taxes, cheap gasoline, and big cars with huge and powerful engines. Almost 21% of global oil production comes from The Middle East, 13% just from one country – Saudi Arabia, over 16% of p...