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How to Protect the Increasingly Vulnerable Energy Industry
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Learn how an integrated security intelligence platform provides the necessary components to help energy and utilities companies automate compliance and risk management, detect and manage threats, and protect the smart grid from both security breaches and cyber-attacks.
Posted: 24 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

IBM

Transforming Insight Into Action With Business Event Processing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores key business event processing capabilities that are helping energy and utilities organizations to manage instrumented and intelligent utility networks detect outages, improve grid security, and prevent fraudulent use of energy.
Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2009

IBM

Achieve Higher Quality Decisions Faster for a Competitive Edge in the Oil and Gas Industry
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: This brief resource profiles a storage and analysis approach that can help your organization meet the challenges of today's data-intensive business world and achieve a competitive edge. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 24 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Hitachi Vantara

Application Performance for Oil and Gas Seismic Analysis
sponsored by Dot Hill Systems Corp.
WHITE PAPER: The reference solution combines Dot Hill storage solutions, Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre, and Mellanox Infiniband to deliver a highly scalable and high performance infrastructure for oil exploration computing platforms, as well as other HPC applications.
Posted: 04 Apr 2014 | Published: 14 Mar 2014

Dot Hill Systems Corp.

Optimization Applications in the Energy and Power Industries - IBM ILOG Optimization White Paper
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows how mathematical optimization enables the rapid development and deployment of applications that address the energy and power industries’ most pressing issues, including climate change, grid utilization, market restructuring and Enterprise IT.
Posted: 14 Dec 2010 | Published: 14 Dec 2010

IBM

Realizing the Value of the Green Data Center by Integrating Facilities and IT
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and how systems management technologies contribute to green management.
Posted: 06 Oct 2008 | Published: 04 Oct 2008

IBM

HP Data Center Smart Grid: An HP Converged Infrastructure Innovation Primer
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: By helping your data center more accurately visualize and control energy use, you'll reclaim facility capacity and optimize energy use en route to reducing costs for your organization. Read this white paper for the details.
Posted: 10 May 2011 | Published: 10 May 2011

HP & Intel®

Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS - Meeting the Demanding Requirements in Specific Markets
sponsored by Xtore
WHITE PAPER: SAS technology has been proven to be the most versatile storage solution in data transfer and high performance. Read this white paper to learn about a solution that renders the necessary performance needed for your client's expanding market requirements.
Posted: 22 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2007

Xtore

Measuring the Business Impacts of Effective Data: Chapter One of a Three-Part Study
sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company
WHITE PAPER: This study of over 150 Fortune 1000 firms from every major industry or vertical explores issues associated with the lifeblood of today’s enterprises: data. The findings demonstrate the often dramatic impacts that even marginal investments in information technology can have when that technology addresses data quality, usability, and intelligence.
Posted: 02 Nov 2010 | Published: 02 Nov 2010

Sybase, an SAP company

Statoil Pumps up Production Levels through Information Sharing and 'Smart' Practices
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
WEBCAST: Diminishing petroleum reserves and increasing worldwide demand for oil and natural gas continue to drive complex challenges. Solutions require fresh thinking, rigorous research and carefully calculated investments. Watch the video to learn more.
Posted: 03 Mar 2008 | Premiered: Mar 1, 2008

TOPICS:  Oil Industry
IBM Line of Business

Monitoring Technological Processes at TANECO Oil Refinery with Kaspersky MLAD
sponsored by Kaspersky
CASE STUDY: TANECO, a Russian oil refinery, used Kaspersky's MLAD for critical process monitoring and anomaly detection. By analyzing historical data, MLAD built models to identify deviations, spotting issues like sensor errors. It offers early warnings and intuitive analysis tools, enhancing safety and transparency at TANECO's complex facility.
Posted: 29 Feb 2024 | Published: 01 Mar 2024

TOPICS:  .NET
Kaspersky

Big Data and Analytics Applied to Oil and Gas
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Companies that leverage data to optimise business processes will not only survive, but thrive during market downturns, and dominate the industry on the next upswing, this report from Quorum argues.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 19 Sep 2017

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

The Value of an Integrated System for the Oil and Gas Industry
sponsored by IFS
VIDEO: Organizations in the oil and gas industry tend to rely on a lot of specialist business applications, but a lack of integration can cause headaches for IT. This five-minute webcast explains how the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) approach can bridge the gap between specialist functionality and total integration.
Posted: 11 Jun 2013 | Premiered: 11 Jun 2013

IFS

Oil & gas and data analytics - A love story
sponsored by IBM
VIDEO: This video features a panel of expert speakers who dive into the unexpected love story between the oil industry and data analytics.
Posted: 24 Mar 2014 | Premiered: 24 Mar 2014

IBM

Oil & Gas - Connected Workplace Helps Oil and Gas Sectors Retain Talent
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
RESEARCH CONTENT: Why offering a superior workplace experience—and the ability to easily scale it—is key in a highly dynamic industry.
Posted: 17 Oct 2016 | Published: 17 Oct 2016

TOPICS:  IT Management
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Kaspersky Implements Industrial Cybersecurity project at Pavlodar Oil Refinery
sponsored by Kaspersky
CASE STUDY: Pavlodar Oil Refinery uses Kaspersky's cybersecurity to shield infrastructure. It offers malware defense, whitelisting, and network monitoring without operational disruption. "Kaspersky accomplished in full," states POCR's security specialist. Learn how Kaspersky defends against cyberthreats in our case study.
Posted: 14 Mar 2024 | Published: 14 Mar 2024

TOPICS:  .NET
Kaspersky

CW Middle East ezine July 2018
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EZINE: What more does a region need to be recognised as a technology leader than its very own valley, of the silicon variety? Where once only oil flowed down Saudi Arabia's economic valleys, tech has now taken a grip. Read in this issue about the country's ambitions in the tech sector.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 12 Jul 2018

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Kaspersky ups the level of Industrial Cybersecurity at KazMunayTeniz
sponsored by Kaspersky
CASE STUDY: Kazakhstan's KazMunayTeniz boosted cybersecurity by training staff in Kaspersky’s Industrial CyberSecurity, focusing on industry-specific threats and responses. This program sets a security framework and initiates a protective partnership. Explore how targeted education fosters development in the full case study.
Posted: 12 Mar 2024 | Published: 12 Mar 2024

TOPICS:  .NET
Kaspersky

Case Study - Petrobas
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Petrobras needed to accelerate data replication from offshore drilling platforms back to the corporate headquarters. Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras’ backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more.
Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

Riverbed Technology, Inc.

CW Middle East January-March 2020: Digital leads the way at Abu Dhabi oil giant
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EZINE: In this issue of CW Middle East, read how the UAE and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company have recognised that things will change as oil and gas resources dwindle. Digital technology, such as artificial intelligence, has been identified as a key driver for future industries.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Jan 2020

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Demystifying Big Data: Facts vs. Hype
sponsored by TechTarget Data Management
EGUIDE: What is "big data" and why is the IT industry talking about it so much? In this expert e-guide, discover what Gartner Inc. says about the emergence of a big data hype cycle.
Posted: 30 Sep 2013 | Published: 27 Sep 2013

TechTarget Data Management

Modernize Edge Computing In Oil And Gas With Red Hat And Intel
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how Red Hat and Intel combine leading microprocessor hardware and open source software to address edge computing challenges. Read the paper here.
Posted: 26 Mar 2024 | Published: 26 Mar 2024

TOPICS:  .NET
Red Hat and Intel

CW Middle East ezine January 2019
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EZINE: Oil may be the main fuel to the economies of the Middle East, but the region is trying to break from its reliance on the black stuff. This ezine has already featured articles about the UAE and Saudi Arabia diversifying their economies, with particular interest in fintech.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 04 Jan 2019

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Computer Weekly – 9 July 2013: The most influential women in UK IT
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we unveil our list of the 25 most influential women in UK IT, and talk to the winner - Tech City CEO Joanna Shields. We hear from oil giant BP about how it moved to a hybrid cloud environment. And we examine the changing nature of the outsourcing market and what it means for IT managers.
Posted: 08 Jul 2013 | Published: 09 Jul 2013

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

The people and digital technology transforming the Middle East
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EGUIDE: In this e-guide we feature an interview with a British Academic who is helping the UAE establish the world's first university focused on artificial intelligence. Also, find out in this eguide how Abu Dhabi oil giant ADNOC is adapting its business in the digital age, and how Bahrain is preparing itself as a fintech hub.
Posted: 28 Aug 2020 | Published: 28 Aug 2020

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Spotlight on the Middle East: Emerging IT economy
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EGUIDE: We focus on how countries in the Middle East region are trying to diversify their economies away from oil revenues. We look at how Saudi Arabia is trying to create their own version of Silicon Valley, how Dubai is trying to incorporate bitcoin into the property sector and how the UAE is trying to harness the power of artificial intelligence.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 29 May 2018

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Solution Brief
sponsored by HighByte
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Manufacturers and industrial organizations can produce more than a terabyte of data every day, but without the right tools and processes to refine that data, they are sitting on an abundant asset that cannot be leveraged in a meaningful way. Read on to understand how you can unlock the potential of industrial data for your organization.
Posted: 21 Dec 2023 | Published: 21 Dec 2023

TOPICS:  .NET
HighByte

Workplace Experience Proves Key in Oil and Gas Sector
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
RESOURCE: To retain workers demanding device and OS flexibility, companies increasingly turn to cloud-based productivity tools.
Posted: 06 Dec 2016 | Published: 06 Dec 2016

TOPICS:  IT Management
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Top 10 Middle East IT stories of 2021
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EGUIDE: The Middle East is about more than oil these days, with advanced technology industries developing across the region. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Middle East IT stories of 2021.
Posted: 01 Feb 2022 | Published: 01 Feb 2022

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Advanced Analytics Enable Process Manufacturers To Achieve Sustainability Goals
sponsored by Seeq
WHITE PAPER: For manufacturers, the solution to achieving sustainability goals lies in leveling up data analytics to adjust processes with an eye on minimizing emissions. However, is it possible to do so while maintaining profitability? Read this white paper to ascertain how this is possible and how to get started with advanced analytics in your company.
Posted: 21 Feb 2024 | Published: 21 Feb 2024

TOPICS:  .NET
Seeq

Royal Holloway: Lessons on catastrophe - differences and similarities between cyber and other forms of risk
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
RESOURCE: Cyber insurance is still in its infancy but has shown significant growth, with evidence for further expansion. However, a lack of past information and some idiosyncrasies make pricing difficult, as well as potentially amplifying risk exposure. This article summarises findings from a practical model that could be used in lieu of actuarial data.
Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 06 Jul 2020

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

CW Innovation Awards: Bharat Petroleum refines operations with a digital nerve centre
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EGUIDE: In this case study, learn how Bharat Petroleum's massive IoT project will enable the company to respond quickly to equipment failure or hazardous incidents, and provides a single view of the company's entire value chain.
Posted: 27 Apr 2021 | Published: 28 Apr 2021

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com