IFS started in the energy industry. Our five company founders famously pitched a tent outside the entrance to Barsebäck power station, and since then our solutions have consistently delivered value to organizations in the energy and utilities sector. Across Power Generation and Transmission & Distribution, as well as Water Supply & Treatment, our solution focus maps to the core business critical use processes in these industries….
As we stand back and reflect on 2019, I am immensely proud of what the IFS team has achieved in partnership with our customers. With many high-profile customers committing to upgrading to our latest version of IFS Applications, many going live within the year, and the high number of new tier-one players selecting IFS, validates…
Last year I predicted that energy companies needed to diversify or they would disappear. Renewable energies are no longer a plan for the future, they are a reality that make up a significant portion of our energy supply today. To compete, power generation companies are diversifying and investing in renewable energy. But this introduces fresh business management challenges alongside traditional methods of…
The cost-cutting and downsizing of the last few years in the mining industry is at an end. Now, with global demand for many commodities growing, mining companies and their ecosystem of suppliers are looking at how they can take advantage of this recovery – fast. Analysts are forecasting more investments than this industry has seen…
One of the more interesting pieces of news that came out this week is that the two biggest economies in the world have for the first time agreed targets to reduce Carbon Emissions. As reported in the NY Times and quoting David B. Sandalow, “For the world’s biggest emitters to be coming together and announcing…
When it comes to the end user, they don’t care if it’s IFS, SAP, Maximo or Oracle. They care about the service, and the experience with the application. These are not my words but the words of Seadrill, a leading offshore deepwater drilling company, and one of our longest-standing customers in the drilling industry. This…
“The lamps are going out all over Europe,” said Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey as the UK stood on the brink of the First World War. The British government today faces a similar, although more literal fear: of keeping on the lights during a period of unprecedented energy challenges. Just as the horrors of the…
