oil and gas

By Serhii Konovalov with Jon Judson and Julie Fink-White With almost a month behind us now into 2017, we are seeing the usual flurry of predictions and “What to Expect in the Oil & Gas Industry” articles across industry blogs and publications. With the shifting geo-political tides across the glo…

Collaboration is a hot topic in the manufacturing and energy industries for good reason. Efficient collaboration helps workers connect to expert resources faster and speed time to market. In short, it helps lower costs and improve profits.…

I often meet with customers about the first and easiest way to use IoT in an industrial domain: by deploying wireless technology. There is a lot of variety of Radio Frequency (RF) technologies being used in the industrial domain ranging from ZigBee to WirelessHART to WiFi to LoRa to LTE, etc. Unfort…

My role has always involved connecting with external partners and suppliers. Not knowing what platforms they used for video conferencing created a challenge, and often resulted in using an audio-only bridge. This meant I couldn’t see the people I was meeting with, and there was no opportunity to sha…

Schneider Electric and Cisco recently hosted their first industry Customer Advisory Board meeting on Smart Connected Pipelines, featuring representation from key major North American pipeline operators. The board appreciated that the technology met their highest needs and industry requirements, and…

Oil and gas executives are often asking these tough questions: Where is the oil industry going? How will it get there? How soon does it need to get there? I answered some of these points in a study I was proud to help create last year (A New Reality for Oil & Gas). I’m now pleased to announce…

In my role as Global Manager, Energy Market, I have seen changes due to threats like the shortage of expertise and falling oil prices. The current price for crude oil is at the lowest level in two decades (U.S. Energy Information Administration). Does this mean that there are no changes and opportun…

Here’s a great story of how one of our oil and gas customers is making use of a sophisticated video collaboration solution in the field to accelerate response to issues and make significant improvements in safety and overall communication, especially in hazardous areas. Petroleum Development Oman (P…

We’ll be at DistribuTECH for the seventh year in a row on February 9-11 at the Orlando Convention Center. Meet us in Booth #2047 to learn how we are working with our partners to help utility companies worldwide lower costs and deliver more services on a single, intelligent, and secure platform…