As natural gas becomes the energy commodity of the 21st century, pipeline operators face increased pressure to keep up with rapidly changing business requirements. A key area of concern is managing the ever widening gap between inflexible legacy pipeline transaction management systems and changing business requirements. This is because many natural gas pipeline operators have historically relied on in-house, custom developed, pipeline transaction management systems to conduct their business (contracts, scheduling & accounting).
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