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Disruptive Technologies in Commodity Trading Markets
A ComTechAdvisory Report
THE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE AND
DISRUPTIVE CHANGES
A Summary View
For the last several years, the way CTRM and sup-
porting solutions are deployed has begun to shift
from traditional, on-premises deployments to the
cloud. ComTech has monitored, tracked and re-
searched this trend 1 from its inception and notes that
a majority of implementations now take place in the
cloud 2 – either as hosted in the cloud or as multi-ten-
anted, cloud-native, solutions. At the same time, the
way software is paid for has begun to shift from a
traditional perpetual license fee, customization fees,
annual support & maintenance to a recurring (month-
ly or annual) all-in usage fee. Unsurprisingly, our
current survey data shows that the respondents see
the migration to cloud and SaaS as having the most
potential impact on the industry over the next 12-24
months; and, with over 75% of those respondents
saying this is an area of greatest current investment,
it is the area that is most likely to continue to see in-
vestment in the near future (Figures 1 and 2).
Figure 1: Technologies Likely to Have Most Impact on Commodity Trading Over the Next 12-24months
Cloud/SaaS
Data Mining & Big Data
Automated Trading
Machine Learning/AI
Blockchain
Microservices
Opensource
Virtual and/or augmented reality
0%
10%
Significant Impact
1
2
20%
30%
40%
Some Impact
https://www.ctrmcenter.com/publications/reports/ctrm-cloud-research-report/
https://www.ctrmcenter.com/publications/reports/2016-2021-ctrm-market-outlook/
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50%
No Impact
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Don't Know
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