http://www.oilit.com/ Monthly headlines from Oil IT Journal. en-us The Data Room 2012 TDR VB Autocoder rss@oilit.com http://www.oilit.com/ http://www.oilit.com/2images/Buttons/logo.gif 120 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1210_1.htm A new book, BPM Boots on the Ground provides an unusual insight into the IT workings of a supermajor and traces the 30 year career of a business process practitioner. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1210_2.htm Euro 1.2 billion transformative deal sees 2500 employees transfer including legacy Robertson and Jason brands. New seabed joint venture announced. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1210_3.htm Oil IT Journal editor Neil McNaughton reports on a joint CDA/ECIM/PPDA initiative of a competency matrix for upstream data management. What do data managers really need to know? What should be the relationship with the IT department? 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Wed, 31 Oct 2012 24:00:00 +0100 http://www.oilit.com/2journal/2article/1210_30.htm Pervasives Dataflow programming engine tames the Hadoop/MapReduce beast. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 24:00:00 +0100