ZE PowerGroup has been recognized by CIOReview Magazine as the recipient of “Top 100 Big Data Solution Companies - 2016,” based on our proprietary methodology, reflecting its position in the industry. This profile has been developed by the CIOReview research and editorial team based on insights from an interview with Dr. Zak El-Ramly, CEO.

ZE PowerGroup
A One-stop Shop for All Enterprise Big Data Needs

Dr. Zak El-Ramly, CEO

In the present enterprise scenario, there has been an inundation of digital data, flooding in from various sources like online surveys, social media, mobile devices, research agencies and a myriad of others—leading to data explosions. Amidst the influx of large pools of data, organizations are scrambling their way across the laborious and high cost tasks of data collection, management, analysis and integration. In an effort to counter the impediments that arise with data explosions, ZE, a veteran in this space with more than two decades of experience has been helping enterprises fulfill their varied data intensive business needs. “We provide tools to handle big data effectively and help customers understand the real-time market dynamics as fast as possible,” elucidates Dr. Zak El- Ramly, CEO, ZE.

The company helps solve data related business problems through its flagship solution, ZEMA. The solution provides a streamlined data collection service to give enterprises access to an unrivalled catalog of data sources and internal connectivity options. ZEMA offers extensive data coverage by collecting internal, public and private data from brokers, exchanges, system operators, weather providers, financial institutions, government agencies, and more. “With more than 600 unique data providers and over 4600 market data reports, the ZEMA data catalog is unrivalled,” remarks El- Ramly. Post data collection; the data repositories are normalized making the data uniformly consistent to enable a simplified analytic process. This data can then be transformed and transferred automatically and seamlessly to a wide range of enterprises’ downstream trade and risk systems, BI suites and ERP platforms for required insights. “ZEMA provides access to this information through the database, web services, scheduled jobs, messaging and push-based mechanisms letting users choose what works best for the company,” says El-Ramly.

In addition, ZEMA’s Market Analyzer, an advanced analytical tool, allows users to visualize and manipulate data to make better decisions. The tool supports simple or complex queries, a wide range of prebuilt and customized mathematic and statistical formulas and functions.

We provide tools to handle big data effectively and help customers understand the real-time market dynamics as fast as possible

“Users can view their results in interactive graphs, tables, export them to Excel, and share with other ZEMA users and systems across the company,” says El-Ramly.

ZEMA also allows companies to set corporate internal controls and monitors data usage to meet compliance requirements. ZEMA administrators secure and control corporate data by managing user permissions, reviewing usage patterns, and auditing system changes to promote data security and cost efficiency.

ZEMA’s integration capabilities make it easy to build on top of other enterprise applications such as ERP, BI, modeling tools and others. The company has worked with many Fortune 500 companies like Shell, Chevron Corporation, Cargill and CME and aided them with solutions for advanced data integration and business process automation. In one instance, ZE customized ZEMA for a client in the utility sector to automate the process of acquiring and managing data for asset optimization needs. On realizing the cost of maintaining an in-house big data system was high, the client decided to opt for ZEMA, which successfully became their own System of Records (SOR). The customer was able to add more data types like financial statements, customer data, market supply, market demand, and fx rates and then redistribute the data for better integration and analysis.

Forging ahead, “We are always innovating and looking out for new ways to perform better and generate faster results,” concludes El-Ramly.

ZE PowerGroup

ZE Cloud Recognized for Data Technology Innovation in 2023 Data Breakthrough Awards

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Prestigious International Awards Program recognizes ZE Cloud as winner of the “Cloud Enterprise Data Warehouse Solution of The Year” award

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - ZE PowerGroup Inc. announced that its ZE Cloud solution has been again selected as the winner of the “Cloud Enterprise Data Warehouse Solution of The Year” award in the fourth annual Data Breakthrough Awards program conducted by Data Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global data technology market today.

E Cloud is designed for performance, scalability, and high availability - and it’s designed specifically to host the breakthrough ZEMA™ platform. ZEMA is a data integration, management and analytics platform for heavy data-driven organizations that need to collect a massive array of business processes, including feeding and integrating with over 138 third-party downstream financial, business intelligence, modeling, risk, and trade systems. Users of the ZEMA platform are traders, risk managers, business analysts, and data scientists.

Data-driven organizations can now scale out transparently, scale up instantly and run continually without experiencing disruption or downtime.

The ZE Cloud offering is composed of Hosted Services and Managed Services and provides a turn-key solution for clients with access to the ZEMA’s platform and overall data management and integration solution. The ZE Cloud is considered as a Private and Dedicated Cloud solution for organizations that require high volumes of data aggregation flexibility, cost savings, security, and control for predictable workloads or customization requirements and data-driven businesses.

The ZE Cloud and ZEMA hosted data management and integration platform enjoys a unique breadth of data collection, end-to-end functionality in automating critical business processes, and a high volume of data processing including ZE Cloud pushing about 8.5 billion records per month to AWS.

“We are honored to receive this 2023 Data Breakthrough Award. Curve management has been identified as a strength of ZE and we are proud of the recent additions to our curve-building applications. With ZE Cloud and ZEMA data management capabilities, we can serve our customers respecting GDPR and other requirements for data sovereignty,” said Aiman El-Ramly, Chief Business Officer of ZE PowerGroup. “Originally we built the ZE Cloud for clients who were not comfortable with the public cloud and or the potential runaway costs, while still needing staff to manage it. ZE Cloud provides our clients with a complete converged Cloud platform that provides simplicity, integration, and manageability for all their data management needs.”

The annual Data Breakthrough Awards is the premier awards program founded to recognize the data technology innovators, leaders, and visionaries from around the world in a range of categories, including Data Analytics, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Storage, and many more. The 4th annual Data Breakthrough Award program attracted more than 2,000 nominations from across the globe.

“The adoption of cloud technology is certainly a mainstay for modern organizations. However, with the use of public cloud comes risks such as limited control, security threats to data, data that can be lost with no recovery options and, in some cases, ownership of the data. Data is critical and ensuring that it’s safe is of paramount importance,” said James Johnson, Managing Director, of Data Breakthrough. “The scalability of the ZE platform is impressive as well as its ability to handle and operate through a wide range of implementation sizes. ZE Cloud is a powerful technology platform that lets clients extend the power of ZEMA by providing a wide range of push and pull options that support easy and flexible connections. Congratulations to the ZE team for a well-deserved 2023 Data Breakthrough Award win.”

ZE’s customers come from medium-sized to Fortune 500 corporations. ZE has four data centers including two state-of-the-art data centers in Frankfurt and Amsterdam and employs over 180 talented professionals as of January 2023.

ZE PowerGroup to Offer ICE’s Energy Reference Data Over ZEMA™ Data Management Platform

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

ZE PowerGroup to Offer ICE’s Energy Reference Market Data Over ZEMA™ Data Management Platform

RICHMOND - ZE PowerGroup

announced an agreement to provide ICE’s energy reference data and analytics within ZEMA, an award-winning data integration and analytics platform.

ZEMA™ is a collection of modular applications designed to address specific competencies and deliver a flexible and complete enterprise data management solution. ZE PowerGroup, a global company, caters to a wide range of clients, including municipal governments, energy and commodity businesses, and major players in the global finance industry.

“We are very excited about our agreement with ICE, working collaboratively to provide mutual customers with the ability to create detailed data analytics and forward curves, with unrivaled data integration capabilities of ZEMA. These are the most time-consuming, costly tasks in data management to automate. Having ICE’s reference data accessible to mutual customers, allows them to customize the platform to have quality data at their fingertips enabling profitable actions, quickly,” says Aiman El-Ramly, Chief Business Officer at ZE PowerGroup.

Mutual customers of ZE and ICE will have access to ICE's exclusive energy reference data through ZEMA. This partnership agreement enables customers to automate their data integration, leading to a reduction in the effort and time required to obtain essential market data.

ZE PowerGroup Inc. Recognized as Anchor Company in BC Tech Association's TechMap 2023

Monday, October 16, 2023

The company is honored to be recognized as a key player in BC's tech sector, highlighting its contributions and technology innovation

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - ZE PowerGroup Inc., announce its recognition as an anchor company in the prestigious BC Tech Association's TechMap for the year 2023. This acknowledgment positions ZE PowerGroup alongside major industry players, such as Amazon, TELUS, and MasterCard, highlighting the company's significant contributions to British Columbia's thriving tech ecosystem.

Dr. Zak El-Ramly, President and CEO of ZE PowerGroup Inc., expressed his enthusiasm regarding this recognition, stating, “We're happy that ZE PowerGroup has been officially presented as an anchor company in BC Tech Association's TechMap, which features key players in BC's tech ecosystem. This is the first year ZE has been listed alongside other major companies, and it showcases our contribution to the economic welfare of our community and being the best at what we do are objectives of the company, which is made possible by ZE employees' hard work and efforts.”

“The BC TechMap shines a spotlight on our members and their contributions to BC’s tech ecosystem. Each year, the publication of the BC TechMap showcases how our members are working together to turn more Startups into Scaleups and more Scaleups into Anchors,” shared Jill Tipping, CEO of BC Tech, “And we are thrilled to have ZE PowerGroup recognized in the Anchor category this year.”

The tech industry in British Columbia is a vital economic driver, employing over 219,000 residents, generating more than 15,000 job openings, and contributing a substantial $22 billion to the province's GDP annually. ZE PowerGroup's inclusion in the BC TechMap reflects its pivotal role in shaping this industry landscape.

The 2023 BC TechMap showcases the diverse and influential companies that contribute to the province's tech sector. To explore the complete ecosystem, please visit 2023 BC TechMap.

In addition to this remarkable recognition, ZE PowerGroup has garnered an impressive array of awards and accolades in 2023, demonstrating its commitment to innovation and excellence:

• Winner of the Data Breakthrough award for "Cloud Enterprise Data Warehouse Solution" of the Year award (2023)

• Energy Risk Software Ranking 2023 - Ranked #1 in all 7 Data Management categories, including categories such as Widest Supply of Data, Pricing and Curves, Best Analytics Tools, and more

• Chartis Energy50 2023 - ZE PowerGroup secured the 10th position and is the sole Canadian company with a single technology solution on the list

• Recipient of the 2022 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing by The Business Intelligence Group for the third consecutive year

Dr. Zak El-Ramly added, “These awards and recognitions affirm our commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions to our clients. They underscore ZE's position as a leader in data analytics and technology innovation.”

Fenics Market Data announces strategic partnership with ZE PowerGroup to distribute Energy and Commodities Market Data

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

LONDON - ZE PowerGroup Inc, Fenics Market Data, a division within BGC Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGC) ("BGC Group" or "BGC" or the "Company"), today announced it is partnering with ZE PowerGroup ("ZE") to bring its full suite of energy and commodities pricing data to clients through ZE's award winning data management solution, ZEMA. The timing of this strategic partnership is reflective of BGC Group's expansion through the acquisitions of Ginga and Trident to complement GFI's strong commodities franchise.

This partnership will provide a comprehensive over-the-counter data solution, empowering users to gain deeper insights into market dynamics and make better informed decisions. By leveraging Fenics Market Data's expertise in pricing data and ZEMA's complete end-to-end automated data, analytics, and integration service, the partnership aims to provide clients with enhanced services to manage their entire energy and commodities portfolios from a single source.

Rich Winter, Global Head, Fenics Market Data, said, "energy and commodity trading firms require consolidated data solutions to manage increasing market volatility. Delivering our unique datasets through a best-in-class data management tool such as ZEMA allows businesses to reduce manual intervention through enhanced data accuracy and consistency. This leads to faster trade execution and risk assessment while improving risk mitigation and reporting capabilities, benefiting all counterparties involved in the trade cycle."

"ZE is thrilled to be partnering with Fenics Market Data, the exclusive distributor of high value energy and commodities data for the BGC Group and its affiliates. The addition of Fenics Market Data provides ZE with important access to strategic energy and commodities data that will enhance our mutual clients' understanding of the markets they participate in," said Aiman El-Ramly, Chief Business Officer, ZE PowerGroup. "The ability to integrate and analyze a broad range of data within ZEMA provides our mutual clients with a powerful mechanism to advance their market positioning," continues Mr. El-Ramly.

Top 100 Big Data Solution Companies - 2016

Company
ZE PowerGroup

Management
Dr. Zak El-Ramly, CEO

Description
ZEMA facilitates the collection, connection, analysis and integration of data for process intensive corporations

ZE PowerGroup A One-stop Shop for All Enterprise Big Data Needs