EMC Solutions Day highlights critical need for information management in oil and gas sector

Sessions focused on streamlining the flow of key information and safeguarding data such as exploration maps, production stores, and other key processes and how to capture, manage, and share all upstream and downstream content in a secure repository to support business and IT processes.

"Despite the rising oil price, companies in the energy sector are still looking at ways to maximize performance through more efficient operations. Solid and secure information infrastructures enable them to protect critical company data and strategically leverage their information assets while streamlining their operations," said Mohammed Amin, Regional Manager, EMC Middle East & North Africa.

Back-up and recovery of data is a key consideration for oil and gas companies, with the amount of important information that is usually distributed around a number of different sites or offices.

Energy IT staff need the capability to store data both securely and cost-effectively, back it up, archive it and ensure that it can be restored promptly and fully should a system outage occur.

They also need to accelerate decision-making by facilitating collaboration between knowledge workers in exploration and production, process safety, operations, and other functional areas.

"Whether customers need to manage data relating to upstream exploration to downstream marketing and sales, EMC has a broad portfolio of industry-leading products, industry expertise and regional reach to enable them to enhance compliance and minimize downtime, all in a cost-effective approach," Amin added.

In addition to showcasing specific information infrastructure approaches for the energy sector, the EMC energy event in Abu Dhabi highlighted EMC's industry credibility, with its Oil and Gas solutions being deployed in 49 of the top 50 oil and gas companies on the Forbes Global 2000.