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DNV GL GroupDNV GL provides classiÞ cation and technical assurance along with software and independent expert advisory ser- vices to the maritime, oil and gas and energy industries. An international giant with operations at 300 sites in more than 100 countries, DNV GL stands among the worldÕs largest ship and offshore classiÞ cation societies and is a leading technical advisor to the global oil and gas industry and expert for the energy value chain, including renewables and energy efÞ ciency. DNV GL predicts it will generate annual revenue of approximately $3.4 billion.Det Norske Veritas (DNV) began in 1864 as a small Nor- wegian classiÞ cation society, and in the 150 years since, has grown into one of the worldÕs largest enterprises of its kind with the formation of DNV GL. In September 2013, NorwayÕs DNV and GermanyÕs Germanischer Lloyd (GL) Noble Denton merged to create what is now the DNV GL Group. DNV Foundation holds 63.5 % of the group, while GLÕs owner Mayfair SE holds the remaining 36.5%, and to- gether, DNV GL serves the maritime, oil and gas, energy and business assurance segments. DNV GL is a leading technical advisor to the global oil and gas industry, providing consistent, integrated services within technical and marine assurance and advisory, risk manage- ment and offshore classiÞ cation, to enable safe, reliable and enhanced performance in projects and operations. Computas AS Lysaker- based Computas, a 1985 spinoff from DNV H¿vik, is a 100% employee-owned Norwegian IT consulting com- pany that provides services and solutions for work processes, business systems and collaboration, with core competence in software development, architecture and integration, proj- ect management and consulting. With clients in both public and private sectors, the group serves a number of industries globally, one of them being offshore oil and gas. Computas claims its solutions currently have more than 25,000 users, including names such as Statoil, ConocPhillips, Technip, Eni, Aker Solutions and FMC Technologies. As subsea activity on the Norwegian continental shelf and elsewhere reaches new depths, and the industryÕs players are forced to become more efÞ cient with fewer resources, new challenges persistently arise. ThatÕs where Computas comes in to answer the call for efÞ cient IT solutions. Computas op- erates with a great focus on innovation, research and devel- opment Ðits keywords being delivery Þ tness and added val- ue. The companyÕs work offshore can essentially be broken down into three main categories: (a) compliance, to ensure that operations are traceable and carried out according to agreed standards; (b) decisions and processes, to provide de- cision support plus task support for complex work processes; and (c) information, to capture and process massive amounts of data, the basis for decisions and value generation. www.marinetechnologynews.com MTR #6 (50-65).indd 59MTR #6 (50-65).indd 597/30/2014 4:29:21 PM7/30/2014 4:29:21 PM