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54Maritime Reporter & Engineering News them under control. We have complete evidence that identical large CT vessels with AMOS on board, on identical routes, save up to $1m each year when compared with ships without AMOS. After 26 years in the industry, we can now see that companies which invested heavily in IT, and specifically in AMOS, are much more capable to go throughthe crisis. It is a matter of mindset: ap-plying IT means applying methodology, order, procedures and control to all ac- tivities. And the results are worth all the efforts. Carbone, ShipDecision... They?ve been ?burned? in the past with promises of IT nirvana, only to be saddled with IT hell. And that is a lesson that is not soon forgotten. Bjoern, Intellocorp They don't have an overview of the functionalities and capabilities a software can provide and these types of software solutions is new to the maritime industry, which is by far, one of the most conservative in- dustries, a lot of the people still run thebusiness by the old school philosophy "if it i not broken, don't touch it". An- other thing is that there is a lack of un-derstanding for business intelligence and what they will gain from an invest- ment into a new software (Will it just be another fancy solution that doesn't bring anything but expenses) They all want value added solutions, but no one wants to take the first step and invest into a large sum of money into a new solution. The maritime industry, specifically the owners of commercial vessels, EM- BRACE the integration of new software technologies onboard their vessels be- cause ... Hughey, ABS Nautical Systems ... The maritime industry, specifically the owners of commercial vessels, em- brace the integration of new software technologies onboard their vessels be- cause it is simply becoming a necessity. The demand for software solutions has increased, as owners and operators are realizing that technology is a key com- ponent to operating their fleets. Effi- ciencies and advanced productivity brought about by these solutions willcontinue to drive the demand for inte- grated software solutions and new prod- uct development. In 2011, contracts were signed to add our asset manage-ment software to more than 700 vessels; many of which will be utilizing our newest version NS5 Enterprise. This is a testament as to how far the maritime in- dustry has come in adopting new tech- nologies.Goldberg, MLS ... One driver for the adoption of learning technologies is thegrowing awareness among vessel oper- ators of new opportunities to provide more effective job training and famil- iarization for their officers and crew. Utilization of new learning technolo- gies, combined with existing face-to- face training, has been demonstrated to produce training outcomes superior toface-to-face training alone. These tech- nologies also enable training measure-ment and oversight which allow for continuous improvement. An additional driver is the continually increasing com- plexity of vessel systems and the result- FEATURE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS ROUNDTABLE Murray Goldberg, Marine Learning Systems Inc. ?Most of the impediments to the integration of technology are the same in the maritime industry as they are in other industries: cost, culture, change management and so on. However, there is one impediment to the adoption of learning tech- nologies in the maritime industry which sets the industry apart. That is the lack of reliable band- width on board.? Al Carbone, ShipDecision ?In conjunction with Canfornav, we have devel- oped a ?Green-Marine? emis- sions reporting module used in concert with ShipDecision?s off-line reporting module. This system permits vessels to capture data on-board, without the need to install any software.? Giampiero Soncini, SpecTec ?It is rather amazing to see how, in the last four years, notwithstanding the terribleeconomic crisis in shipping,and the many related bank- ruptcies, not one of our ship- ping customers has gone bankrupt. And the reasons are simple: AMOS allows a strict control on all costs.? MR March 12 # 7 (50-55):MR Template 3/2/2012 3:47 PM Page 54