Allegro Development Corp., a provider of energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software, has appointed Steven Ferrigno as managing director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Mark Weaser as managing director of Asia-Pacific (APAC).

Qv21 Technologies LLC said April 1 that it has added Electronic On Board Recorder capability (EOBR) to its LogisticsFramework product suite. Qv21 now offers the ability to electronically comply with the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations related to tracking truck drivers’ hours of service, mileage, and status.

Real-time asset intelligence company OptaSense today announces it is to protect a strategic asset under high threat of terrorism and theft in a new Middle East and North Africa contract, worth $6 million.

Students in universities around the US and globally have access to some of the most widely-used petroleum industry software thanks, in part, to donations by Petroleum Experts (Petex).

Telogis has launched introduces Telogis for Oil & Gas, a comprehensive cloud-based enterprise software suite targeting oil and gas companies.

Transzap Inc., the parent company of Oildex, a developer of cloud-based smart information management solutions for the energy industry, has received an investment of over $3 million from a large independent oil and gas exploration company to employ Spendworks, a SaaS-based solution proven to streamline invoice workflow and approval processes.

Oildex, a developer of cloud-based information management solutions for the energy industry, saw record growth in 2012 through its smart information management platform.

CyrusOne Inc., which provides mission-critical data centers to protect the continuous operation of IT infrastructures for more than 500 customers, has priced its Jan. 17 initial public offering of 16,500,000 shares of common stock at $19 per share.

Oilfield services company Schlumberger Ltd. has acquired GeoKnowledge, a Norwegian-based software company specialized in delivering exploration decision-support solutions for the oil and gas industry.