Market Advisory Services (MAS) is an advisory boutique specializing in Commodities, Energy, and Financial Information Technology. MAS addresses the specialized needs of buyers of information technology solutions for these market verticals as well as advising suppliers in terms of market requirements and opportunities.

MAS Energy and MAS Finance

MAS, established in 1993, is headquartered in the US.  MAS Energy and Finance have undertaken major international procurement and market review projects in more than 30 countries. 

MAS Surveys

MAS undertakes qualitative and quantitative surveys to assess market developments in commodities, energy, and financial information technology. MAS Surveys has been used by some of the largest technology, telecommunications and software entities worldwide and has executed surveys in more than 30 countries. 

MAS Ventures

MAS Ventures leverages the MAS research assets and market expertise to advise on mergers and acquisitions in the three information technology verticals (Commodities, Energy and Finance) for companies with revenues ranging from $5M to $150M.

With the infomediary portals of FITWare and ENERGYWare, MAS provides online research and advisory services which are subscription based. The portals include extensive information pertaining to market developments and vendor applications in the financial information & energy information arena.

MAS Differentiation

MAS is differentiated from other consulting firms by its personal service from senior consultants along rigorous research and well developed analysis methodology. This includes ongoing analysis of the buy-side dynamics such as procurement and supply-side dynamics such as "software formation". Key concepts underlying this analysis include the understanding of the sophistication tiers of both users and suppliers and the respective technology adoption cycles that impact them.

The impact of e-strategies has been significant for traditional transaction processing technologies and new business delivery models such as ASP.  MAS provides additional research and advisory services called Net Advisory for Energy and Finance.

Avoiding Conflicts of Interest

Research and advisory boutiques, either by ownership, client relationship, or publicity, can be pulled into situations which compromise advice or publicly disseminated research. MAS is an independent advisory boutique and does not provide client funded product reviews to the market, an inherent conflict of interest, nor does MAS participate through public relations alliances in providing quotations for press announcements and product announcements which also compromise potential supplier analysis.