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The “agora” of Athens was the center of the commercial, social and political activity of the old city of Athens. An ample, open space with different functions where the Athenians met to discuss their laws and to discuss the future of their city; which used to deposit themselves into the practice of oratory, the art to convince.

At the same time Sócrates, gave our form to thinking, an imperishable base of “sofia” (wisdom) that was against leaving the future of the city into the hands of only the sophisticated speakers. He used questioning and examples to demonstrate that the accepted conventions are not always what they appear to be.

Something similar happened in San Francisco at the Innovation Awards gala, with a set of technological categories sustained by different projects and realized by groups of colleagues from different countries who gave new form to the evolution of systems in coming years. Ours one was based on an idea of the Agora of Athens, the “the virtue is knowledge,” transferred to the systems of the 21st century.

I’d like to present to you the Enagas Case study, describing our solution responsible for Spain’s natural gas infrastructure. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.

- César Corachan, Enagas

“Socrates quoted it… “the virtue is knowledge”… I understand him: it is not possible to be efficient in IT related tasks unless you have previously
made the effort to know what these tasks consist of. When dealing with the productive systems of the 21st century, being reliable and staying available and useful is no longer enough — they also have to be efficient in all their dimensions including relations with the environment and minimized contribution to global warming.

My company, Enagas, as carrier and technical manager of the system, guarantees the continuity and security of the natural gas supply in Spain which is experiencing a constant and growing demand. As head of the operative system area, I’m charged with ensuring and supporting this demand and doing it in an efficient way.

The consolidation of our main information systems in two HP Superdome Itanium-based servers allowed us to reach those objectives. Therefore, being selected as a finalist for the Itanium Innovation Award fills us with pride and recognition, and somehow it is as if Socrates had said to us … “You are more efficient, you know better what your tasks consist of and have improved them!”

I look forward to meeting many of you at the Awards Celebration in a few weeks.

César Corachán Cadierno, Head of Operations, Enagás