18February2015 G00270510Analyst(s):MorganEldred(http://www.gartner.com/analyst/49570)|RichMcAvey(http://www.gartner.com/analyst/48104)

SummaryUpstreamO&GCIOsneedtoprepareforhowdigitaltechnologieswillradicallychangethewaygeoscienceandreservoirengineers'workcomesintofocus.Thegeosciencecommunityisalreadyconductingresearchprojectswithcloudhighperformancecomputing,bigdataanalyticsandcognitivecomputing.

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ThreeEmergingTechnologiesImpactingUpstreamModeling

CloudHPC

What'sNew

Benefits

Challenges

BigDataAnalytics

What'sNew

Benefits

Challenges

CognitiveComputing

What'sNew

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