New InformationWeek article offers interesting insight and analysis on Microsoft's strategy in the Oil and Gas industry, following on the heels of the recent Global Energy Forum.

It mention's Ali Ferling's perspective on our strategy to enable more workers with the information tools to make better decisions, react more quickly to events, and more easily comply with regulations on a global basis.  This message should resonate in the current environment where everyone has to get more value out of their existing investments.

InfomationWeek article:  http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/microsoft_offer_1.html

Ali Ferling video interview

Global Energy Forum presentation