WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how information governance is becoming more important in today's business world and learn why your organization needs to implement an information governance strategy today and how to go about implementing one.
Posted: August 4, 2009 | Published: August 4, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Enterprise Content Management | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | HIPAA Compliance | Information Management | Information Standards | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the role of data governance programs in supporting compliance efforts, and presents an ROI formula you can use in those circumstances where it's important to quantify the value of data governance efforts.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Data Governance | Data Quality | Data Stewardship | HIPAA Compliance | Master Data Management | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | ROI | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report presents an overview of Cisco security intelligence, highlighting threat information and trends from the first half of 2009. It also includes recommendations from Cisco security experts and predictions for how identified trends will evolve.
Posted: July 23, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Security | HIPAA Compliance | Malware | Network Security | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security | Security Best Practices | Security Industry | Security Management | Security Standards | Security Threats | Spam | Storage Security | Web 2.0

WHITE PAPER - A new standard file format, Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), for submitting financial reports to the SEC in the United States is being mandated for June 2009. Both the creation of, and reporting from XBRL, are functions performed by the same new tool described in this paper.
Posted: June 19, 2009 | Published: June 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Reporting | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | XBRL

WHITE PAPER - Many IT organizations still perform a majority of Data Center administration tasks manually. Today, manual techniques are obsolete as Information Technology is required to manage complex multivendor infrastructures cost-effectively. There is one way to meet this challenge and that is Automation.
Posted: June 12, 2009 | Published: June 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | CIOs | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | IT Service Management | ROI | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Performance Management | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Transaction Processing | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

ANALYST REPORT - The ability to operate effectively in business networks, be they coordinated or collaborative, is critical to sustaining competitive advantage in a commoditizing global economy. By focusing on their unique core capabilities, business network participants spend less on duplication and more on innovation, resulting in higher degrees of..
Posted: June 7, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Communications Systems | Economic Environment | Globalization | Metadata | Research and Development | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

ANALYST REPORT - To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Automation | CFOs | Chemical Industry | Consumer Packaged Goods Industry | Economic Environment | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Life Sciences Industry | Retail Trade Industry | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Business Intelligence | CFOs | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This paper offers thought leadership to help you address challenges surrounding information security and compliance issues. It will also introduce you to the value and importance of a hardware security module as a key part of any successful information security program.
Posted: May 5, 2009 | Published: August 13, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Compliance (Finance) | Data Security | Encryption Standards | Enterprise Systems | Hardware Management | Identity Management | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - Meeting the requirements of HIPAA requires most businesses to set up strong process, methods and controls to assure auditors that security and integrity of Protected Health Information is assured. This whitepaper outlines solutions that support secure processes as dictated by HIPAA.
Posted: March 31, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Audits | Electronic Catalog Management | Health Care Industry | HIPAA Compliance | Information Management | Information Security | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Secure Content Management | Security Audits

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper details the background you need to build an effective compliance program by understanding benchmarks, the basic building blocks of compliance initiatives. You'll learn about the benchmarks specified by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which are often used as a starting point for creating a compliance initiative.
Posted: March 30, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | HIPAA | HIPAA Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security Audits | Security Policies | Security Standards

WHITE PAPER - Read this case study to learn how Rothschild Bank in Zurich has achieved banking and financial reporting regulatory compliance by getting a handle on change and getting down to basics - the five core competencies of compliance.
Posted: March 30, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2009


Topics:  Accounting (Security) | Accounting Industry | Auditing (Finance) | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

EBOOK - This expert e-book will help you prioritize compliance investments to reduce costs. Explore how companies are building a holistic approach to compliance, what strategies work and what technologies and practices you can leverage.
Posted: March 5, 2009 | Published: March 5, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Software | Data Governance | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | ROI | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | TCO