WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the reporting challenges faced by organizations and examines the many benefits of automated U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) reporting systems.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CIOs | Dashboards | Data Management | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Reporting Software | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - CFOs at large hospitals must process enormous amounts of information to make quick strategic decisions. This paper will explore the decision-making challenges faced by CFOs and examine the many benefits of solutions that accelerate insight.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | CFOs | Dashboards | Data Integration | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Operational Metrics (Systems) | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - In order to work effectively, the CFO needs a single unified view that integrates data from multiple data sources and key performance indicators (KPIs), and places them in the context of strategic goals and financial plans.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  CFOs | Data Management | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | IT Management | Small Businesses | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - With the SAP® Business One application, you get a fully integrated financial analysis and reporting tool that provides quick access to comprehensive data. The XL Reporter tool uses a familiar interface and unique drag-and-drop technology to simplify report creation for financial and operational data.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Enterprise Applications Software | Financial Reporting | Reporting Software | SAP (Product) | Small Businesses | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Operational excellence is a simple concept with complex implications. Consistently doing things well across every element of the value chain is clear enough in principle. The ultimate goal is a "single source of truth" where senior executives have shared visibility into all parts of the organization, enabling management by facts.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Metrics | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Marketing | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Sales Information Systems

WHITE PAPER - This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting and explores tightly integrated solutions that together centrally manage data and metadata on a unified platform--the first step in implementing a complete performance management solution.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Data Management | Financial Reporting | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Oracle (Product) | Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle’s financial governance solution can focus resources on high-risk areas, improve the quality and efficiency of the financial reporting process, and strengthen operational controls.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Data Management | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - LogRhythm has extensive experience in helping organizations improve their overall security and compliance posture while reducing costs. This paper illustrates and discusses the 6 domains of PCI DSS requirements as well as uses tables to outline how LogRhythm supports PCI compliance.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Security | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Reporting | IT Infrastructure | Network Security | Payment Card Industry | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - Document automation will add to the company's bottom line, save time, better business processes, and increased control. This paper will demonstrate how to automate the AP process within Oracle E-Business Suite, and what type of investment will need to be made and what kind of benefits can be expected.
Posted: August 20, 2009 | Published: August 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Document Management | ERP | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Information Management | Oracle (Product) | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This guide is intended to help advisors who are considering going independent or who have already struck out on their own to better understand and navigate their technology options.
Posted: August 13, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Reporting Software | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - How does a firm or fund manager assess his/her research management needs and choose the best solution? This document helps by identifying pain points in the research workflow that RMS must address, describing how RMS supports investment process and decision making, and highlighting key features to consider when evaluating RMS solutions.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Information Management | Investments | Research and Development

WHITE PAPER - This document examines the current state of Order Management Systems (OMS) portfolio management capabilities, identifies major challenges and "pain points" that firms encounter, and outlines seven system attributes needed to overcome them.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Business IT Alignment | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Order Management Systems | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Workflow Software

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 - Given the dramatic events in the capital markets, everyone is wondering what will happen next - and what the implications are for the wider economy. This paper will discuss challenges facing companies and how to respond.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Balanced Scorecards | Capital Expenditures | CFOs | Economic Environment | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Investments | Portfolio Management (Finance)

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