May 01, 2008 - 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.
April 01, 2009 - This white paper describes HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator, a template of pre-defined information based on ITGI's COBIT, which is loaded into HP Quality Center to help your organization define and execute Sarbanes-Oxley testing, evaluate the results, and develop remediation plans.
August 19, 2009 - Document process automation is an investment that can help turn accounts payable around to become a very efficient and money saving process by getting rid of all the paper and manual processing. Read this paper to learn how document process automation can help save your company money and time, overall adding to your company's bottom line.
August 19, 2009 - Read this paper to learn how document process automation can speed up accounts payable processes, add to the company’s bottom line by cutting costs, reduce cycle times, and allow for faster financial statements and fewer late payment fees.
June 01, 2008 - To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. This paper examines indirect and overhead costs, which are crucial to managing profitability.
October 05, 2009 - This paper will illustrate how Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops can help organizations comply with specific GLBA mandates while increasing overall efficiency and agility.
October 05, 2009 - The PCI DSS standard was created to prevent credit card fraud by requiring the implementation of certain controls and processes by all entities involved in the processing of credit cards. This paper will illustrate how Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops can help organizations comply with specific PCI DSS mandates.
December 01, 2008 - 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.
June 02, 2009 - 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.
September 30, 2009 - actiTIME is a time-tracking application for small and medium size teams. It helps improve business process, analyze performance and reduce costs. It provides an easy way to track time, manage job assignments, generate reports and prepare billing data.
July 01, 2008 - Learn more about this integrated portfolio and client relationship management system: an end-to-end solution for accounting and reporting, client servicing and marketing.
March 01, 2009 - This white paper asserts that the common thread that must run through all phases of project manufacturing is a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system. A PPM system will constantly examine resources, supplies and schedules to ensure that every phase of the project's lifecycle is on time and within budget.
November 04, 2009 - IBM Rational® software has helped thousands of companies worldwide improve their agility with software best practices, tools and services. This evaluation guide is designed to help you choose the best tool for your needs today, while protecting your investment as your team, needs and agile maturity grow.
November 19, 2009 - The ARRA was enacted to jumpstart the US economy and drive it out of the recession. One of the requirements of the recovery act is that organizations that receive funds for projects must report on the outcomes of those projects. Read on to learn what these executives and managers plan to do to meet the reporting and compliance mandates.
July 27, 2009 - Mobile banking is quickly growing in popularity among young, affluent, tech-savvy smartphone users in America and Canada. As a result, financial institutions will have a highly interactive and expandable line of services and devices they can use to engage their customers.
November 12, 2009 - Corporate databases are in constant danger. Outside criminals can exploit web applications and employees with malicious intent present an even greater threat. This webcast traces the steps involved in breaking into a database and presents a reference architecture and checklist for implementing iron-clad database security measures.
April 25, 2008 - Application development professionals have better platform options to choose from than they might think. In this Forrester Research report, you'll learn about factors you should consider as application platforms evolve, four criteria that application development professionals should examine when selecting application server products, and more...
November 04, 2009 - Atrium needed help gaining end-to-end service level monitoring insights and finding a monitoring platform with a strategic vendor partnership that could help support business growth objectives. Read this case study to learn about the problems Atrion faced and how Nimsoft products helped them overcome those challenges.
September 10, 2008 - This paper reviews multiple compelling issues of establishing and maintaining connectivity to manufacturing operations to achieve the Perfect Plant through an existing ERP system.
August 19, 2009 - 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.
August 19, 2009 - Read this paper to learn how to automate the accounts payable process within SAP and find out what kind of investments will be needed and what great benefits your company can expect to incur as a result of document automation.
August 20, 2009 - This white paper presents how to implement a simple automated requisition solution in a SAP ERP system, and what you need to know before doing so. Read this paper to learn the benefits of this solution that will compliment the invoice verification process.
February 13, 2009 - The white paper explores the fundamentals of automated software testing, explains how such an endeavor is actually an investment for a company, and details how a company can get a return on their investment.
August 19, 2009 - Document automation speeds up the accounts payable processes which can greatly add to a company's bottom line and result in better business processes and increased control. Read this white paper to learn how to automate the AP process and what kind of investments and benefits can be expected.
November 19, 2009 - 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.
July 10, 2009 - This paper presents a solution that leverages comprehensive document process automation to deliver the advantages of paperless invoice processing as an on-demand service. It highlights the opportunity to shift ROI from the project level to the document level (capital versus operational expense) and realize automation benefits immediately.
June 16, 2009 - Participants at industry conferences and events often ask where the right place to start implementing security is. This is similar to starting off a talk with a doctor by asking “What medicine should I take?” The answer is going to be more questions. This article presents three questions to ask yourself before starting a security implementation.
October 08, 2009 - This paper looks at end-user and server-based licensing fees for BI solutions and argues that server-based fees makes much more sense.
April 01, 2009 - This guide describes seven typical mistakes of IT security compliance and how you can use these lessons to help your organization achieve its compliance goals.
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