WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses how cloud financial solutions provides a much needed benefit for small to midsize companies. Continue reading to discover the many benefits cloud financial solutions can have for your company.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 17, 2010


Topics:  Accounting Software | Application Hosting | Cloud Computing | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Grid Computing | ROI | Software as a Service | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - Choosing a cloud computing solution can seem like a daunting task. Where do you start? What questions do you ask? What do you specifically need to look out for? This paper answers these questions and more. Continue reading to learn the best practices for choosing a cloud computing solution.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 17, 2010


Topics:  Accounting Software | Application Hosting | Cloud Computing | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Grid Computing | ROI | Software as a Service | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the benefits of moving to the cloud, including real ROI and lower total cost of ownership. Read this paper to learn more about the benefits your company could experience by moving to the cloud and learn some helpful hints for choosing a SaaS vendor.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 17, 2010


Topics:  CFOs | Cloud Computing | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Grid Computing | ROI | Software as a Service | Utility Computing | Vendor Selection

WEBCAST - In this webcast you'll hear from Frank Colich, vice president of finance with 3TIER, on how his company reduced its financial close time by five days. And Intacct CFO Marc Linden discusses how cloud applications can simplify and streamline any organization. Watch this webcast to learn more about how cloud computing helps gain more ROI.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Premiered: March 17, 2010


Topics:  Accounting Software | Cloud Computing | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Grid Computing | ROI | Software as a Service

WEBCAST - Making sure your financial management systems areis cost effective is very important is. It’s just as important as increasing the productivity of your limited staff or making sure your financial system can easily scale as your business grows. This webcast will explain how cloud computing can provide a solution that meets all the above factors;.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Premiered: March 17, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Grid Computing | ROI | SLA | Software as a Service | Utility Computing

WHITE PAPER - Business processes are expected to run lean and green. The Accounts Payable process that runs with optimal efficiency and accuracy will diagnose bottlenecks in seconds, generate minimal waste and keep vendors and partners happy with fast inquiry response and timely payments. Read this paper from Dolphin Corporation to learn about automating AP.
Posted: March 11, 2010 | Published: March 10, 2010


Topics:  Accounting Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Dashboards | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | NetWeaver | Real-time Analytics | ROI | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - Accounts payable remains a manual and often inefficient business process. Read this white paper for a discussion of best practices options and a solid approach to implementing solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in the SAP environment.
Posted: February 25, 2010 | Published: February 15, 2010


Topics:  Accounting Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Financial Management | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews aspects of cost reduction and examines some typical financial accounting expense categories. This paper also looks at how data quality services can be applied in those examples to reduce expenses, and examines the potential for applying data quality management as a way to manage and reduce organizational expenses.
Posted: January 22, 2010 | Published: January 22, 2010


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Data Management | Data Quality | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | IT Spending | Master Data Management | Product Life Cycles

WHITE PAPER - Businesses running SAP solutions still employ paper-driven Accounts Payable processes. As a result, they are limited in their ability to minimize per-invoice costs, improve productivity, and prevent duplicate invoices. Read this paper to learn about the unique value of a comprehensive platform to streamline Accounts Payable processes.
Posted: January 18, 2010 | Published: January 18, 2010


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Billing Software | ERP Software | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Transaction Processing | Purchase Order Management | SAP (Product) | Software as a Service

ANALYST REPORT - This IDC Analyst Connection takes a closer look at the key parameters in establishing the appropriate financial objectives in an organization's decision-making framework.
Posted: December 17, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | CIOs | Enterprise Systems | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Operating Systems | TCO

CASE STUDY - BlueCrest Capital Management Tidal Enterprise Scheduler when they needed to make critical business processes visible to upper management and centralize scheduling and management of nightly data downloads; as well as integrate disaster recovery processes into job scheduling efforts and migrate away from heavily scripted point solutions.
Posted: December 10, 2009 | Published: December 10, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | CRM | Financial Management | Job Scheduling Software

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief highlights how BI applications can integrate information across data sources and departments, provide a single, integrated view of customer and enterprise information, and enable greater alignment of decisions and execution to drive higher customer profitability and share of wallet.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Profiles | Financial Management | Oracle (Product)

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

ANALYST REPORT - 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.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 27, 2009


Topics:  Banking Industry | Banking Services | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Services | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Payments | PDA | Smart Phones

ANALYST REPORT - In June 2008, CFO Research Services conducted a research program among senior finance executives in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The research looked at what kinds of alliances companies are forming and how finance sees itself working with internal and external partners to establish and assess successful alliances.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Communications | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | Business Systems | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Communications Networks | Financial Management | Financial Reporting