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Whitepapers
Avoid danger in your Data Center with ServerLIFT Advanced Server Handling Solutions.
Nov 2012
How many people does it take to install a switch? Manually moving IT equipment increases risk of injuries and reduces efficiency. Servers and other rack-mounted equipment can weigh up to 500...
Provided by ServerLIFT
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White Papers
The Hidden Risks of a "Bring your own Device" (BYOD) Mobility Model
Jan 2011
Today, as companies deal with the Consumerization of enterprise mobility with a workforce that is younger and more tied to their smart devices, as well as the overall cost of maintaining...
Provided by ProfitLine
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Whitepapers
Compliance Management: Who is Minding the Network?
Apr 2012
Despite the importance of regulatory compliance, most organizations lack the ability to automatically and intelligently monitor and enforce the compliance policies that meet industry standards or...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
A Best-Practices Approach to Software Asset Management
Jul 2006
According to Gartner, 30 percent of large enterprises will experience at least one on-site software audit per year through 2008. What this means is, if you're not already vigilantly tracking what...
Provided by ManageSoft
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Whitepapers
Getting Ahead of the Compliance Curve: Adopting a Managed Approach to Web Security and Regulatory Compliance
Oct 2012
Download Getting Ahead of the Compliance Curve: Adopting a Managed Approach to Web Security and Regulatory Compliance to learn about new regulatory requirements that impact website security and...
Provided by Symantec
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Whitepapers
The Value of Technology in Managing Sales Incentive Compensation
Mar 2013
Without a doubt, improving the performance of sales professionals is a top priority as companies begin to see the economy stabilize and look to take advantage of a financial upturn. Even in...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Self-Service That Really Serves
Dec 2010
To truly meet the demands of the informed consumer, self-service solutions must have fully integrated e-commerce and e-billing systems that accommodate every aspect of the online customer...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Compliance Through RSA Security Management
Apr 2012
If you take the right approach and use the right tools, compliance doesn't have to be the struggle it currently is for many enterprises — even though it continues to become more complex and...
Provided by EMC Corporation
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Whitepapers
Beyond Business as Usual: The Mega Shift toward Social Communications
Mar 2013
Constellation Research, Inc. has developed a provocative white paper that discusses how when integrated into the fabric of the Social Business, social communications transforms how innovative...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Where Finance Belongs on the IT Agenda
Nov 2010
Learn how IT and Finance can work together to succeed in the post-recession economy.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Google Apps cost benefits: An ROI analysis
Jun 2011
What is the economic impact for enterprises adopting Google Apps? In a series of in-depth interviews and a broader survey conducted by Forrester, Google identified several key takeaways for...
Provided by Google
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White Papers
Cost of a Data Breach
Aug 2011
A 2009 annual study examining the cost incurred by 45 organizations after experiencing a data breach. Offers information on understanding financial impact, customer turnover and preventive solutions.
Provided by CDW & Symantec
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Research
IT Governance Framework
Mar 2005
With IT at the core of most 21st century businesses, and with today's focus on compliance and risk management as a result of legislation like Sarbanes-Oxley, organizations can no longer afford to...
Provided by Forrester Research
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Podcasts
Explore New Directions in Financials, Performance Management, and GRC Solutions
Jul 2012
Take a critical look at how technology trends such as enterprise mobility, real-time analytics, and the increase in data volumes affect finance. Understand the corresponding innovations in...
Provided by SAP
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Webcasts
Evaluating the Security of Google Apps
Jul 2010
On demand version of this webinar. Despite the ever rising popularity of cloud computing solutions, many IT professionals remain concerned about security and compliance. However, as one of the...
Provided by Google
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Research
IT Strategy Maps: A Tool For Strategic Alignment
Nov 2005
Aligning IT and business strategy remains the No. 1 or No. 2 business IT issue year after year. But no matter how much focus and attention this subject receives, little progress seems to be made....
Provided by Forrester Research
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Whitepapers
Complimentary SuccessFactors White Paper: Performance Management in a Small-Business Culture
Jul 2012
While introducing formal, automated processes for performance and goal management into your unique small business culture may seem crazy, in reality, it may just be the perfect union. That's...
Provided by SuccessFactors
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Research
Connecting Business Drivers To Enterprise Architecture
Jun 2005
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Understanding business plans and challenges is essential when starting an enterprise architecture (EA) effort or when taking stock of an existing effort. It is also a necessary...
Provided by Forrester Research
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White Papers
Asset Management, ITIL, and the CMDB: Connecting IT and the Bottom Line
Feb 2006
Get more business from both IT asset management and ITIL processes by having them work together to lower costs, optimize performance, and ensure compliance. See how a configuration management...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
New Value Integrator: Insights from the 2010 IBM Global CFO Study
Apr 2010
More than 1,900 CFOs worldwide, including 445 Finance executives from midsize firms reveal how leading Finance organizations are evolving to become more effective in their core Finance activities...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Deliver greater agility, speed, and efficiency by enabling ITaaS
Oct 2011
See how IT can become more flexible, reduce risks, and contain IT costs in a cloud-based paradigm. Learn More.
Provided by Cisco Systems, Inc
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Whitepapers
Controlling & Managing Super User Access
Feb 2012
"Super users" - those people with greater access and rights - are a necessary part of IT. However, privileged accounts carry implicit security risks, so securing them - while preserving access and...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
Privileged Password Sharing: the Root of all Evil
Feb 2012
With today's security and compliance concerns, effective management of privileged accounts is more important than ever. In this SANS white paper sponsored by Quest Software, gain a deeper...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
Five SOA Projects that can pay for themselves in six months
Oct 2005
One of the easiest ways to get started with SOA is to identify a project that can pay for itself within a short period of time. A pilot project allows an organization to develop skills and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Capture industry white paper - banking
Sep 2012
Despite the increasing digitization of business today, paper remains the lowest common denominator for many important financial activities. Scanning to capture documents for storage is a great...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IBM's Banking Data Warehouse and Basel II
Dec 2005
Financial institutions are facing a series of related risk and compliance challenges. These include Basel II and IFRS/IAS. The pace of change driven by the compliance challenges will be different...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Transforming Finance into a Strategic Resource
Dec 2010
As the economic crisis eases and companies begin pursuing new opportunities, they are looking to finance for advice on investment options and business decisions. By providing insights into...
Provided by Sage Software
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eBooks
eBook: Financial Reporting Automation for Dummies
Jan 2013
Financial reporting has come a long way since the spreadsheet. But finance teams still use complex, manual processes to create internal management reports as well as statutory and regulatory...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Internal Audit and Risk Mitigation - Effective and practical use of the COSO and COBIT methodologies
Nov 2007
This webinar discusses how to align your audit risk assessment, audit ecosystem, audit plan, and audit engagements with the larger organization's strategy, vision, and values. It is designed...
Provided by ComplianceOnline
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Whitepapers
Improve Business Performance and Gain Greater efficiency with the Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle E-Business Suite
Mar 2012
Oracle runs its worldwide, mission-critical operations using its very own Oracle E-Business Suite, complete business and industry solutions that improve business performance through greater...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Security Built for the Education Environment!
Aug 2012
We know how important your job is and how difficult it can be. Schools are incredibly busy places making it challenging to provide secure, productive computing environments without restricting...
Provided by Kensington Inc.
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Whitepapers
Defining, Modeling & Costing IT Services
Sep 2004
This paper, developed by Pink Elephant - a leader in ITIL best practice education, consulting and conferences - will examine the fundamental steps for defining IT services; Modeling IT services...
Provided by Pink Elephant
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White Papers
The ITIL Business Case 101
Dec 2006
There is much discussion of which processes to start with in ITIL, or what order to do them in, or whether to do them at all, or how to decide. If the decision on which processes to re-engineer is...
Provided by Jupitermedia
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Whitepapers
Five Tips to Keep IT Auditors Off Your Back
May 2011
Uh-oh - you're facing an IT audit, but you can't just drop your normal responsibilities to prepare for it. One thing's for sure - this is no time to panic! You need to balance the audit...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
How to Align Corporate Strategy with Project Execution
Jul 2011
Business leaders are charged with making sure their employees are focused on work that adds to the strategic goals of their organization. Download this white paper to learn the critical success...
Provided by AtTask
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Whitepapers
CFOs on Managing Finance Technology: Systems-Related Challenges and How Companies Address Them
Dec 2012
Challenged by an inflexible financial management system? You're not alone. Finance executives everywhere are seeing the need for a system that can easily adapt to changing priorities and...
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
Conquer - Converged Medical Infrastructure with HP Partners
Aug 2011
Vendor neutral archiving provides healthcare organizations with greater choice, control and flexibility. Creating and managing mountains of information has become an integral part of providing...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Enabling the Reliability Centered Maintenance process with IBM Maximo Asset Management
Mar 2007
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is an analytical process used to determine an optimum maintenance strategy for physical assets. It is an advanced maintenance strategy for increasing asset...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IBM Case Study: Laurentian Bank of Canada
Jul 2009
Founded in 1846, Laurentian Bank of Canada is a Quebec banking institution operating across Canada, dedicated to meeting the financial needs of its clients through the excellence of service,...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Information Systems Risk Factors, Risk Assessments, and Audit Planning Decisions
Dec 2002
This paper examines systems risk factors identified by external auditors for a sample of their actual audit clients. Specifically, the paper studies two important areas of information systems...
Provided by Northeastern University
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Whitepapers
Controlling & Managing Superuser Access
May 2013
All kinds of IT professionals require access to privileged or shared accounts in order to perform their job. However, IT managers need to strike a balance between providing them the access they...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
CFO Research Paper - Linking Numbers and Narratives
May 2013
Learn what CFO Research found when they surveyed finance executives from U.S. companies about their reporting processes and the tools they use to prepare financial statements. Learn more about...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Energy Savings Performance Contracts for Federal Data Center Consolidation
Apr 2013
The cost of operating and maintaining federal agency data centers is extremely high. Mandates and initiatives have been put in place to address these costs through energy conservation, but with...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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Whitepapers
Overcoming the Challenges of Database Patching in Production Environments
Apr 2013
The frequency and sophistication of attacks shows no signs of declining; and today’s economic climate does not allow for more resources to be applied to the challenging task of testing and...
Provided by McAfee
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Whitepapers
Beyond Business as Usual: The Mega Shift toward Social Communications
Mar 2013
Constellation Research, Inc. has developed a provocative white paper that discusses how when integrated into the fabric of the Social Business, social communications transforms how innovative...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study
Mar 2013
Impact of cybercrime has significantly increased for enterprises, with number of cyber attacks rising by almost 40 percent and causing greater financial consequences over the past three years....
Provided by Hewlett Packard
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Podcasts
The Workday Advantage: Financial Management in the Cloud
Mar 2013
Mark Nittler, VP of Financial Applications Strategy at Workday, speaks to the limitations of traditional financial software systems and how Workday's modern financial management Software as a...
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
Innovation in Financial Management: How Workday is Breaking the Barriers of Legacy ERP
Dec 2012
Legacy financial management systems were not built to provide the kind of visibility and agility required by today's businesses. Sure, they can crank out financial statements, but it is virtually...
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
CFOs on Managing Finance Technology
Dec 2012
Challenged by an inflexible financial management system? You’re not alone. Finance executives everywhere are seeing the need for a system that can easily adapt to changing priorities and...
Provided by Workday
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Podcasts
Financial Management Product Preview
Mar 2013
Empower your organization with a full range of financial capabilities, relevant analytics and metrics, and fully auditable process management.
Provided by Workday
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Case Studies
Lender Saves Money and Improves Customer Service
Jul 2012
International Personal Finance is a leading international home credit business serving 2.4 million customers and operating under the Provident brand in six markets. Their challenges are to reduce...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Financing Firm Leverages UCS for Improved Scalability and Performance
May 2012
Credit ACceptance Corporation (CACC) began working with dealerships to help buyers finance the cars they wanted. Their challenges are to scale computing, storage, and networking infrastructure for...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Austin Health: Hospital Transforms Performance Reporting With Microsoft Business Intelligence
Feb 2011
In order to improve quality, safety and performance, Austin Health needed an effective way of providing hospital staff with highly detailed, accurate and up-to-date information on everything from...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Spenta: Software Vendor Increases Citizen Engagement With Cloud-Based Solution
Aug 2011
A member of the Microsoft Partner Network, Spenta develops software solutions for organizations in a wide variety of sectors, including government, healthcare, tourism, legal, financial, and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Royal Bank of Canada: Royal Bank of Canada Delights Customers With Innovative Microsoft Surface Experience
Aug 2011
Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies and Canada's largest bank, thoughtfully embarked on new retail store designs to bring to life a...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
INTERCAP IT: IT Firm Streamlines PC Management, Lowers Sales Barriers With Cloud-Based Solution
Sep 2011
Based in Santiago, Chile, INTERCAP IT provides IT integration and management services for educational institutions, financial organizations, and industrial enterprises. The IT integrator INTERCAP...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
How to Improve the Efficiency and Performance of an SAP Environment Whitepaper
Oct 2012
Business-critical SAP environments consist of many components: applications, databases, operating systems, servers, networking, storage, management tools, and backup software. In a typical...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Support Vector Machines for Prediction of Futures Prices in Indian Stock Market
Mar 2012
Machine learning methods are being used by several researchers for successfully predicting prices of financial instruments from the financial time series data of different markets. As the nature...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Online Financial Algorithms: Competitive Analysis
Feb 2012
Analysis of algorithms with complete knowledge of its inputs is sometimes not up to the authors' expectations. Many times they are surrounded with such scenarios where inputs are generated without...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Recent Techniques of Clustering of Time Series Data: A Survey
Aug 2012
Time-Series clustering is one of the important concepts of data mining that is used to gain insight into the mechanism that generate the time-series and predicting the future values of the given...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Case Studies
SGF Improves Productivity and Collaboration With Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) Platform
Feb 2011
SGF is an industrial and financial holding corporation of the Qu�bec government. SGF employees rely heavily on messaging technologies to stay connected to clients and the office. To improve...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
A Financial Brokerage Model for Cloud Computing
Jul 2012
One of the major benefits of cloud computing is the ability for users to access resources on a pay-as-you go basis, thereby potentially reducing their costs and enabling them to scale applications...
Provided by Springer Healthcare
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Whitepapers
Financial Application as a Software Service on Cloud
May 2012
In this paper, the authors propose a SaaS model that provides service to ordinary investors, unfamiliar with finance models, to evaluate the price of an option that is currently being traded...
Provided by University of Medicine and Pharmacy
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Whitepapers
Mobile Research Supervision Initiative (MRSI) at Makerere University: Lessons to Learn
Oct 2008
The rapid technological development in mobile phones coupled with their rapid diffusion into all walks of life has instigated various sectors to exploit them for various purposes aimed at...
Provided by International Journal of Computing and ICT Research
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Whitepapers
Mobile Phones as Mobile Banks and Credit Outlets: The Experience of Farming Households in Rural Southwest Nigeria
Jun 2012
There is no gainsaying the fact that the increasing awareness and penetration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into the developing world has transformed the economy of these...
Provided by International Journal of Computing and ICT Research
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Whitepapers
Simplified Map Despeckling Based on Laplacian-Gaussian Modeling of Undecimated wavelet Coefficients
Sep 2011
The undecimated wavelet transform and the Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) criterion have been applied to the problem of despeckling SAR images. The solution is based on the assumption that the wavelet...
Provided by EURASIP
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Whitepapers
The Strategic Importance of the PMO in Driving Business Value for Industrial Manufacturing
Nov 2010
Industrial manufacturing companies face a highly uncertain business environment operating in the post-financial-crisis global economy. Leading industrial manufacturers are navigating the...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
High Performance Computing Cluster Interconnect
May 2012
High Performance Computing Clusters (HPCC) are no longer exclusive to the scientific community. "Big Data Analytics" are big business. Financial Services, Retail and Manufacturing all require...
Provided by Extreme Networks
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Podcasts
Open Your Eyes with SAP Visual Enterprise Solutions
Dec 2012
Learn how you can accelerate decision making, optimize productivity, and improve quality – with SAP software that integrates 3D visualization and business data across your value chain.
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Stock Market Prediction Model by Combining Numeric and News Textual Mining
Nov 2012
This paper proposes a novel method for the prediction of stock market closing price. Many researchers have contributed in this area of chaotic forecast in their ways. Data mining techniques can be...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Case Studies
Cavipetrol: Financial Firm Boosts Efficiency by 30 Percent with Fast, Agile Operating System
Dec 2010
Cavipetrol is a privately held, non-profit organization whose main objective is to finance housing solutions for its 12,500 members. To continue providing leading-edge technology support to its...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Gradatim: ISV Moves Microfinance Platform to the Cloud, Shortens Deployments by 84 Percent
Dec 2011
Gradatim specializes in building technology solutions for businesses that offer microfinance products and services. Gradatim, an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) that develops niche solutions for...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
IBM Application Management Services Express for SAP
Jan 2013
IBM Application Management Services Express for SAP from Global Business Services helps mid-sized companies by: delivering SAP support; enabling IT to focus on value-generating activities;...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Solution Brief: FSR: Integrated Financial Close Management
Jan 2013
Most organizations manage financial closing activities as separate, disjointed processes, using multiple applications and email, frequently resulting in the error-prone re-keying of data. Download...
Provided by IBM
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eBooks
eBook: Financial Reporting Automation for Dummies
Jan 2013
Financial reporting has come a long way since the spreadsheet. But finance teams still use complex, manual processes to create internal management reports as well as statutory and regulatory...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Case Study: FrieslandCampina cuts financial reporting cycle times by 50 percent
Jan 2013
Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina found their manual financial reporting processes were no long adequate for the newly-merged €9 billion organization. Read this case study to learn...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Case Study: Automated Treasury Management at IBM with Cognos FSR
Jan 2013
The IBM Treasury Department wanted to improve its periodic cash/debt tracking and reporting process. Using processes based on spreadsheets and emails were labor-intensive and error-prone. Read...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
A Solution for Preventing Fraudulent Financial Reporting Using Descriptive Data Mining Techniques
Nov 2012
In the present age of scams, financial statement fraud represents enormous cost to user's economy. The deliberate misstatement of numbers in the accounting books with the help of well planned...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Freeing Up Cash Flow by Changing Cost Structures
Jul 2010
The rapid pace of change in the telecommunications industry can put a strain on a service provider's balance sheet. Reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to support double-digit or non-linear...
Provided by Alcatel-Lucent
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Whitepapers
A New Look at Network Maintenance
Jul 2011
Telecom Service Providers around the world need to reinvent their business by adopting next-generation technologies. At the same time, requirements for ongoing maintenance and operations of legacy...
Provided by Alcatel-Lucent
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White Papers
The Need for Profitability & Cost Management
Sep 2008
As indirect costs rise and economic pressures increase, the need for profitability and cost management (PCM) also grows. Read this white paper to find out more about how PCM drives business...
Provided by Oracle
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Research
IT Governance Framework
Mar 2005
With IT at the core of most 21st century businesses, and with today's focus on compliance and risk management as a result of legislation like Sarbanes-Oxley, organizations can no longer afford to...
Provided by Forrester Research
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Research
IT Strategy Maps: A Tool For Strategic Alignment
Nov 2005
Aligning IT and business strategy remains the No. 1 or No. 2 business IT issue year after year. But no matter how much focus and attention this subject receives, little progress seems to be made....
Provided by Forrester Research
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White Papers
Run Your Business Better With Oracle's EPM Solutions
Feb 2011
Comprehensive and effective performance management is an ongoing challenge for organizations with increasingly complex systems and processes. In addition to the in-depth strategic, financial and...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Privileged Password Sharing: the Root of all Evil
Feb 2012
With today's security and compliance concerns, effective management of privileged accounts is more important than ever. In this SANS white paper sponsored by Quest Software, gain a deeper...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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White Papers
The Pillars of Performance Management: Free eBook and strategy manual
Mar 2009
Does your organization consider performance management a laborious, tactical annual practice, or is it a strategic, business-critical cycle? Maybe it's time to reassess. Now more than ever, you're...
Provided by SumTotal Systems
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White Papers
A Best-Practices Approach to Software Asset Management
Jul 2006
According to Gartner, 30 percent of large enterprises will experience at least one on-site software audit per year through 2008. What this means is, if you're not already vigilantly tracking what...
Provided by ManageSoft
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White Papers
Information Systems Risk Factors, Risk Assessments, and Audit Planning Decisions
Dec 2002
This paper examines systems risk factors identified by external auditors for a sample of their actual audit clients. Specifically, the paper studies two important areas of information systems...
Provided by Northeastern University
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Whitepapers
Improve Business Performance and Gain Greater efficiency with the Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle E-Business Suite
Mar 2012
Oracle runs its worldwide, mission-critical operations using its very own Oracle E-Business Suite, complete business and industry solutions that improve business performance through greater...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Cautious Growth: Tending to Your Core Business
Jun 2009
When CEOs who are content specialists start or take over a company in their field, they can often become so involved in day-to-day operations that they lose sight of the other half of their...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Business Efficiency in Unprecedented Times
Jun 2009
In these unprecedented times, organisations are left with no choice but to seek out more and more ways to reduce costs, improve efficiency and deliver measureable and sustainable benefits. This...
Provided by Fujitsu
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White Papers
Evolution or Revolution: Either Approach to Core Banking Investment Requires Proper IT Risk Mitigation
Oct 2008
The banking industry in North America and around the world is reeling from the financial crisis. To change and adapt quickly, institutions recognize that large-scale IT investment and realignment...
Provided by IDG (International Data Group)
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White Papers
The Suspicion Recession: Impacts and Consequences for Financial Services Business Leaders
Nov 2008
Making and executing strategy during such times requires fast footwork and a rapid reassessment of the way circumstances change with each major event. Responsible Executives need to determine...
Provided by Hitachi
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White Papers
Self-Service That Really Serves
Dec 2010
To truly meet the demands of the informed consumer, self-service solutions must have fully integrated e-commerce and e-billing systems that accommodate every aspect of the online customer...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
BBDC Improves Budget Management and Keeps Pace With Fast-Changing Automotive Market
Nov 2008
Based in Beijing, BBDC manufactures Chrysler vehicles and Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class cars. The Chinese car market is one of the world's fastest growing and most dynamic markets. Demand for...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence
Jun 2009
In this white paper, we discuss how corporate finance centers can overcome the barriers to a fast, high-quality close. By converging previously disparate disciplines of business intelligence;...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Accurate Costing Is Key to Profitability
Jun 2009
Companies worldwide are confronting a period of extreme volatility in commodity and other prices as well as exchange rates. This has intensified the challenge of dealing with changing customer...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
A complete view of the enterprise
Jun 2009
Finally, in times of economic uncertainty, companies are insisting that CFOs lead the effort to make their operational and financial planning more agile, detailed, reliable and efficient. This...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Time Is Money: Managing the Performance of Financial Trading Applications
Jul 2008
Trading activity between exchanges, brokerage firms, hedge funds, and other financial services companies is a core component of the world economy. With trillions of dollars traded annually on the...
Provided by NetQoS
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White Papers
First Malaysian Ringgit Trader Live on RTFX
Jul 2009
CIMB Bank, the commercial banking arm of CIMB Group in Malaysia, has become the first Ringgit market-maker to go live on Thomson Reuters' RTFX (Reuters Trading for Foreign Exchange) platform. The...
Provided by IBS Publishing
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White Papers
Increased Control Through Outsourcing: Measuring the Effectiveness of Finance and Accounting Solutions
Feb 2009
With the global economy in flux, consumer spending down, and an expected slow recovery in the offing, today's chief financial officers and controllers are faced with a significant challenge. They...
Provided by Affiliated Computer Services
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White Papers
Implementing Enterprise-Wide Risk Reduction Across Operational and Financial Processes
Jul 2009
The ultimate goal of Risk Management is targeted at reducing any factor that represents a threat to a company attaining its strategic objectives. The desired outcome is to reduce the variability...
Provided by Syntex Management Systems
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Case Studies
Land Manager Consolidates Financial Software to Simplify Reporting, Reduce Headcount
Jun 2008
Fred Rickert wondered why he lived on Maui when he spent all his time in the office. As Vice President of Finance and Treasurer for Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Rickert spent 12-hour days trying...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University's Web Budgeting Saves Costs and Improves Forecasts
Nov 2008
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is one of Australia's leading teaching and research facilities. As the university expanded, its finance team struggled to gather sufficiently comprehensive...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Financial Services Consultancy Boosts Bottom Line Using Software Integration
Jun 2009
The Goetzman Group provides financial and accounting consulting services. The Woodland Hills, California - based firm sought to increase efficiencies, boost market outreach, and reduce IT costs....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Exterran Holdings, Inc. Improves Uptime to 99.95% With Hosted Enterprise Resource Planning System
May 2009
Exterran Holdings, Inc. wanted to unify information across the new global organization created by the merger of Hanover Compressor Company and Universal Compression Holdings, Inc., under scrutiny...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Corporacion CEFA S.A. Integrates Financial Information and Improves Regional Business Practices
May 2009
Corporacion CEFA wanted to implement a unified and reliable IT infrastructure to make the company's financial information visible throughout the organization and integrate administrative and...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Slovnaft Plc. Gains New Agility and Business Insight to Thrive in Dynamic Petrochemical Industry
May 2009
Slovnaft Plc. wanted to automate critical processes for business decision making in the complex, multidivisional refinery enterprise and efficiently manage the production chain, sales, and...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Ferromatik Milacron Reduces Administration and Process Costs Through Application Consolidation
May 2009
Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH wanted to standardize critical business processes, while retaining the maximum degree of flexibility for the subsidiaries and comply with accounting standards...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Sercomtel S.A. Telecomunicacoes Realizes 25% Productivity Gains and Greater Financial Transparency
May 2009
Sercomtel S.A. Telecomunicacoes wanted to Comply with fiscal and tax regulations, as well as requirements imposed by Brazil's national telecommunications agency, Agencia Nacional de...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
SMART Deploys Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and Handles 40% More Orders
May 2009
SMART Technologies wanted to Continue aggressive growth while improving productivity and customer service and implement a strong logistics capability to ship and deliver products to customers in a...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Agrokor Group Reduces Reporting Time From Two Weeks to Two Minutes
May 2009
Agrokor wanted to integrate and standardize scattered customer data from retail and food production divisions and remove duplicate data to gain more insight into customers. The challenge was to...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design Enhances Management of 16 Subsidiaries With Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
May 2009
Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design wanted to build a unified information management platform that can be adapted for future business requirements and allow the group to adopt best practice...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Servientrega Integrates Human Resources and Financial Data and Accelerates Payroll Procedures
May 2009
Servientrega wanted to integrate financial and Human Resources (HR) information systems to consolidate up-to-date data online to enable timely strategic decision making and improve the operating...
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Shanghai Hi-Tech Control System Boosts Profit Margins, Improves Inventory Management
Jun 2009
Shanghai Hi-Tech Control System Co. wanted to share inventory data between locations across China and replace a sales system that was not properly configured, ensure internal transactions could be...
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Santa Clara University Streamlines Financial Processes and Accelerates Admission Application Reviews
Jun 2009
Santa Clara University wanted to provide an integrated financial management solution to improve strategic management of university resources and enhance reporting capabilities to reduce reliance...
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Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP Realizes Significant Efficiency Increases With Online Pre-Billing
Jun 2009
Procopio, Cory wanted to reduce delays in the billing process by eliminating the need to shuttle pre-bills between the company's San Diego and Carlsbad offices and improve productivity and...
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Serendib Flour Mills Automates Financial and Supply Chain Management
Mar 2009
Serendib Flour Mills (Pvt.) Ltd is a flour milling company based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The startup company is positioning itself as a supplier of superior quality flour in Sri Lanka and overseas....
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Paquetexpress Centralizes Information and Optimizes Payroll and Human Resources Procedures
Jun 2009
Paquetexpress wanted to establish a reliable, high-availability IT infrastructure to support the company's growth and unify and centralize a large volume of historical information about clients...
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Audatex Gains Real-Time Access to Key Business Insight With Business Intelligence Solution
Jun 2009
Audatex wanted to reduce manual and duplicate data entry requirements to improve efficiency and accuracy of business intelligence analysis and provide self-service access to financial reporting...
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