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Bookings, Billings, and Backlog: Managing Operational Performance for Financial Success
Aug 2007
Bookings, Billings, and Backlog (BBB) information is the lifeblood of any organization that manufactures and ships products. But BBB information can be difficult to gather, analyze, and report....
Provided by Oracle
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The Path to EPM Success
Jun 2008
An EPM system is most effective when it is applied to the entire organization. But a completely centralized approach to EPM is unrealistic in most large companies. For companies that have many...
Provided by Oracle
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"Future Guidance"
Aug 2008
Forecasting in turbulent markets is a significant challenge with far reaching consequences for performance, resource allocation, reputation and shareholder value. Yet relatively straightforward...
Provided by FSN Publishing
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Integrating Operations and Finance: A Two-Way Street
Aug 2008
One of the hot buttons in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is operational and financial integration. In many organizations, operational plans and financial results are not aligned very...
Provided by Oracle
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Managing the Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards
Jul 2008
This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting. It also explores how Oracle's...
Provided by Oracle
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The Future of Financial Reporting: A Market Perspective
Jul 2008
Following on the heels of corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Parmalat, Livedoor, and others internationally, investors around the world are demanding stricter corporate governance and...
Provided by Oracle
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The Emerging Field of Financial Data Quality Management
Jul 2008
In recent years, financial reporting processes have become tightly intertwined with other key management processes thanks to sophisticated Web-based software solutions. Until recently, the limited...
Provided by Oracle
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Oracle's Financial Management Solutions: Preparing U.S. Companies for the Transition to IFRS
Apr 2008
As the U.S. enters the period of historic debate over global accounting and financial reporting standards, companies should be preparing for change. Whether one is on the path to becoming an early...
Provided by Oracle
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The How and Why of PCI
Aug 2009
Companies that offer online credit card transactions must understand and follow Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards, particularly the Data Security Standard (DSS). This standard includes...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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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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Managing Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards
Jul 2008
Inevitably, corporate financial reporting will be in a state of flux for the foreseeable future. The IASB has ambitious plans to facilitate the convergence of local and country standards with...
Provided by Oracle
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Mobile-Banking Adoption and Usage by Low-Literate, Low-Income Users in the Developing World
Mar 2009
Due to the increasing penetration of mobile phones even in poor communities, mobile-phone-enabled banking (m-banking) services are being increasingly targeted at the "Unbanked" to bring formal...
Provided by Microsoft
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After the Storm: A New Era for Risk Management in Financial Services
Jun 2009
Almost two years since the financial crisis first emerged from the sub-prime mortgage business in the US, the repercussions continue to be felt. Despite unprecedented efforts by governments,...
Provided by Economist Intelligence Unit
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The Bigger Picture: Enterprise Risk Management in Financial Services Organisations
Sep 2008
Despite a growing appetite for enterprise-wide risk management among the world's largest financial services providers, there is some way to go before such practices are fully rolled out and...
Provided by Economist Intelligence Unit
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Agile Foundation for Competitive Advantage: Oracle Tuxedo Enables Speed, Innovation, and Efficiency in Financial Services
Jan 2009
Unrelenting competition is transforming the financial services industry, spurring firms to reinvent themselves to win customers and asset share. At the same time, organic growth, operational costs...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Strategic Asset Management
Sep 2009
An effective asset management system is designed to increase asset and resource effectiveness by providing a platform to support all types of asset classes and all types of work in a dynamic...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Dell™ Proconsult Windows 7 Readiness Assessment FAQ
Jan 2009
What is the Microsoft®Windows®7 Readiness Assessment (W7RA)? W7RA is a gap analysis of a customer's ability to migrate to Windows 7 in a given timeframe. Your migration project is evaluated in...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Empresas Publicas de Medellín, E.S.P. Improves Annual Financial Projection Procedures
Aug 2009
Empresas Publicas de Medellin wanted to standardize financial information to facilitate the creation and consolidation of financial projections for all of the organization's public enterprises and...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Keune Haircosmetics Streamlines Business-Critical Processes With Supply Chain Management Solution
Aug 2009
Keune Haircosmetics wanted to replace aging business systems due to their limited functionality and support phase out and procure and integrate a warehouse location system for integrated...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Amway Corp. to Leverage Oracle e-Business Suite Release 12 and Oracle AIA as Part of Technology Foundation to Support 100% Growth by 2012
Aug 2009
Amway Corp. wanted to double the size of business by 2012 and support this growth with a solid technology infrastructure and replace front-end of e-commerce system to better serve customers. The...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Forestar Group Inc. Reduces IT Support by 40% With Self-Service Document Output Management Tools
Aug 2009
Forestar Group Inc. wanted to replace a legacy document system inherited from the parent company with a cost-effective, integrated solution that would support company growth and support the real...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Panostaja Oyj Provides a Competitive Edge for Subsidiaries With Effective Reporting System
Sep 2009
Panostaja Oyj wanted to obtain a scalable and reliable financial reporting system to meet the needs of the quickly growing business, which had doubled in annual revenue and number of business...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Bank Al-Maghrib Enhances Procurement and Financial Management Processes, Improving Productivity
Sep 2009
Bank Al-Maghrib wanted to improve service quality of business applications to streamline key management activities and obtain greater and faster visibility into financial activities by shortening...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Erlanger Health System Upgrades Enterprise Applications to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Costs
Sep 2009
Erlanger Health System wanted to upgrade to the latest version of Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise applications to ensure continued support and benefit from new functionality and extend efficiencies...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Cliffs Natural Resources Cuts Month-End Close From Seven Days to Four Days, Standardizes Reporting
Sep 2009
Cliffs Natural Resources wanted to replace spreadsheet based reporting, which was costly and prone to late delivery and shorten month-end reporting time to ensure the Asia Pacific management team...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Harvest Foods Reduces Purchasing Costs by 30% With Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Sep 2009
Harvest Foods wanted to integrate multiple disparate modules for financial systems across the company's two manufacturing facilities and reduce generation times for standard financial reports,...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Nortel's Investment Recovery Operations Minimize Waste for Customers' Networks
Feb 2009
Nortel is proud of its membership in the Olympic Family, as the Official Converged Network Equipment Supplier for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, as well as its partnership with the...
Provided by Nortel Networks
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White Papers
The FACTA Red Flag Rule: Understanding the Rule and Recommendations for Compliance
Apr 2008
The Red Flag Rule requires all financial institutions and creditors to implement an Identity Theft Prevention Program to detect, prevent and mitigate identify theft for covered accounts. The...
Provided by Frost & Sullivan
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Information Risk Management in Financial Services
Aug 2007
Security is the heart of the sound yet flexible information risk management discipline required in the global financial services industry today. Given the speed and interconnectedness of business,...
Provided by Tower Group
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Whitepapers
HP MPS solution for AIB
Oct 2009
Allied Irish Bank (AIB) wanted a Managed Print Services (MPS) solution at its head office that would improve service quality, deliver cost savings and lower operational risk. One of the IT...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Data to Intelligence: The BI Advantage for Financial Services
Jun 2008
Find out how leading financial enterprises are turning to sophisticated data warehousing techniques, real-time analytics, improved data quality, and intelligent metrics to find competitive advantage.
Provided by SAP
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Case Studies
Keeping Banking Infrastructure Secure With Tripwire Software
Sep 2009
Members of the British and French Rothschild families set up Rothschild Bank AG in Zurich in 1968. The challenge was to attain visibility across a multi-location, multi-platform IT infrastructure,...
Provided by Tripwire
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Case Studies
Empresa Tejofran De Saneamento e Servicos Ltda. Expands Its Financial Vision
Aug 2009
Founded in 1957, Empresa Tejofran de Saneamento e Servicos Ltda. (Tejofran) is a pioneer in the service outsourcing industry. Today, it has eight business units: cleaning and multiservices,...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Peruana de Artefactos para el Hogar Consolidates Information and Achieves Efficiency in Granting Credit
Feb 2008
Founded 54 years ago, Peruana de Artefactos para el Hogar (Peruvian Home Devices) specializes in granting quick and easy credit for the purchase of household appliances and other products. It has...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Improves Visibility and Extends Reporting With Integrated Financial System
Sep 2009
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. wanted to integrate disparate financial systems - resulting from rapid growth through several acquisitions - for more visibility and enable the organization to...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Golden Temple of Oregon LLC Improves Data Integrity and Increases Profitability
Sep 2009
Golden Temple of Oregon LLC wanted to support the company's growth and international expansion by improving data integrity and providing visibility into all aspects of the business - from...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
C&S Migrates to a Common Scalable Platform, Driving Efficiency and Reliability While Improving Controls
Sep 2009
C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene wanted to control user access to critical data and monitor financial processes without manual intervention and maintain data continuity across multiple systems. The...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Dunham-Bush Yantai Increases Speed of Cost and Profitability Analysis by 30%
Sep 2009
Dunham-Bush Yantai wanted to replace outdated manufacturing and finance applications with an integrated enterprise resource planning system and gain centralized control of enterprise resources and...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
GoodHope Asia Holdings Gains More Purchasing Power, Generates Financial Reports Faster
Sep 2009
GoodHope Asia Holdings Ltd (GAHL) is the holding company for overseas oil palm plantations run by Carson Cumberbatch PLC, an organization with interests in a diverse group of businesses in...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
School District of Manatee County Empowers Users With Upgraded IT System and Purchasing Capabilities
Oct 2009
School District of Manatee County wanted to upgrade Oracle's JD Edwards World application suite to take advantage of new application functionality, streamline business processes, and optimize the...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Global Network Management of a Fortune 10 Company
Jan 2011
The client is a Fortune 10 diversified technology, media and financial services company. The business challenges precursor to this engagement were pressure from business to significantly reduce...
Provided by Microland
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Case Studies
Servimática S.A. Shortens Its Recovery Window and Improves Overall IT Availability to Better Serve Its Banking Customers
Nov 2009
Servimática S.A., a subsidiary of Ibermática S.A., is an IT services company that caters predominately to its three banking customers. In the past, Servimática had managed the IT operations of its...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Al Rajhi Bank Sharpens focus on Customers With strategic Analytics
Nov 2010
Confronted by pressures from competitors and financial realities across the globe, today's banks face the equally daunting challenge of gaining clear insights into customer practices and...
Provided by IBM
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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
Accelerating the Financial Close CFOs' Insights into the Benefits of a High-Quality Close
Jul 2011
CFO Research, inc conducted a series of interviews with top finance executives at large, multinational companies from around the world. The goal was to gain insight into the impacts that...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
How Best in Class Plan, Budget and Forecast in Today's Dynamic World
Jul 2011
Highly effective financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting can successfully enable decision making even in periods of unprecedented change. Download this Analyst Insight written by Aberdeen...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
The Superstar CFO - After The Crisis
Jul 2011
CFO Research, inc collaboration with SAP, conducted a research study that asked senior finance executives what it takes for Finance executives to excel in a changing and uncertain world. This...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Improving Bank Performance: Overcoming Common Planning-Related Obstacles
Jul 2011
Bank CFOs are being forced to reexamine their roles and responsibilities. Simply closing the books no longer works. Finance departments are being asked to perform strategic budgeting and planning,...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Keeping Cash Flow in Focus While Driving Business Performance
Jul 2011
One of the most basic business axioms, held dear by all firms but especially small companies, is that cash flow is king. Customer payments are essential to fueling all other business activity from...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Discovering hidden costs in your data centre - a CFO perspective
Jul 2011
At the June 2010 meeting of top CFOs at the Financial Executives International (FEI) Canada annual conference, IBM had the opportunity to talk with more than 60 CFOs to determine how much business...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IBM Rational Helps Financial Services Holding Company Improve Time to Market and Lower Operational Costs
Sep 2010
The financial services holding company needed to streamline the installation process for its IBM WebSphere software, its primary middleware component. Automating the WebSphere environment setup...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Focusing on Streamlined Project and Portfolio Management With IBM Rational Focal Point
Apr 2011
The city's Department of Finance has a broad array of responsibilities, from overseeing financial and urban planning to managing real estate development and promoting business. Those duties are...
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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Case Studies
Telenet
Jul 2010
Telenet is the largest provider of broadband cable services in Belgium. They needed to retain its profitable customers in what is a highly competitive market. This meant being able to respond...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Dorel Builds a Smart, Mobile Analytics Platform
Jun 2011
Dorel Industries is a global manufacturer they knew that effective financial and operational management depends on consistent, accessible analysis of business data - but the use of spreadsheets...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Seattle Children's Hospital Implements Desktop Virtualization
Jun 2011
View this webinar to learn how Seattle Children's Hospital was able to successfully deal with compliance issues, security requirements, budget constraints and more, all while ensuring a high...
Provided by Citrix & WYSE
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Tools & Templates
IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool
Jun 2011
There's never been a better time to upgrade to IBM's POWER7 servers. Click here to create a strong financial business justification with supporting TCO and ROI results.
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Non-Compliance Costs: Should Your Organization Invest in GRC Tools?
May 2011
Compliance regulations are increasing in quantity and complexity. Many organizations are staying on-top of compliance requirements by leveraging an integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC)...
Provided by ANXeBusiness Corp
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TDWI Checklist Report: Operational Data Quality
May 2011
Failing to ensure high-quality operational data may put at risk many worthwhile business goals for operational excellence. There are many areas within the average enterprise where high-quality...
Provided by Trillium Software
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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 Dell Software
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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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Whitepapers
change++ demo: Using interactive dashboards with IBM Cognos Express
May 2011
See how a hotel finance manager can gain new business insights using interactive dashboards to improve performance.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Acumetrics demo: Improve your planning with IBM Cognos Express
May 2011
See how a plastics manufacturing company improved its planning capabilities by integrating its sales, operations and financial forecasts.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Kettle Foods empowers end users with self-service reporting
May 2011
IBM Cognos Express helped Kettle Foods reduce its financial reporting time from eight weeks to less than three weeks. With assistance from IBM Business Partner Inca Software, a Logicalis Company,...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Gloria Jean's Coffees saves $120,000 in accounting costs annually
May 2011
The global coffee retailer worked with IBM Business Partner Cubewise to create a customized solution that would enable its financial department to generate month-end reports in five days instead...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Smarter Spreadsheets: Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting for Midsize Companies
May 2011
In "Smarter Spreadsheets: Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting for Midsize Companies" you'll discover how to transform spreadsheet-only processes into an effective financial performance management...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Interface Groups and Financial Transfer Architectures
Jul 2007
Analytic execution architectures have been proposed by the same authors as a means to conceptualize the cooperation between heterogeneous collectives of components such as programs, threads,...
Provided by University of Amsterdam
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White Papers
Solutions Brief Oracle Fusion Governance, Risk, and Compliance: The New Standard for Risk Management and Compliance
Apr 2011
Oracle Fusion Governance, Risk, and Compliance is a modular suite of applications designed to work as a complete enterprise governance, risk, and compliance solution or as modular extensions to...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Sustained Growth Through Operational Excellence
Apr 2011
Find out how operations is a key driver to operational excellence. Operations executives are closest to the processes along the value chain, and as a result are best positioned to drive...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Online Convergent Charging
Apr 2011
Investigate the latest thinking on how to become more agile and customer-friendly while reducing operating costs and revenue leakage. With service and payment convergence, services can be bundled...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Driving Better, Faster Decision Making through Finance
Apr 2011
In companies of all sizes, the chief financial officer (CFO) is the crucial link between strategy and execution. The CFO acts as a trusted advisor to the chief executive officer (CEO) in mapping...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Financial Statement Fraud Detection by Data Mining
Nov 2009
Financial losses due to financial statement frauds (FSF) are increasing day by day in the world. The industry recognizes the problem and is just now starting to act. Although prevention is the...
Provided by GITAM UNIVERSITY
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White Papers
Capping the Brown Energy Consumption of Internet Services at Low Cost
Jul 2010
The large amount of energy consumed by Internet services represents significant and fast-growing financial and environmental costs. Increasingly, services are exploring dynamic methods to minimize...
Provided by Rutgers University
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Whitepapers
Compliance & Traceability in Regulated Industries
Apr 2011
Compliance and Traceability in Manufacturing has traditionally been viewed as "cost of business" but this perception is changing as automation and integration gains traction across industries....
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
SAP BusinessObjects - Unified Planning and Consolidation - A Wise Investment for Mid-sized Companies by BPM Partners
Apr 2011
In today's heightened competitive and regulatory environment, an organization's fortunes can rise or fall based on the effectiveness of its financial systems, particularly those that drive its...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
SAP BusinessObjects Edge Planning and Consolidation SB
Apr 2011
To manage performance efficiently, midsize companies need a unified planning, budgeting, and consolidation solution. The SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge Planning and Consolidation application...
Provided by SAP
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Case Studies
Commercial Mortgages Origination System
Feb 2009
Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) Group Division of a leading global investment bank. Faces the challenge to integrate separate departments into world wide system, to speed up loan processing,...
Provided by LUXOFT
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Case Studies
Luxoft Helps Risk Management Advisory (RMA) at Deutsche Bank Move in the Right Direction With COMPAS
Dec 2010
The Risk Management Advisory (RMA) group at Deutsche Bank wanted to develop an innovative loan origination system. Their challenge is to develop and launch an enhanced web-based loan origination...
Provided by LUXOFT
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Case Studies
Global Integrated Loan Trading
Feb 2009
Distressed Products Group its main business challenge was to automate all aspects of the desk and provide an on-line frontend system to LS2 for loans in the Distressed Products Group. They want to...
Provided by LUXOFT
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Case Studies
Financial Services Company Accelerates Telework
Feb 2011
SNS REAAL Headquartered in Utrecht faces challenge to improve work-life balance with increase business continuity and minimize real estate cost. The organization found its solution in enabled...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
KCC Engineering &Construction Cuts Monthly Reporting Time From 25 Days to 5 Days With Oracle E-Business Suite R12
Oct 2009
KCC Engineering & Construction (KCC E&C) is one of South Korea's leading building companies. KCC E&C is aiming to become the foremost residential apartment builder within the next two to three...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Smooth Transition: Preparing for IFRS
Oct 2009
The SEC proposes that 2014 be the first year for US registered companies to file their financial statements in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) format. This white paper covers...
Provided by Epicor Software
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White Papers
Getting Ready for IFRS
Oct 2009
Successful businesses around the globe have shown time and again that what at first glance may appear as a difficult and costly change in regulation can be an opportunity for efficiency and market...
Provided by Epicor Software
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White Papers
Opportunities in Adversity: Responding to the Crisis
Feb 2009
The economic news at the beginning of the New Year has made for grim reading. Headlines hype to attract attention and journalists simplify, but the collective media assessment of 2008 is clearly...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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Whitepapers
Viewpoint: Globalization in the Asset Management Industry
Jan 2009
This paper considers the progress of globalization in the asset management industry to date, and the potential impact of recent market disruption. It explores the fundamental drivers and enablers...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Economic Capital (EC) Meets the Real World
Aug 2009
In the last several months, all have witnessed financial market turmoil at a level unprecedented in the post-Depression era. At the same time, many North American life and non life insurers have...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Suspicious Activity Reporting: Maximizing Impact and Mitigating Risk
Feb 2009
An effective Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) process is a critical foundational element in any anti-money laundering program and yet, the financial services industry continues to struggle with...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Anti-Money Laundering Advisory Services
Mar 2009
Governments and regulatory agencies have strict and unyielding expectations regarding the quality and completeness of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) programs within the financial services community....
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Challenges and Solutions for Global Economic Sanctions Compliance
Feb 2009
Off late greater international pressure is being placed on financial institutions to block terrorist financing. As a result, sanctions compliance programs are being scrutinized by regulators like...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Aligning Risk Management, Finance, and Operations: Senior Executives on Governance, Uncertainty, and Performance Amid a Global Banking Crisis
Dec 2008
The world financial system has weathered several major financial crises in the past several decades: the U.S. Savings and Loan Crisis in the late l9Sos and early 19905 and the Asian Financial...
Provided by CFO Publishing
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White Papers
Serving the Hedge Fund Industry: Seasoned Professionals for a Time of Change
Aug 2009
Hedge funds are facing a time of unprecedented challenge and opportunity. With market uncertainty and tight credit markets, funds are closing in record numbers. Gates and lockups are more...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Business Advisory Services Finance Improvement
Aug 2009
Industry challenges have never been greater for chief financial officers (CFOs). The current market conditions and the pace of regulatory change have all pushed CFOs into a more active role....
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Recent Market Events: Accounting and Reporting Considerations
Oct 2008
Losses and write-downs at major financial institutions have intensified concerns about credit and liquidity risks and resulted in a further sharp reduction of market liquidity. Credit risk spreads...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Strategic Business Risk: Media and Entertainment
Nov 2008
Financial risk and regulatory risk have been the focus of much of this effort. In both cases, there are externally determined rides and frameworks with which companies in media and entertainment...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
Inside IFRS: The Opportunity for Energy IT
Oct 2009
Conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will likely be the largest single change of accounting policies and procedures ever undertaken by US companies. The move to IFRS...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
IT Must Play a Key Role in Adapting to IFRS
Jul 2009
In late November 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released for comment its proposed roadmap of the steps required for conversion from US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles...
Provided by Ernst & Young
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White Papers
An Analysis of Sendio's Anti-Spam Offering
Jan 2009
The benefits should not be underestimated. In an environment of increasing financial pressures caused by a faltering economy, coupled with the continuing need to protect users and organizations...
Provided by Osterman Research
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White Papers
The Impact of New Communication Tools for Financial Services Firms
Sep 2009
Securities traders, banks, investment advisors and others in the financial services industry have long embraced new communication tools. Email, for example, and more recently instant messaging can...
Provided by Osterman Research
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White Papers
Breaking the Bank - Vulnerabilities in Numeric Processing Within Financial Applications
Jul 2008
Attackers will go to extraordinary lengths to compromise a financial application; the spoils are just too irresistible. So unsurprisingly these applications have higher requirements for data...
Provided by Corsaire
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White Papers
The ROI of Data Loss Prevention
Oct 2008
One data loss incident can result in continuous cost. After making affected customers whole, conducting an internal investigation, repairing any damage to internal systems, and dealing with...
Provided by Websense
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White Papers
How to Navigate Through the Multi-GAAP Reporting Maze During an IFRS Conversion
Apr 2009
Oftentimes, before a company can embed IFRS as its primary financial reporting standard, it must go through a dual-reporting period during which IFRS and US GAAP financial statements are...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
How to Plan a Successful Finance Transformation
Apr 2008
The Finance function has been slowly evolving from "Scorekeeper" to strategic business partner - but Finance Transformation efforts have met with only limited success. To redefine itself as a...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Converting to International Financial Reporting Standards: Planning Considerations for US Tax Executives
Dec 2008
The timeline provided in the SEC's proposed roadmap provides companies with the opportunity to develop a strategic, timely, and comprehensive plan to approach, analyze, and manage the conversion...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Financial Services Regulatory Highlights
Aug 2009
Past June, the Department of Treasury released a White Paper on Financial Regulatory Reform calling on the SEC and CFTC to make recommendations to Congress for changes to statutes and regulations...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Model Risk Management: Key Considerations for Challenging Times
Jul 2008
While model risk management has come a long way over the last decade, it is still an evolving area where significant challenges exist. Model risk management stands at the forefront of risk...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Complying With International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): Getting Your Systems Ready to Meet Financial Consolidation and Reporting Requirements
Mar 2009
Given the length of time it takes to change an organization's people, process and technologies, and to adopt governance practices globally, now is the time to assess and plan for the impacts of an...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Solutions for Financial Services and Insurance Companies: FoxT Provides Tried-and-Tested IT Controls for Identity and Access Management
Feb 2008
The financial services and insurance sectors have always been heavily regulated compared with many other industries, so in some ways banks and insurance companies were well prepared for the latest...
Provided by Fox Technologies
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White Papers
Liquidity Risk Management
Dec 2008
The financial markets cannot hope to recover until confidence is restored. Banks need to recover their faith in each other and rebuild their reputations across their stakeholder base. They must...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Assess Your Risk Management Framework Under UCITS III
Mar 2009
Recent years have shown a rapid growth in the importance of Risk Management within the UCITS environment and subsequently a major shift in focus from regulators worldwide. Sweeping transformations...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Internal Audit Perspectives: Increased Level of Supply Chain Risk Joins Growing Chain of Challenges
Jul 2009
The current global financial crisis has many businesses grappling at the enterprise level with critical issues including financial stability, risk management, and sustainability. In these times,...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Supply Chain Risk Assessment
Jun 2009
A shrinking global economy has multiplied supplier failures at home and abroad, threatening supply chain stability. A supply chain breakdown can devastate a company financially and cause extensive...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Leveraging IT Risk Management to Boost Competitive Advantage: Achieving Integrated Information Technology, Governance, Risk, and Compliance
May 2009
There are tumultuous times for Finance leaders. Investors, board members, senior management, rating agencies, regulators and other stakeholders continue to seek ways to better evaluate and execute...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Getting the Most Out of Your Firm-Wide Risk Management
Sep 2009
Recent events have highlighted the importance of a Risk Management framework which is able to deal with risk types beyond those included within Basel II Pillar 1. In the light of the Pillar 2...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Confronting Risk in Business Relationships and Emerging Markets: Enhanced Due Diligence and Corporate Intelligence
Sep 2009
The reputational and business risks associated with conducting business in emerging and expanding markets, with new business partners, agents, joint ventures, vendors, suppliers and distributors...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Improve Performance and Enhance Productivity in Federal Agencies
Mar 2009
Off late high-profile accounting and management scandals in the commercial sector have given rise to legislative action to improve internal controls over financial reporting for companies...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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White Papers
Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Risk Management Issues Associated With Hedge Fund Restructuring
May 2009
After the market events in the third quarter of 2008, many hedge funds received redemption requests which, had they been honored, would have significantly impaired the capital base of many open...
Provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Case Studies
Blackbriar Technologies Case Study: Wireless Optimization
May 2009
A client in the Financial Industry requested a Scope of Work to prepare and submit the Federal Excise Tax Refund for 2006 in January 2007. To accomplish this task all invoices were reviewed for...
Provided by Blackbriar Technologies
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White Papers
True SaaS in Capital Markets
Oct 2009
IT services has been one of the greatest victims of the current economic downturn. Both customers and vendors are struggling to create new engagement models that deliver tangible returns to the...
Provided by Quinnox
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Case Studies
UniCredit Modernizes Mainframe Development and Testing With IBM Rational Developer for System z Software
Oct 2008
With more than 170,000 employees, 40 million customers and 9,000 branches, UniCredit Group is one of the largest financial services organizations in Europe. Looking to modernize its development...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
HealthSouth Corporation Strengthens Financial Visibility and Accelerates Monthly Closing
Nov 2009
HealthSouth Corporation wanted to improve companywide visibility of financial data as part of HealthSouth's reorganization and relisting to the stock market and automate financial, budgeting, and...
Provided by Oracle
