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White Papers
10 Reasons to Modernize the Desktop: CIO
Aug 2011
IT departments require a solution that meets the evolving needs of the business, employees, and IT - something not possible with a traditional PC model. Desktop modernization is about evolving...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
How to Align Corporate Strategy with Project Execution
Jul 2011
The biggest challenge for business leaders today is making sure initiatives that are undertaken at the project level are aligned with the strategic and financial goals of their organizations....
Provided by AtTask
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White Papers
Using Data Mining Technology to Identify and Prioritize Emerging Opportunities for Mortgage Lending to Homeownership-Deficient Communities
Jun 2005
The banking sector has undergone rapid change during the past decade. Factors such as rapid technological advances, a booming economy, a broadening of products and services offered, and...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Architecture for Customer Relationship Management Approaches in Financial Services
Dec 2004
The majority of financial services companies in Germany and Switzerland have, with varying objectives and success, conducted Customer Relationship Management (CRM) implementation projects. This...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
5 Strategies to Deliver World Class Customer Service in Financial Services
Aug 2006
Financial Services providers can significantly improve their competitive position, acquire more new customers, retain their profitable existing customers and manage their costs more effectively by...
Provided by Nortel Networks
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White Papers
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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Webcasts
Predicting Success: The Evolution of Corporate Performance Management (CPM)
Oct 2005
Companies are increasingly turning to Corporate Performance Management systems (CPM) to better aggregate, analyze and leverage key financial and operational decision-making data. Yet users are...
Provided by Penton Media
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White Papers
Activity-Based Cost Management
Sep 2004
The traditional "overhead functions" of a business, once widely criticized by internal customers, are becoming today's shared services organizations. The initial consolidation of functions into a...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Profitability Analysis: Not the Elusive Quest for the Holy Grail
Aug 2005
The "Holy Grail" of corporate performance management is profitability. Just as there are many pitfalls in any quest, the search for understanding profitability can be fraught with peril, most...
Provided by Applix
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White Papers
Capacity Planning and Sizing for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
Feb 2008
Implementing a new Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies environment demands that one undertake a thorough capacity planning exercise. This provides one with the information that one need...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Podcast: Tax Risk - A Call to Action
Apr 2010
If you still think tax risk is only about avoiding penalties, assessments and over-payments, you're only getting a slice of the story. While the traditional view of tax matters has stopped at...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Enterprise Mobility: Finance Executive Perspectives on Mobile Business Applications
Jul 2011
This research report offers perspectives of senior financial executives on the widespread use of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets in the workforce. It also determines what finance...
Provided by SAP
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Webcasts
The Future of Auditing Standards, and Their Impact on Corporate Governance
Oct 2005
In a recent survey, 76% of CFOs polled by Business Finance believe the costs of Sarbanes-Oxley outweigh the benefits. Although the backlash from the Enron, MCI, and myriad other scandals continues...
Provided by Penton Media
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Downloads
IBM Rational Application Security eKit
Mar 2010
Interconnected, instrumented and intelligent products are flooding the marketplace. Made up of embedded software along with mechanical and electrical components, these smart products generate an...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Service Providers and SAS 70 Reports Understanding Requirements, Compliance and Benefits
Nov 2007
This webinar gives a complete overview of the SAS 70 report and explains what a SAS 70 Report is and who can issue it, which types of entities are candidates for SAS 70 audits and what is the...
Provided by ComplianceOnline
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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
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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Case Studies
TAC Prepared for Aggressive Growth with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
Sep 2008
TAC, a Schneider Electric company, provides building automation solutions based on Open Integrated Systems for facilities IT. Facing aggressive growth, TAC Americas found it increasingly difficult...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Getting to First in Line: Utilizing Proactive Notification to Improve Collection
Oct 2008
Proactive notification solutions offer great promise for financial companies looking to overcome the headwinds of the current economic slowdown. Avaya's Proactive Outreach for Financial Services...
Provided by Avaya
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Case Studies
Financial Services Group Puts Powerful, Easy-to-Use BI Tools in the Hands of End Users
Jan 2009
One of the United Kingdom?s largest financial institutions, Lloyds TSB Group was formed in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank, the TSB Group, Cheltenham and Gloucester, and Scottish Widows. By...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IBM Case Study: Agio Cigars
May 2009
Agio Cigars manufactures and sells cigars, as well as semi-finished products and packing machines. Agio's main markets were threatened by the ban on smoking and promoting tobacco products....
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IBM Cognos Services Team Helps Sanofi-Aventis Efficiently Implement a Comprehensive BI and Planning Solution
Apr 2009
As a leading healthcare partner, sanofi-aventis provides and develops innovative medicines for treatments in several therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular disease, thrombosis, oncology,...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Manpower and the High Performance Culture of Cognos
Nov 2008
Manpower Inc. is a world leader in the employment services industry; creating and delivering services that enable clients to win in the changing world of work. Previously, budgeting at Manpower...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Building Success, One Set at a Time: Performance Management at Mueller
Aug 2008
Mueller manufactures prefabricated steel buildings, roofing and construction products that can be purchased as whole sets or components. The challenge was to find a platform that would integrate...
Provided by Cognos
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White Papers
Rapid Scorecarding for Financial Services: Five Simple Steps to Building an Effective Scorecard
Feb 2009
Tracking key performance metrics and forecasts is critical to financial services companies, but the numbers often originate from a variety of people and systems, making it difficult to assemble a...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Business Interfaces, Performance Networks - And a New View of Alignment
Apr 2009
Performance management has traditionally been a hierarchical discipline, one that follows a top-down approach. Organizations roll up budgets, cascade scorecards, drill down to locate deviations...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Managing Risk & Uncertainty - An Executive's Guide to Integrated Bus Planning
Sep 2009
A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. Integrated business planning can help you keep your finger on the market pulse, reduce planning...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Adaptive Contact Planning: Building Customer Trust and Value Through Improved Contact Policy Management
Sep 2008
There is tremendous value in establishing a contact policy. Managing the recency and frequency of customer communications can help build trust with customers as well as increase the value of these...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
Scenario Planning and Budgeting: Agility in a Volatile Economy
May 2009
SAS provides the integrated solution and toolset that brings together all the components one needs in order to become more adaptable and agile in an unstable economy - planning, reporting,...
Provided by SAS Institute
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White Papers
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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White Papers
BlueWorks: The easy on-ramp to Business Process Management (BPM).
Oct 2009
With BPM BlueWorks from IBM®, it's never been easier to get started with BPM. Using cloud-based processes and strategy tools, BPM BlueWorks allows you to capture and collaborate on BPM Business...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Linking operational and financial planning in global organizations
May 2008
In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company,asking senior finance executives...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Video Whitepaper: Managing Risk & Uncertainty
Nov 2009
A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. Integrated business planning can help you keep your finger on the market pulse, reduce planning...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
The Digital Retail Banking Landscape
Nov 2008
Financial services institutions have a decision to make: do they upgrade existing infrastructure or make better use of what they have in place today? ARGO and Cisco have performed joint testing to...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
White Paper Spotlight: "IT Outsourcing Essentials" Research Series from IT Consulting Int'l
Nov 2004
Inside Volume I - "Collaboration Fundamentals: Preventing Client/Vendor Process Mismatch" * A Process Compatibility Matrix Diagram * Real Life Process Mismatch Examples * Visual Aid to...
Provided by IT Consulting International
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White Papers
Mid-Market CEO Study
Aug 2008
The rate and scope of change in the business environment is unprecedented. Organizations that approach this climate as an opportunity are the ones experiencing greater financial returns. Explore...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Achieving Reliability in Financial Reporting
Jan 2010
Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle's financial governance solution can focus resources on high-risk areas, improve the quality and efficiency of the financial reporting process,...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Smart Decision Making in the Era of New Financial Challenges
Jan 2010
An era of new financial challenges calls for innovative financial planning approaches. Monte Carlo modeling can help manage risk, improve forecasting, and drive growth in turbulent times. Read...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Corporate Governance: The Role of Document Management and Imaging Systems
Oct 2004
Compliance with the welter of corporate governance regulations now coming into force represents one of the most pressing tasks faced by businesses today. And while many of the new regulations...
Provided by Webevents
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White Papers
Corporate Performance Management: Back to Basics
Oct 2004
The word on the street is that any organisation wanting to respond quickly and effectively to changing business conditions and really understand performance to stay one-step ahead of the...
Provided by Inca Software
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White Papers
Visa Europe and IBM link for interconnected payments: case study
Feb 2012
Visa Europe required a new approach to handling transactions in a complex European market, after the ratification of the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) initiative. Transactions would be much more...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Nucleus ROI Case Study: Concept One Accessories
Jan 2012
Read how this sports, entertainment, and fashion accessory firm achieved an 866% ROI in two months using IBM Cognos Express.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Acumetrics, See how a plastics manufacturing company improved it's planning capabilities by integrating its sales, operations and financial forecasts.
Jan 2012
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 - Video
IBM Cognos Express - YouTube
Jan 2012
IBM Cognos Express: Integrated reporting, planning and analysis for midsize companies-brief introduction video to IBM Cognos Express.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Transforming Spreadsheets: planning, budgeting and forecasting for midsize companies - IBM White Paper
Jan 2012
In "Transforming Spreadsheets: Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting for Midsize Companies" you'll discover how to transform spreadsheet-only processes into an effective financial performance...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
IBM Cognos Express: Essential BI and Planning for Midsize Companies - FactSheet
Jan 2012
Read about IBM Cognos® Express is the first and only integrated business intelligence (BI) and planning solution purpose-built to meet the needs of midsize companies, delivering essential...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
IBM Cognos Express - 30 day free software download
Jan 2012
IBM Cognos Express 30-day Free Trial - Download a free trial of IBM Cognos® Express and test its full range of features and capabilities for 30 days. See how Cognos Express delivers the...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The evolutions of business resiliency management - A proactive guide to helping you strengthen your business resiliency management program
Nov 2011
Risk management, business continuity, and crisis management professionals need to achieve business resilience to respond rapidly to threats and opportunities. Read this white paper to learn about...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Navellier Slashes IT Costs Using Quest's Cloud Services Delivered on NetApp
May 2011
Financial services company Navellier & Associates needs to transform costly IT infrastructure into a streamlined virtual environment while improving disaster recovery practices. They chose NetApp...
Provided by NetApp
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Case Studies
Enhancing Financial Services Security and Regulatory Compliance
Jun 2007
One of the cornerstone services that Lanz provides to help his clients reduce risk is thorough vulnerability assessment of their IT infrastructure. For IT security assessments, Lanz's tool of...
Provided by Qualys
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White Papers
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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White Papers
10 Reasons to Modernize the Desktop: CIO
Aug 2011
IT departments require a solution that meets the evolving needs of the business, employees, and IT - something not possible with a traditional PC model. Desktop modernization is about evolving...
Provided by VMware
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Case Studies
Financial Services Company Boosts Customer Experience for Higher Competitive Advantage
Oct 2010
A Fortune 100 financial services company that provides investment and retirement services to millions of customers experienced network outages that resulted in unacceptable service interruptions....
Provided by F5 Networks
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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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White Papers
How to Align Corporate Strategy with Project Execution
Jul 2011
The biggest challenge for business leaders today is making sure initiatives that are undertaken at the project level are aligned with the strategic and financial goals of their organizations....
Provided by AtTask
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White Papers
Enterprise Mobility: Finance Executive Perspectives on Mobile Business Applications
Jul 2011
This research report offers perspectives of senior financial executives on the widespread use of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets in the workforce. It also determines what finance...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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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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White Papers
DataCell: Building a Data Stream Engine on Top of a Relational Database Kernel
Aug 2009
Stream applications gained significant popularity in recent years, which lead to the development of specialized datastream engines. They often have been designed from scratch and are tuned towards...
Provided by VLDB Endowment
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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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
Fast Growing Company, Mayflex, Chooses IBM Cognos Express to Deliver Essential Business Intelligence and Planning Capability
May 2011
Read about how Mayflex used IBM Cognos Express to replace a complex spreadsheet system, improve time-consuming budgeting and forecasting processes, compare actuals against budgets at various...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
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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Case Studies
Cultivating Business Growth
Jan 2010
ATEbank is a well-known player in the Greek financial marketplace. Originally a specialist bank supporting the development of the country's agricultural sector, it retains a strong focus on...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Processing Forecasting Queries
Sep 2007
Forecasting future events based on historic data is useful in many domains like system management, adaptive query processing, environmental monitoring, and financial planning. The authors describe...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
Brochure: Empower business users and unlock business value with IBM Mashup Center
Mar 2011
A mashup is a lightweight Web application created by combining information or capabilities from multiple existing sources to deliver new functions and insights. It allows users to create tactical...
Provided by IBM
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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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White Papers
11 Habits for Highly Successful BPM Programs; Proven steps for getting started with Process Improvement
Dec 2010
We have been at BPM for quite some time now - almost a decade! We hear quite often from our customers at the beginning of their BPM initiative that they have high hopes and big plans for BPM in...
Provided by IBM
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Podcasts
Podcast: Planning for Recovery
Dec 2010
Uncertainty sets the tone of business planning these days and past precedents, 'rules of thumb' and trading history provide little comfort when assessing future prospects. After 18 years of...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
How Best-in-Class Plan, Budget and Forecast in Today's Dynamic World
Dec 2010
At the start of 2010, prospects for the global economy remain precarious. But highly effective financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting can successfully enable decision making even in...
Provided by SAP
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Podcasts
MSDN Unwrapped for Financial Services: The 2007 Office System Business Platform
Apr 2007
This podcast speaks about the 2007 Microsoft Office system as a business architecture platform. The speakers discuss how the 2007 Office system can help to meet the top financial services...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Virtualization Revolution
Oct 2010
Penton Media leverages server virtualization to manage growth, reduce costs and optimize business continuity across the enterprise.
Provided by CDW
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White Papers
The Total Economic Impact Of Microsoft Unified Communications Products and Services
Oct 2007
Business communications are increasingly complex and require workers to manage multiple devices, applications, and face-to-face interactions in an attempt to stay productively connected with one...
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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White Papers
How to Align Corporate Strategy with Project Execution
Jul 2011
The biggest challenge for business leaders today is making sure initiatives that are undertaken at the project level are aligned with the strategic and financial goals of their organizations....
Provided by AtTask
-
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
-
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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Case Studies
TAC Prepared for Aggressive Growth with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
Sep 2008
TAC, a Schneider Electric company, provides building automation solutions based on Open Integrated Systems for facilities IT. Facing aggressive growth, TAC Americas found it increasingly difficult...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Getting to First in Line: Utilizing Proactive Notification to Improve Collection
Oct 2008
Proactive notification solutions offer great promise for financial companies looking to overcome the headwinds of the current economic slowdown. Avaya's Proactive Outreach for Financial Services...
Provided by Avaya
-
Case Studies
Financial Services Group Puts Powerful, Easy-to-Use BI Tools in the Hands of End Users
Jan 2009
One of the United Kingdom?s largest financial institutions, Lloyds TSB Group was formed in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank, the TSB Group, Cheltenham and Gloucester, and Scottish Widows. By...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
IBM Case Study: Agio Cigars
May 2009
Agio Cigars manufactures and sells cigars, as well as semi-finished products and packing machines. Agio's main markets were threatened by the ban on smoking and promoting tobacco products....
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
IBM Cognos Services Team Helps Sanofi-Aventis Efficiently Implement a Comprehensive BI and Planning Solution
Apr 2009
As a leading healthcare partner, sanofi-aventis provides and develops innovative medicines for treatments in several therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular disease, thrombosis, oncology,...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
Manpower and the High Performance Culture of Cognos
Nov 2008
Manpower Inc. is a world leader in the employment services industry; creating and delivering services that enable clients to win in the changing world of work. Previously, budgeting at Manpower...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Building Success, One Set at a Time: Performance Management at Mueller
Aug 2008
Mueller manufactures prefabricated steel buildings, roofing and construction products that can be purchased as whole sets or components. The challenge was to find a platform that would integrate...
Provided by Cognos
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White Papers
Rapid Scorecarding for Financial Services: Five Simple Steps to Building an Effective Scorecard
Feb 2009
Tracking key performance metrics and forecasts is critical to financial services companies, but the numbers often originate from a variety of people and systems, making it difficult to assemble a...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Business Interfaces, Performance Networks - And a New View of Alignment
Apr 2009
Performance management has traditionally been a hierarchical discipline, one that follows a top-down approach. Organizations roll up budgets, cascade scorecards, drill down to locate deviations...
Provided by Harvard Business School
-
White Papers
Managing Risk & Uncertainty - An Executive's Guide to Integrated Bus Planning
Sep 2009
A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. Integrated business planning can help you keep your finger on the market pulse, reduce planning...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Adaptive Contact Planning: Building Customer Trust and Value Through Improved Contact Policy Management
Sep 2008
There is tremendous value in establishing a contact policy. Managing the recency and frequency of customer communications can help build trust with customers as well as increase the value of these...
Provided by SAS Institute
-
White Papers
Scenario Planning and Budgeting: Agility in a Volatile Economy
May 2009
SAS provides the integrated solution and toolset that brings together all the components one needs in order to become more adaptable and agile in an unstable economy - planning, reporting,...
Provided by SAS Institute
-
White Papers
Capacity Planning and Sizing for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies
Feb 2008
Implementing a new Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies environment demands that one undertake a thorough capacity planning exercise. This provides one with the information that one need...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
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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White Papers
BlueWorks: The easy on-ramp to Business Process Management (BPM).
Oct 2009
With BPM BlueWorks from IBM®, it's never been easier to get started with BPM. Using cloud-based processes and strategy tools, BPM BlueWorks allows you to capture and collaborate on BPM Business...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Linking operational and financial planning in global organizations
May 2008
In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company,asking senior finance executives...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Video Whitepaper: Managing Risk & Uncertainty
Nov 2009
A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. Integrated business planning can help you keep your finger on the market pulse, reduce planning...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
The Digital Retail Banking Landscape
Nov 2008
Financial services institutions have a decision to make: do they upgrade existing infrastructure or make better use of what they have in place today? ARGO and Cisco have performed joint testing to...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
White Paper Spotlight: "IT Outsourcing Essentials" Research Series from IT Consulting Int'l
Nov 2004
Inside Volume I - "Collaboration Fundamentals: Preventing Client/Vendor Process Mismatch" * A Process Compatibility Matrix Diagram * Real Life Process Mismatch Examples * Visual Aid to...
Provided by IT Consulting International
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White Papers
Mid-Market CEO Study
Aug 2008
The rate and scope of change in the business environment is unprecedented. Organizations that approach this climate as an opportunity are the ones experiencing greater financial returns. Explore...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Achieving Reliability in Financial Reporting
Jan 2010
Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle's financial governance solution can focus resources on high-risk areas, improve the quality and efficiency of the financial reporting process,...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Smart Decision Making in the Era of New Financial Challenges
Jan 2010
An era of new financial challenges calls for innovative financial planning approaches. Monte Carlo modeling can help manage risk, improve forecasting, and drive growth in turbulent times. Read...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Corporate Governance: The Role of Document Management and Imaging Systems
Oct 2004
Compliance with the welter of corporate governance regulations now coming into force represents one of the most pressing tasks faced by businesses today. And while many of the new regulations...
Provided by Webevents
-
White Papers
Corporate Performance Management: Back to Basics
Oct 2004
The word on the street is that any organisation wanting to respond quickly and effectively to changing business conditions and really understand performance to stay one-step ahead of the...
Provided by Inca Software
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White Papers
White Paper - Writing a Business Plan
Oct 2005
A business plan should be a realistic view of the expectations and long-term objectives for an established business or new venture. It provides the framework within which it must operate and,...
Provided by Invest-Tech
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White Papers
Basel II: A Worldwide Challenge for the Banking Business
Oct 2004
In the five years since it was introduced by the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, the Basel II Capital Accord has evolved as a complex set of recommendations that will create a variety of...
Provided by KPMG International
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White Papers
Activity-Based Cost Management
Sep 2004
The traditional "overhead functions" of a business, once widely criticized by internal customers, are becoming today's shared services organizations. The initial consolidation of functions into a...
Provided by SAS Institute
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Webcasts
Best Practices in Travel & Entertainment Expense Management
Oct 2005
This web seminar will provide corporate executives, from organizations of all sizes, with best practices in T&E expense management and insight into the advantages of automating and streamlining...
Provided by Penton Media
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Webcasts
The Future of Auditing Standards, and Their Impact on Corporate Governance
Oct 2005
In a recent survey, 76% of CFOs polled by Business Finance believe the costs of Sarbanes-Oxley outweigh the benefits. Although the backlash from the Enron, MCI, and myriad other scandals continues...
Provided by Penton Media
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Webcasts
Predicting Success: The Evolution of Corporate Performance Management (CPM)
Oct 2005
Companies are increasingly turning to Corporate Performance Management systems (CPM) to better aggregate, analyze and leverage key financial and operational decision-making data. Yet users are...
Provided by Penton Media
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White Papers
Using Data Mining Technology to Identify and Prioritize Emerging Opportunities for Mortgage Lending to Homeownership-Deficient Communities
Jun 2005
The banking sector has undergone rapid change during the past decade. Factors such as rapid technological advances, a booming economy, a broadening of products and services offered, and...
Provided by SAS Institute
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Webcasts
Considering Procure-to-Pay Outsourcing?: Think Again...
Oct 2005
New research by The Hackett Group details the types of financial operations that are successfully and unsuccessfully being outsourced by Fortune 1000 organizations. For Procurement and Accounts...
Provided by 170 Systems
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Webcasts
Vendor Master Chaos: Are Material Procure-to-Pay Risks Lurking?
Oct 2005
With Sarbanes-Oxley 404 attestations in full swing, auditors are scrutinizing controls related to the master vendor file. Does a serious material weakness lurk in your vendor master processes?...
Provided by 170 Systems
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White Papers
Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting
Oct 2004
Planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in legacy systems are time-consuming and cumbersome. Maintaining spreadsheets, manually consolidating the information in those spreadsheets, and...
Provided by Longview Solutions
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White Papers
Profitability Analysis: Not the Elusive Quest for the Holy Grail
Aug 2005
The "Holy Grail" of corporate performance management is profitability. Just as there are many pitfalls in any quest, the search for understanding profitability can be fraught with peril, most...
Provided by Applix
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White Papers
Uncover the Benefits of Virtualization
Dec 2009
BMC Software's internal IT organization launched a virtualization and automation initiative that achieved financial payback in less than six months. The effort not only improved productivity and...
Provided by BMC Software
