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Whitepapers
Deloitte: Network Risk and TCO
Feb 2012
A Deloitte survey of enterprise CIOs reveals key differences between using a single-vendor or multivendor approach. See why a focus on initial costs might ignore a long-term impact on operational...
Provided by Cisco Systems, Inc
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Whitepapers
Process-Centric Banking: The Promise of BPM Technology for Financial Services Institutions
Oct 2012
For many financial institutions, the rapid pace of innovation, coupled with geographic expansion, has resulted in many new back-office, mid-office, and front-office business processes. These...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Businesses are ready for a new approach to IT
May 2012
Today's businesses need simpler more efficient and flexible computing models. The IBM PureSystems family is comprised of platform systems and infrastructure systems that include built-in patterns...
Provided by IBM
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Tools & Templates
Startup Costs Worksheets
Aug 2006
This template will help you estimate both one-time and continued costs for the first 90 days of your new business.
Provided by Entrepreneur.com
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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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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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Whitepapers
Six Ways to Boost Service Profitability and Customer Satisfaction
Jul 2012
Global economic volatility is the new reality. Escalating costs, changing technologies, complex regulations, unpredictable markets and record deficits are impacting businesses around the world and...
Provided by Genpact
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White Papers
Balancing Profitability and Risk in Banking: Overcoming Common Risk Analysis and Reporting Challenges
Jul 2011
Banks need a robust enterprise risk analysis and reporting solution to improve reporting accuracy and efficiency while reducing the costs and burdens of compliance. This paper will focus on the...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Using Smart processes to power intelligent enterprises
Jul 2012
Building an intelligent enterprise - one that can be an industry leader and a top performer - requires a combination of, smarter processes, better decision making and the right technology. To...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Business continuity: How to increase workforce resiliency during disasters
Feb 2013
What would happen to your business if your workers were unable to perform their jobs due to natural or manmade disasters? This paper shares five critical areas in which IBM can help you build...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Fax Software and Fax Services: Making the Best Choice
Jul 2008
Fax communication presents a challenge for organizations seeking to improve business process efficiency. As fax has remained a medium of choice for business information transfer, the latest fax...
Provided by Esker
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Whitepapers
The Future Belongs to the Intelligent Enterprise
Jul 2012
Tough economic conditions have made today's business environment more competitive than ever before. Escalating costs, unpredictable markets, and record deficits are impacting businesses around the...
Provided by Genpact
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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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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
Improving IT service delivery through an integrated approach to software asset management white paper
Oct 2009
This white paper describes the challenges of managing software rights in increasingly complex environments and discusses how SAM can make the entire process more efficient. Specifically, it...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
More Secure. More Manageable. Intelligent Performance. That's Smart ROI
Jan 2010
PCs powered by a new 2010 Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor help businesses cut costs and increase efficiency, so you can reap a positive ROI for years to come.1 How? The all new 2010 Intel Core vPro...
Provided by Intel
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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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Whitepapers
Avoiding 7 project portfolio pitfalls: Manager's guide
Oct 2012
Do projects seem to appear out of nowhere? Do you find yourself scrambling to pull together reports for executives? Download this free guide and learn about several project portfolio management...
Provided by AtTask
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White Papers
Why Print Management Matters
Oct 2009
Print Management provides a breakthrough answer to today's top business challenge: reducing overhead without harming productivity. Jim Salzer of DocuAudit Intl. shows how Print Management allows...
Provided by Xerox
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White Papers
BI and the Power of Choice
May 2008
This eBook from Oracle and DMReview.com discusses how companies implement and use Business Intelligence (BI) in different ways to overcome challenges.
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Maxol: Oil Firm Grows Business While Trimming Servers by 80 Percent
Aug 2008
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS featuring Hyper-V helps oil and petroleum company, Maxol, reduce server costs and curb server growth rates.
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Dell Asset Recovery Services
Jan 2008
Dell delivers peace of mind with comprehensive asset recovery and data security services.
Provided by Dell
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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
OpenSPARC: An Open Platform for Hardware Reliability Experimentation
Mar 2008
OpenSPARC is an open source community based around hardware design and experimentation aids for the UltraSPARC T1 and T2 Chip Multi-Threaded (CMT) microprocessors. The UltraSPARC T2 processor is...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Coping with SAN Storage Frustration Caused by Server Virtualization
Jan 2009
Coping with SAN Storage Frustration Caused by Server Virtualization Server virtualization is clearly one of the breakout technologies in the first decade of the 21st century. The results are...
Provided by NEC
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Case Studies
Customer Video: Siemens
Aug 2009
Siemens is one of the largest technology companies with six major business divisions. They chose DB2 and SAP for scalability, performance, increased savings, and lower TCO.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
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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Webcasts
T2 Server Virtualization Case Study
Jan 2009
T2 Systems offers a unified, hosted solution for parking management - a unique offering for the industry. As demand for its solution grew, the company had to add physical servers to its environment
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Crutchfield Case Study: A Win-Win Situation
Sep 2009
Fast growth had pushed Crutchfield's data center to the maximum capacity of its cooling unit. The company wanted to reduce the number of physical machines to avoid buying a new air conditioner as...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Drivers on Dell PowerEdge Servers
May 2008
Upgrading Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers to the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS also typically requires selecting, installing, and troubleshooting device drivers. Using tested and validated drivers...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Maximum ASP Case Study
May 2009
MaximumASP wanted to offer highly available virtualized servers in order to increase service levels and efficiency and lower costs. The company deployed Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Data Center...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Migrating Failover Clusters to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge Servers
May 2008
The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS includes significant changes to the failover clustering architecture designed to enhance flexibility and availability, but migrating a cluster from Windows...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Performance Advantage of Dell PowerEdge R900 over HP DL585 Running Microsoft Hyper-V
Sep 2008
Information Technology organizations are finding that combining today's industry standard servers based on multi-core processors with server virtualization can create highly efficient solutions. A...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Using the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Core Installation Option
May 2008
The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS offers an alternative Server Core installation option that creates a minimal environment for specific server functionality. Although this installation option...
Provided by Dell
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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
Economy Now: Key Strategies For Your Financial Plan
Jul 2009
The current fiscal situation is on everyone's minds, and it is generally agreed that while the economy is not at its most robust, there is no reason why a well-run business cannot thrive with the...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How And Why A Business Plan Can Make A Difference
Oct 2009
We have all been told that a business plan is required for the business to fly. But how much attention do we really pay to it? And do all business owners really need one? You have customers, you...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Should You Borrow Money To Finance Your Start-Up
May 2009
Leverage is the amount of debt that a company uses to finance its assets. According to the pecking order theory of finance, companies first use internally-generated capital, then borrow money, and...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
5 Ways To Protect Your Finances
Oct 2008
If you're feeling less secure about your financial situation these days, you're not alone. Job losses, stock market gyrations, tighter credit and Congressional debates about the economy have made...
Provided by LendingTree
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White Papers
Wringing More Cash From Your Small Business
Jul 2009
Sometimes it pays to leave no stone unturned when you are trying to find ways to preserve cash - especially with the stiff challenges facing so many small and mid-sized businesses in the current...
Provided by American Express
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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
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
Cloud Computing A Silver Bullet For Finance
Dec 2012
The benefits of cloud computing—a high return on investment, greater staff efficiencies, optimization of IT resources, and enhanced visibility and access to information—have piqued the interest of...
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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Whitepapers
Business continuity: How to increase workforce resiliency during disasters
Feb 2013
What would happen to your business if your workers were unable to perform their jobs due to natural or manmade disasters? This paper shares five critical areas in which IBM can help you build...
Provided by IBM
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eBooks
Drive Finance in Real Time with SAP HANA
Dec 2012
As a CFO, your objectives are clear: outperform financial goals to create sustainable value for stakeholders, deliver superior service at reduced cost, ensure regulatory compliance, and...
Provided by SAP
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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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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
6 Must Haves for Modern Financial Management Systems
Nov 2012
The financial system you are running today can likely trace its heritage back to the '80s and '90s. Since then, the needs of finance organizations have changed dramatically, but financial systems...
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
Avoiding 7 project portfolio pitfalls: Manager's guide
Oct 2012
Do projects seem to appear out of nowhere? Do you find yourself scrambling to pull together reports for executives? Download this free guide and learn about several project portfolio management...
Provided by AtTask
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Whitepapers
Process-Centric Banking: The Promise of BPM Technology for Financial Services Institutions
Oct 2012
For many financial institutions, the rapid pace of innovation, coupled with geographic expansion, has resulted in many new back-office, mid-office, and front-office business processes. These...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Business without Borders: How to Cost Effectively Conduct Global
Oct 2012
Enabling people in your organization to collaborate on a global scale has been costly and complicated - until now. We work in a global workforce where business reaches beyond our borders and over...
Provided by Citrix Online
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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
Using Smart processes to power intelligent enterprises
Jul 2012
Building an intelligent enterprise - one that can be an industry leader and a top performer - requires a combination of, smarter processes, better decision making and the right technology. To...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Six Ways to Boost Service Profitability and Customer Satisfaction
Jul 2012
Global economic volatility is the new reality. Escalating costs, changing technologies, complex regulations, unpredictable markets and record deficits are impacting businesses around the world and...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Transformation in Commercial Operations: Today's Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Industry
Jul 2012
Genpact commissioned a study through Pilgrim Partners LLC from September through December 2011. EVPs, SVPs, VPs and senior directors of targeted life sciences and pharmaceutical companies were...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
The Future Belongs to the Intelligent Enterprise
Jul 2012
Tough economic conditions have made today's business environment more competitive than ever before. Escalating costs, unpredictable markets, and record deficits are impacting businesses around the...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Overcoming Obstacles to Transformation in the Finance Function
Jul 2012
Genpact commissioned a study through Pilgrim Partners LLC from September through December 2011. EVPs, SVPs, VPs and senior directors of targeted life sciences and pharmaceutical companies were...
Provided by Genpact
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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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Whitepapers
Export Operation & Compliance Benchmark Report: Going Global w/ Regulatory Reform
Jul 2012
Welcome to the second annual benchmark study covering U.S. export operations and compliance produced by American Shipper in partnership with BPE Global and the International Compliance...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Businesses are ready for a new approach to IT
May 2012
Today's businesses need simpler more efficient and flexible computing models. The IBM PureSystems family is comprised of platform systems and infrastructure systems that include built-in patterns...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Solutions for Today's Smart Business
May 2012
Welcome to the IBM Midmarket Briefing Center, your virtual gateway to experts for midsize businesses. Here you will learn about breakthrough innovations, business insights and solutions that...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Deloitte: Network Risk and TCO
Feb 2012
A Deloitte survey of enterprise CIOs reveals key differences between using a single-vendor or multivendor approach. See why a focus on initial costs might ignore a long-term impact on operational...
Provided by Cisco Systems, Inc
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Whitepapers
Finding a service cost and levels balance
Feb 2012
One of the greatest challenges in service optimisation is increasing customer service levels while reducing operational costs. It is often difficult to achieve one without sacrificing the other....
Provided by ClickSoftware
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Whitepapers
Change ++, See how a hotel finance manager can gain new business insights using interactive dashboards to improve performance.
Jan 2012
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, 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
Finance Executives on the Value of Technology Investment for Midsize Companies - CFO Research Paper
Jan 2012
Read this report from CFO Research Services to learn why finance executives at midsize companies say that an integrated approach to BI and planning helps maximize their ROI in technology.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Transforming Spreadsheets: planning, budgeting and forecasting for midsize companies
Jan 2012
A spreadsheet-based approach to performance management won't meet the challenges facing growing midsize businesses. You need confidence in the information you're using for critical...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Case Study - Constangy
Sep 2011
Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, found an opportunity to improve the efficiency of their IT infrastructure across their whole enterprise with the adoption of a cloud computing strategy. They were...
Provided by Riverbed
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Webcasts
OSA Interactive Client References Interface on IBM.COM
Aug 2011
Interactive interface for viewing OSA client reference videos and case studies.
Provided by IBM
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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
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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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
Balancing Profitability and Risk in Banking: Overcoming Common Risk Analysis and Reporting Challenges
Jul 2011
Banks need a robust enterprise risk analysis and reporting solution to improve reporting accuracy and efficiency while reducing the costs and burdens of compliance. This paper will focus on the...
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
A Local Government Study
Jul 2010
This paper explores the role of accountants in sustainability reporting from a local government perspective. A mail survey document was employed to collect data from 190 respondents, in...
Provided by University of Tasmania
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White Papers
Managing Accountability Expectations In An Uncertain Context: A New Institutional Perspective
Jul 2010
The realities of many public sector organisations today is characterised by uncertainty, complexity, interdependence, diversity, and instability. Under such conditions, managing accountability...
Provided by Auckland University of Technology
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White Papers
Local And Global Merchant Networks: Accounting Across Space And Time
Jul 2010
The authors' paper has three main objectives. First, they build upon the earlier research of the Guide du Commerce (1773) and French trade to examine business networks emanating from...
Provided by University of Alberta
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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
Maxol: Oil Firm Grows Business While Trimming Servers by 80 Percent
Aug 2008
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS featuring Hyper-V helps oil and petroleum company, Maxol, reduce server costs and curb server growth rates.
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Dell Asset Recovery Services
Jan 2008
Dell delivers peace of mind with comprehensive asset recovery and data security services.
Provided by Dell
-
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
-
White Papers
OpenSPARC: An Open Platform for Hardware Reliability Experimentation
Mar 2008
OpenSPARC is an open source community based around hardware design and experimentation aids for the UltraSPARC T1 and T2 Chip Multi-Threaded (CMT) microprocessors. The UltraSPARC T2 processor is...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Coping with SAN Storage Frustration Caused by Server Virtualization
Jan 2009
Coping with SAN Storage Frustration Caused by Server Virtualization Server virtualization is clearly one of the breakout technologies in the first decade of the 21st century. The results are...
Provided by NEC
-
Case Studies
Customer Video: Siemens
Aug 2009
Siemens is one of the largest technology companies with six major business divisions. They chose DB2 and SAP for scalability, performance, increased savings, and lower TCO.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
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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Webcasts
T2 Server Virtualization Case Study
Jan 2009
T2 Systems offers a unified, hosted solution for parking management - a unique offering for the industry. As demand for its solution grew, the company had to add physical servers to its environment
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Crutchfield Case Study: A Win-Win Situation
Sep 2009
Fast growth had pushed Crutchfield's data center to the maximum capacity of its cooling unit. The company wanted to reduce the number of physical machines to avoid buying a new air conditioner as...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Drivers on Dell PowerEdge Servers
May 2008
Upgrading Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers to the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS also typically requires selecting, installing, and troubleshooting device drivers. Using tested and validated drivers...
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Maximum ASP Case Study
May 2009
MaximumASP wanted to offer highly available virtualized servers in order to increase service levels and efficiency and lower costs. The company deployed Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Data Center...
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Migrating Failover Clusters to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge Servers
May 2008
The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS includes significant changes to the failover clustering architecture designed to enhance flexibility and availability, but migrating a cluster from Windows...
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Performance Advantage of Dell PowerEdge R900 over HP DL585 Running Microsoft Hyper-V
Sep 2008
Information Technology organizations are finding that combining today's industry standard servers based on multi-core processors with server virtualization can create highly efficient solutions. A...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Using the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Core Installation Option
May 2008
The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS offers an alternative Server Core installation option that creates a minimal environment for specific server functionality. Although this installation option...
Provided by Dell
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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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Whitepapers
Improving IT service delivery through an integrated approach to software asset management white paper
Oct 2009
This white paper describes the challenges of managing software rights in increasingly complex environments and discusses how SAM can make the entire process more efficient. Specifically, it...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Economy Now: Key Strategies For Your Financial Plan
Jul 2009
The current fiscal situation is on everyone's minds, and it is generally agreed that while the economy is not at its most robust, there is no reason why a well-run business cannot thrive with the...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How And Why A Business Plan Can Make A Difference
Oct 2009
We have all been told that a business plan is required for the business to fly. But how much attention do we really pay to it? And do all business owners really need one? You have customers, you...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Should You Borrow Money To Finance Your Start-Up
May 2009
Leverage is the amount of debt that a company uses to finance its assets. According to the pecking order theory of finance, companies first use internally-generated capital, then borrow money, and...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
5 Ways To Protect Your Finances
Oct 2008
If you're feeling less secure about your financial situation these days, you're not alone. Job losses, stock market gyrations, tighter credit and Congressional debates about the economy have made...
Provided by LendingTree
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White Papers
Wringing More Cash From Your Small Business
Jul 2009
Sometimes it pays to leave no stone unturned when you are trying to find ways to preserve cash - especially with the stiff challenges facing so many small and mid-sized businesses in the current...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
20 Tips To Save Time & Money In Your Small Business And At Home
Sep 2009
These are difficult times and every small business (and large ones) needs to find ways to save money and time without delivering less value to their customers. Service to customers must be...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Where Is The Business Going? Succession Planning Points For Consideration
Jul 2009
This paper explains some points for consideration in developing your own business succession plan. Having an exit strategy is crucial, and often overlooked. Although it is tough to know what your...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
7 Reasons Why Your Marketing Plan Doesn't Work
Sep 2009
Every business should operate with a set of plans - a plan for the business, a plan for cash, a plan for growth, and certainly a plan for marketing. Opening a business with no plan is kind of like...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Some Quick Tips For Small Businesses In This Financial Crisis
Oct 2008
Make sure you to take the right professional advice for each type of issue you are tackling. Your accountant can be your best friend, so consider allowing him electronic access to your books and...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Borrow Better: How To Get A Loan And Keep It
May 2009
Loans are big business for small business owners. Even applying for a simple credit facility can mean risking a lot. But a well-prepared borrower can negotiate from a position of strength, saving...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Best Practices In Finance: A Roadmap For Funding
May 2009
Not everyone who runs a business is a financial wizard. And why should they be? People go into business for a variety of reasons - to transform something they love into something that pays; to...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Consumer Savings During Times Of Economic Downturn
May 2009
The upshot is that there is a "New normal" looming. Rather than the cheery 3.4% real GDP growth that we have seen globally in recent years, we will return to growth, but at a considerably lower...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Cash Management: Five Tips To Help Small Companies
May 2009
In today's economy, many small and mid-size companies lack sufficient cash reserves to ride out the storm. Finding new customers is tougher than usual. And, as you know, raising prices isn't...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Great Test Of Economic Intervention
Jun 2009
One of the constant refrains of the new boomsayers, rally-rompers, and green shootists is that we're not likely to experience a redux of the Great Depression. This time things will be different,...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
5 Ways To Save Your Business Money Now
Jun 2009
If sales are down and cash flow is tight, small business owners can find ways to reduce expenses and save money. This paper shows five ways you can get started. You can conserve cash yet obtain...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Preserve Cash For Your Business
Jun 2009
If you're running a small business today and aren't thinking about how to tighten your belt, you are surely in rarefied company. But if you're like the rest of us, you're scrambling to cover...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Learning To Cut To Win
Jun 2009
If only everyone had cut out all the excessive crap back in 2006 when it might have mattered. Since most small businesses didn't, many have streamlined and are quickly learning how to tighten...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Building Some Protection Against A Down Economy
Jul 2009
Today, business owners find themselves pressed to keep up with uncertain economic conditions. But even in an economic downturn there are opportunities to be had - if you are prepared to take...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
When And How To Offer Discounts For Early Payment
Jul 2009
Offering discounts for cash, upfront and early payment can be an integral part of a comprehensive business management strategy, not just the domain of the accounts receivable department. Bring up...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How Strong Is Your Business? Can You Pass The 3 To 6 Test?
Sep 2009
The "3 to 6 test" is simple. Set aside 3-to-6 months' fixed costs as a cash cushion for your business. The "3 to 6 test" is a rule of thumb. If you have that amount set aside, it can liberate you...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Where To Find Diversification In A Highly Correlated World
Sep 2009
One of the basic tenets of portfolio construction is diversification, the strategy of owning multiple asset classes with different risk characteristics. In theory, diversifying a portfolio with...
Provided by FMR
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White Papers
Why Print Management Matters
Oct 2009
Print Management provides a breakthrough answer to today's top business challenge: reducing overhead without harming productivity. Jim Salzer of DocuAudit Intl. shows how Print Management allows...
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Solutions Brief: Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling The Next Generation Virtualized Data Center
Nov 2009
Server virtualization is one of the most significant technology trends in IT environments today, and a key enabler of the next generation virtualized data center. Server virtualization relies on...
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