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Managing Risk through Financial Processes: Embedding Governance, Risk and Compliance by SAP AG November 01, 2008 - (Free Research) To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Automation on Demand: Creating an Efficient and Cost Effective AP Solution by Esker Inc. July 10, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper presents a solution that leverages comprehensive document process automation to deliver the advantages of paperless invoice processing as an on-demand service. It highlights the opportunity to shift ROI from the project level to the document level (capital versus operational expense) and realize automation benefits immediately.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Economics of Embedded Development, Testing, Deployment and Support by IBM December 30, 2008 - (Free Research) This paper is aimed at helping senior management address its product ROI in a manner that can be directly applied to their everyday management practices. In this report, EMF presents a methodology for calculating the ROI for a development based on the direct cost of development, associative costs, extrinsic costs and a process for estimating risk.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Leading Bank Chooses DataFlux to Create More Accurate, Complete Risk Reports by DataFlux Corporation January 14, 2009 - (Free Research) Read how one of the largest banks in the southeast chose DataFlux dfPower® Studio to review and compare multiple data sources simultaneously through data quality and data integration workflows.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Inexpensive & Easy Fast Track to Spreadsheet Compliance Corporate Information by Datawatch Corporation December 10, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper presents an alternative approach to spreadsheet compliance that leverages the investment in existing business systems by using existing reports instead of databases or rekeying data as sources for spreadsheets. Read on to learn more about this new approach and how Datawatch can provide a fast solution to these spreadsheet problems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Email Archiving: Understanding the Reasons, Risks and Rewards by Proofpoint, Inc. October 2008 - (Free Research) Regulatory compliance, legal discovery and storage management issues are driving more organizations to consider email archiving. Here's what you should know when making decisions about your organization's use of email archiving technology.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Complete Security: Out of Reach or Attainable Goal? A Guide to Successfully Mitigating Risk by Solera Networks November 2009 - (Free Research) No security system will keep your organization absolutely secure. As long as assets exist on the network, you have to assume that some threat exists that is capable of finding and exploiting the vulnerabilities in your security. If it doesn’t exist today, it probably will tomorrow. Read this paper to learn a better way of thinking about security.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Reinsurance Company Improves Data Quality, Enhances Profitability with DataFlux by DataFlux Corporation January 2009 - (Free Research) DataFlux dfPower Studio combines several tools to help standardize incoming data and assist companies in building business rules into their system.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP AG January 2009 - (Free Research) the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence by SAP AG June 2009 - (Free Research) The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Renewed Finance Function-Extending Performance Management beyond Finance by SAP America Inc September 2008 - (Free Research) In August 2007, CFO Research Services launched a research program to explore the ways in which the role of the finance team has changed in recent years. This report presents the findings of our online survey of 255 senior finance executives.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT by SAP AG June 2009 - (Free Research) A 2007 report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that nine out of ten corporate executives admit to making important decisions on the basis of inadequate information. This whitepaper will discuss what information visibility can do for your organization as well as the three critical strategic areas of business decision making.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

A Guide to the Value of Reliable Data in Insurance by DataFlux Corporation November 2009 - (Free Research) Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices in Reconciliation: A Practical Guide for Asset Managers by Advent Software, Inc July 2008 - (Free Research) This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed.  (WHITE PAPER)

Governance, Risk, Compliance: Policy Management Methods and Tools by Symantec Corporation December 2009 - (Free Research) IT managers are looking to governance structures and the discipline of risk management to help them make decisions and create sustainable processes around regulatory compliance. Read this E-book to learn more about risk management and evaluating GRC solutions.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Accurate Costing Is Key to Profitability - Dynamic Environments Expose Weaknesses in Traditional Approaches by SAP AG June 2008 - (Free Research) To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. This paper examines indirect and overhead costs, which are crucial to managing profitability.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

A Complete View Of The Enterprise: Linking Operational And Financial Planning In Global Organizations by SAP AG May 2008 - (Free Research) 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 to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Risk Management: Protect and Maximize Stakeholder Value by Oracle Corporation February 2009 - (Free Research) All companies must take risks to survive, and the most successful companies are those that actively integrate risk management into their decision-making processes. This white paper explains how a risk management program can help identify opportunities for value creation while also protecting against potential threats.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Sustainability Matters: Why - and how - business is widening its focus to consider the needs of stakeholders by Oracle Corporation December 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper demonstrates how running a responsible business and high levels of performance do not have to work against each other. And it makes a case for why sustainability issues should simply be part of a company’s overall performance management practices.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management: Realizing the Value Of Cross-Enterprise Solutions by SAP AG January 2007 - (Free Research) This paper explains SAP’s vision for a cross-enterprise GRC solution and the benefits it can provide, defines key terms, and discusses what to look for when evaluating GRC software options.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Hard Hat Area: Myths and Pitfalls of Data Mining by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters February 2009 - (Free Research) The intrepid data miner runs many risks, including being buried under mountains of data or disappearing along with the "mysterious disappearing terabyte." Myths and misconceptions create their own risks and need to be debunked. This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and provides some protective "hard hats" for data miners.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

A Guide to the Value of Reliable Data in Retail Banking by DataFlux Corporation November 2009 - (Free Research) Banks need to get smarter, attract the right customers, implement customer level risk management, and implement risk adjusted customer relationship pricing and all of this is dependent on trusted data. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in banking.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Managing Device Diversity: How To Embrace Employee-Owned BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile Smartphones (And Make Your CIO Smile) by BoxTone October 2009 - (Free Research) This free handbook explains why "enabled compliance" is what IT management and CIOs need to maximize mobile worker productivity while optimizing the balance of service quality, cost and risk to the organization.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Oracle Business Brief: Business Continuity - Are You Always Open for Business? by Oracle Corporation November 2008 - (Free Research) Business continuity with low administration and maintenance costs. Can you make it happen? This Oracle business brief explains how mid-sized can improve performance by creating an IT infrastructure that makes working faster, easier and more effective.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Commodity Coding: Code It or Buy (Too Much of) It by DataFlux Corporation November 2009 - (Free Research) This paper will present you with all the information needed to make an educated decision on whether to commodity coding is right for your organization and it will help with choosing the commodity coding that fits your company.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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