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. 

This white paper discusses key issues surrounding configuration management and compliance, such as the IT department's need to lower costs, increase management flexibility and control, and increase responsiveness to business needs and requirements. 

Read why top CFOs are shifting from their traditional financial role dealing with standardized business processes and systems to that of change agent and strategic advisor to the CEO. 

This document is designed to help firms understand their data conversion options. It outlines what data is critical and must be converted for compliance purposes and business continuity, what data is not critical, the relationship between data conversion and reporting, and what to look for in a new technology provider relative to data conversion. 

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 

Affordable data infrastructure solutions based on open standards that are inherently secure are now available to midsize organizations. Not only are they quick and easy to deploy, use and maintain, they are designed to meet the constraints of limited IT resources and budgets in the face of the current economic downturn. 

System i provides a wealth of data to help analyze performance and storage usage, but System i administration tools make this information cumbersome to access. This white paper offers best practices for selecting third-party system management tools to take full advantage of this information. 

Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This webcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI. 

Organizations in all industries and of all sizes are turning to business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) technologies and services to either automate or support decision-making processes. 

Facing pressure to deliver solutions quickly and meet rapidly changing priorities, investment banks are reluctant to change processes and adopt new tools. Learn how CollabNet enabled software development/change management process that would enable CMMI compliance while accommodating existing Agile development practices used by various teams. 

This document describes concepts and definitions for governance, elements of governance, distinguishing myth from reality, approaches that go beyond "just good enough", control frameworks etc. 

Despite progress in Virtualization, much development still remains. With predications that virtualization will become pervasive, this research highlights forthcoming challenges and strategic issues facing IT planners. 

Requirements management is critical to the successful development of today's modern products. Read this Analyst Report from the Aberdeen Group, including a case study on Intrapace's use of Jama Contour, to find out how requirements management helps companies accelerate development cycles, improve profit margins and design great products.