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Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function by SAP America, Inc. January 23, 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 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 |

CEO Perspectives: How HR Can Take a Bigger Role in Driving Growth by Oracle Corporation December 2012 - (Free Research) This report by the Economist Intelligence Unit investigates whether the HR function is forging a close and robust relationship with the CEO.  It also explores the nature of these working relationships, how they have been affected by the economic downturn and how they vary across industries and regions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Superstar CFO - Optimizing an Increasingly Complex Role by SAP America, Inc. May 2007 - (Free Research) Read this CFO Research study to understand how CFOs should prioritize the external and company-wide mandates, as well as how they should manage the finance function itself.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Ventana Research “Keys to a Fast, Clean Close"-2012 benchmark report by SAP America, Inc. December 2012 - (Free Research) Closing the books and reporting financial results are core functions of any finance department, but the most successful companies are achieving closes at the fastest rates.  This informative white paper explains how you can close faster and shorten decision-making time in order to gain edge over your competitors.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Analytics, Decision Making & Teams That Do It Right by ComputerWeekly.com October 2012 - (Free Research) Experts advise how to make the most of analytics in this report from SAS and the Harvard Business Review.  (ESSENTIAL GUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

The Renewed Finance Function - Extending Performance Management Beyond Finance by SAP AG June 2009 - (Free Research) Companies and their stakeholders have always had high expectations for their finance teams. But this research program reveals that, most recently, these pressures- from regulators, from investors, and from competitors&#$5; are pushing companies to look for more from their finance teams in two main, but often conflicting, areas.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

CFO Research Study - Linking Numbers and Narratives by IBM July 2012 - (Free Research) Many companies are incorporating narrative elements into both internal and external reporting. However, adding a narrative analysis to financial reports can take a substantial amount of staff and management time. Companies today need more automation, more variance analysis/explanations, and less keying of information into spreadsheets.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Nucleus Research: Extend the Value of Oracle to Labor Management by Kronos Incorporated June 2010 - (Free Research) This paper explores how using Kronos to automate time and attendance workflows rather than Oracle products translated into a number of key returns involving lower software costs, better data acquisition, and less customization. Continue reading to learn about the benefits and value of using Kronos over Oracle for labor management.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

HRO Innovation: Building Blocks to Derive Full Value by SAP America, Inc. July 1967 - (Free Research) In this report, BusinessWeek Research Services (BWRS) launched a research program to determine the views of C-level managers—at large companies on how to improve the value derived from human resources outsourcing.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Spotlight on IT - Sustained Growth through Operational Excellence by SAP America, Inc. July 1967 - (Free Research) This paper-one of four function-specific papers-is based on the IT responses and follow-up interviews with technology executives who participated in the 2008 Economist Intelligence Unit operational excellence survey sponsored by SAP.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Perceptions of business technology in the 21st century by ComputerWeekly.com February 2012 - (Free Research) The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business.  (ESSENTIAL GUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

The OSI Model: Understanding the Seven Layers of Computer Networks by Global Knowledge July 2006 - (Free Research) This paper explains each of the seven layers of OSI model, including their functions and their relationships, also it provide with an overview of the network process, which can act as a framework for understanding the details of computer networking.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IT Modernization: An Exercise In Alignment by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel June 2009 - (Free Research) A survey conducted in February 2009 by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Oracle and HP, shows in most companies the business functions and the IT function understand the benefits of modernization. But that does not mean that most companies know how to do it right. Read this white paper for practical advice on achieving modernization.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IT modernization: An exercise in alignment by Hewlett-Packard Company June 2009 - (Free Research) A survey conducted in February 2009 by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Oracle and HP, shows that in most companies both the business functions and the IT function understand the potential benefits of modernization. But that does not mean that most companies know how to do it right.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Process Automation for the Twenty-Ten Decade: The Automation of Business Technology by Network Automation, Inc October 2010 - (Free Research) This paper discusses the need for business process automation and how it can make your company vastly more efficient. Continue reading to learn how to stay ahead of the curve on process automation during the twenty-ten decade.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Service Portfolio Management: Manage IT For Business Value by CA Technologies. October 2009 - (Free Research) Read this paper to learn how Service Portfolio Management can be implemented to achieve and show evidence of improved business satisfaction, reduced waste, reduced cost, and enhanced service quality. IT can better select strategic investments and maximize business value.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

UK IT priorities 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com August 2012 - (Free Research) This exclusive Computer Weekly research reveals how UK IT departments are prioritising their budgets in 2012, which technologies they are investing in, and the impact of cloud computing, mobile and other disruptive technology on their IT strategies.  (IT BRIEFING) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Skill Courseware by SkillSoft Corporation SkillSoft’s Business Skills Library focuses on behavioral skills that are designed for business professionals and key to performance regardless of job responsibility, as well as the skills and knowledge that are relevant to the various areas of functional responsibility in today’s business organizations.  (ASP & SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

The Rising Impact of Virtualization on Data Backup and Recovery by Acronis February 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper highlights the rise of virtualization and explores what businesses today can do in terms of adjusting backup and recovery functions to maintain a functioning virtual data center. Learn what applications are most commonly virtualized today, discover the differences in backup between small and large organizations and more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

North Carolina State University - Matches research assets to potential partners with analytics by IBM April 2013 - (Free Research) North Carolina State University needed a way to match its technologies to potential partners, licenese or both. T university needed to reduce the effort required to find potential partners, while also improving the return on its research and development investment. Consult this white paper to find out how they overcame this challenge.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How to write a RFP for Master Data Management: 10 Common Mistakes to Avoid by Siperian, Inc. September 2007 - (Free Research) Critical master data management (MDM) functionality can be easily overlooked when request for proposals (RFPs) are narrowly focused on a single business data type. Ensure success by avoiding 10 costly mistakes when writing your RFP.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Improving Business Operation Performance With Innovations by SAP America, Inc. January 2013 - (Free Research) Explore this white paper to learn more about how analytics can help your business obtain higher operational performance. It discusses the impact of technology on business operations and what you can do to run a business function that produces the right results.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CIO2CIO Global Research Study: Business Intelligence and Master Data Management (MDM) by SAP America, Inc. July 1967 - (Free Research) This global CIO2CIO research program was conducted for SAP, Inc. to gain insight into information management practices in various regions of the world and the research was conducted among IT professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Nucleus Research Note: IBM Cognos Express by IBM February 2011 - (Free Research) Learn how midsize companies can rapidly adopt Business Intelligence (BI) and Performance Management (PM) technologies while minimizing training, support and ongoing costs in this research note from Nucleus Research.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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