IT considerations are not given adequate attention or rigour in the due diligence prior to mergers and acquisitions, this report from Ernst & Young reveals. 

As economic cycles go through the ebb and flow of recession and boom, the underlying drivers of financial transformation in business enterprises also change. This is evident in the focus and direction of senior finance executives who have successfully steered their organizations through periods of recessions and prosperity. 

Rising security breaches cost UK billions over the last 12 months as cyber attacks reached record levels, according to the 2012 Information Security Breaches survey. 

This paper examines the challenges salespeople face, the growing Web 2.0 trend in the enterprise, and the drivers for a new breed of social applications that complement traditional CRM systems to help sales users close more deals quickly. 

<p>Whether you are looking to upgrade your current PeopleSoft software or implementing for the first time, this white paper provides a clear description of the value added benefits you can expect to see from PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial management 9.1.</p> 

The CRM buying process can be reduced to a set of 10 steps that will help you pare down the field of potential solutions to a few vendors who are the best fit. This guide will allow you to move through 10 sets of steps. 

How to have a successful customer relationship management (CRM) implementation. 

This brief paper outlines a solution that seamlessly synchronizes your customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) data to grant you timely access to the information you need to make pivotal and proper business decisions. 

This case study examines a food services company that needed to find a more efficient way to keep track of and manage food and laundry inventories, address customer concerns in the call center, automate processes, and manage tax calculation processes. Continue reading to discover the software they used to effectively meet their business needs. 

This paper covers many of the complications and complexities of managing a call center. It explores the various solutions available and offers pros and cons to each of the options. It shows the positive financial impact picking the right choice can have. 

Read this brief paper and learn how IBM Cognos can lead finance teams into the next generation by offering driver-based budgeting with vastly shorter planning cycles, flexible rolling forecasts, faster and more reliable financial close and consolidation, tighter control over operational performance, swifter reporting capabilities and so much more. 

This paper offers insight into an option that capitalizes on predictive analytics, enabling your business to target, optimize and automate your customer-centric interactions. Read this now and learn from other successful companies 10 pivotal tips - including careful planning and setting goals - that will help you craft the perfect data mining plan. 

Read this white paper to learn how financial services firms can leverage social channels to better understand changing customer needs and interaction styles, develop products and services that address those changes, and create marketing campaigns that target these customers.