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Finance for IT decision makers: Making business cases by ComputerWeekly.com January 14, 2013 - (Free Research) This extract from Michael Blackstaff's book, Finance for IT decision makers, teaches you how to make effective business and financial cases for IT projects.  (BOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

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 ROI for ERP: An Overall Approach by ComputerWeekly.com September 24, 2012 - (Free Research)  Nucleus Research offers advice on calculating the return on investment (ROI) for enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

The Financial Edge™: Fund Accounting Software for Nonprofits by Blackbaud The Financial Edge gives you all the information you need to make the best financial decisions for today and tomorrow. Think of it as insurance for your organization’s future.  (ASP & SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

EIU Report: Preemptive Action: Mitigating Project Portfolio Risks in the Financial Services Industry by Oracle Corporation January 31, 2011 - (Free Research) This research report explains how to ensure long-term viability in the financial services industry by depending on your ability to invest wisely in projects, meet regulatory targets and avoid the costly and public failures that brought down so many other organizations in the financial services industry.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

TimeSummit by Exaktime Time and attendance records collected in your JobClocks and/or PocketClocks are easily transferred into TimeSummit software, automatically assembled and presented to you in clear, concise reports.  (SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

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 |

Smarter Lending: Returns come quickly when you increase agility, make better decisions and delight customers by IBM August 10, 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper explores the challenges modern financial institutions face when seeking to implement a smart lending strategy. Inside, learn about the unique methods and approaches available to help overcome these hurdles.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Extending Planning & Forecasting with Analytics by IBM May 07, 2013 - (Free Research) This white paper examines the current state of analytics in today's accounting systems, and ventures to find ways to enhance and strengthen this foundation. Learn how automation can help support accounting systems.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Emerging Opportunities for Accounting Firms in a Changing Economy by BlackBerry October 05, 2009 - (Free Research) In this research report, we examine five of the critical issues that are creating new opportunities for the accounting profession and nine key strategies for obtaining competitive advantage.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Smart Decision Making in the Era of New Financial Challenges by Oracle Corporation March 02, 2009 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn why the Monte Carlo modeling method provides a beacon of financial sanity and reliability at time when consumer confidence is at an all-time low and managers face new levels of accountability and keen public scrutiny in their decision-making.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Driving Strategic Planning with Predictive Modeling by Oracle Corporation July 18, 2008 - (Free Research) Uncertainty makes strategic planning complex. Removing uncertainty can create unlimited business value. There are solutions to help organizations overcome uncertainty and achieve results. Read this white paper to learn how to drive strategic planning with predictive modeling.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Renewed Finance Function - Extending Performance Management Beyond Finance by SAP AG June 02, 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 |

Transform Finance Operations with Cognos Disclosure Management by IBM April 26, 2013 - (Free Research) In this brief video, learn why traditional analytics processes are unfit for today's complex data, and discover how the right disclosure management platform can transform your finance operations, provide more strategic business insights, and allow for smarter decision-making.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Gain visibility, insight and control with the CFO Performance Insight solution from IBM by IBM June 30, 2012 - (Free Research) This brief video introduces an analytics platform that combines predictive analytics with what-if analysis, giving CFOs valuable insight into financial performance and paving the way for smarter, more reliable enterprise decision-making.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

The road to better HR: 10 key vendor requirements by Ultimate Software February 07, 2011 - (Free Research) Organizations that want to enter the market for a new human capital management (HCM) solution are faced with the challenge of making an informed decision about new vendors. This white paper provides advice on how to uncover an efficient, cost-effective HCM solutionswith the top 10 questions organizations should be asking.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence by SAP America, Inc. June 02, 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 Performance Manager: Turning Information Into Higher Business Performance by IBM February 14, 2008 - (Free Research) Download this white paper for an extensive summary of The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance, a book that examines the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide them with information to drive better decisions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Disclosure Management for budgeting, planning and forecasting -- the next frontier? by IBM October 31, 2012 - (Free Research) This resource explains how disclosure management can lead to significant productivity gains when used for statutory reporting, and evaluates the viability of this strategy as an option for improving budgeting, planning, and forecasting (BPF) financial processes.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Case Study: Fortune 100 Insurance Company and Security Weaver by Security Weaver November 08, 2010 - (Free Research) For the VP of Financial Systems for a Fortune 100 Insurance Company, the decision to implement an SAP compliance and reporting solution was initiated as a result of SOX. Now that the Security Weaver solution has been in place for about two years, the VP is convinced that the decision to go with this solution was the best choice for his company.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

SenSage Security Intelligence by Sensage, Inc. February 01, 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper will teach you about a solution that can provide you with enterprise-wide protection and also provide you with decision support when it comes to security, risk management and compliance. So don't waste anytime and see why this real-time security solution could save your enterprise from a costly security breach.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Sybase Financial Services Video by Sybase, an SAP company July 05, 2011 - (Free Research) This video presentation takes a look at the unique needs of financial service providers. Continue watching to learn the tools and technologies they rely on to provide the highest quality results to their clients.  (VIDEO) READ ABSTRACT |

Geiger Ready-Mix Improves Decision Making and Controls Costs with Kronos by Kronos Incorporated June 17, 2009 - (Free Research) Geiger upgraded from a paper timecard system that required manual processing - a significant challenge for an organization with a weekly payroll cycle. The system could handle some of Geiger's unique pay features, but they had no way to track this information historically. Read on to learn how Geiger overcame this and other challenges.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

How Organizations Make Better Decisions by SAS Institute Inc. April 13, 2010 - (Free Research) This report describes how organizations are attempting to improve specific decisions. Most analyses of decision-making address single capabilities, such as technology, leadership, or group process. In this research, the topics addressed were more comprehensive - the idea being to understand which improvements were used most frequently.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Advanced case management solutions for smarter decision making in banking by IBM October 12, 2011 - (Free Research) Financial institutions are under pressure to make better decisions. Real-time decisions depend on access to information and the technology available to analyze it. This paper outlines an option that aggregates all of the content from across the entire organization to enable a holistic view of each case, reduce risk and support accurate decisions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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