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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 |

Simplify – Support Services from HP – HP Business Decision Appliance Optimized for MS SQL Server 2008 R2 by HP and Intel May 25, 2011 - (Free Research) Empower your business with self-service analytics, delivering business insights at the speed you need to gain a competitive advantage. Read this resource now.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Close, Consolidate & Report for Dummies by IBM February 08, 2012 - (Free Research) Download this e-book and find out how a unified close, consolidate and report (CCR) process gives leaders timely and accurate insights to make smarter decisions. You also discover features of the ideal CCR solution and learn what to look for in the selection process.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Financing your EHR Implementation by Intel and HP September 15, 2011 - (Free Research) Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, healthcare providers who invest in EHR technology may be eligible for financial incentives.  However, because incentive dollars arrive after implementation, many practices continue to see cost as a primary barrier to adoption. Read on to learn about the full range of financing options.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Compliance: The Five Red Flags - How Technology Can Mitigate Compliance Risks Across Your Workflow by Advent Software, Inc March 08, 2010 - (Free Research) The challenge for Chief Compliance Officers is to understand the risks associated with each of these three drivers of compliance and how they can be mitigated. Read this paper to find out more.  (WHITE PAPER)

Business Process Management with a Competitive Edge: Implementing Transparent, Agile, and Consistent Business Process Management by ILOG, an IBM Company April 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper explains how a business rule management system (BRMS) can make business process automation easier to understand, maintain and manage.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

A Complete View Of The Enterprise: Linking Operational And Financial Planning In Global Organizations by SAP America, Inc. 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 |

The Business Case: Information for Project Portfolio Decision Makers by Global Knowledge May 2010 - (Free Research) Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Fast Delivery of Complex Financial Reports - How Leading CFOs Do It by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) Reporting speed and accuracy are vital today. But it would be wrong to assume that you have to spend more to go faster and do a competent job. This white paper illustrates how some organizations achieved top-tier results in financial reporting and why some did not.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Medicare or Medicaid (getting on the right path to Federal EHR incentives) by Intel and HP September 2011 - (Free Research) The government will pay incentives to healthcare providers who implement EHR.  There’s still time to register, but you must decide whether to participate as a Medicare or Medicaid provider.  Each has different eligibility criteria and deadlines.  If you are uncertain which is the right choice for your practice, this guide will help.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Reducing Costs in the Data Center with Windows Server 2008 R2, Through Smart Software Spending by Dell, Inc. and Intel May 2010 - (Free Research) SMBs are always looking for ways to cut software spending in the data center. Where are the areas that SMBs can make smart software spending decisions in the data center? In this videocast, get advice on how to effectively reduce costs in the data center using Windows Server 2008 R2 and a smart software spending strategy.  (VIDEO) 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)

How to tackle risk taxonomy by ComputerWeekly.com November 2010 - (Free Research) This Technical Standard provides a taxonomy describing the factors that drive risk – their definitions and relationships. This Technical Standard is not a reference or tutorial on how to assess or analyze risk, as there are many such references already available.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Managing Costs More Effectively by SAP America, Inc. December 2011 - (Free Research) This Ventana Research paper identifies the IT components that can be used to identify ways to improve cost management for success in today's recovering yet volatile market.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business by SAP America, Inc. June 2009 - (Free Research) Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Financial services must gain speed and go mobile to satisfy customers by ComputerWeekly.com January 2011 - (Free Research) This nine-page Buyer’s Guide to Financial Services IT assesses the implications and challenges facing CIOs and senior IT professionals.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly Buyers' Guide: Cloud Computing by ComputerWeekly.com January 2011 - (Free Research) This seven-page Buyer’s Guide to Cloud Computing by Computer Weekly journalists details the kinds of cloud offering that CIOs and senior IT professionals will need to take into account as they plan future outsourcing, hosting and application strategies.  (ESSENTIAL GUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Station Casinos uses workload automation solution to deliver smoother audits and increase customer loyalty by Cisco Systems, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) In this brief white paper, Jeff Martin, Station Casinos’ director of business intelligence (BI), provides specific examples of the types of problems that the company wanted to solve, and offers insight into the specific job scheduling solution it selected to overcome its challenges.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Premise vs. Hosted Contact Center: Total Cost of Ownership Analysis by inContact August 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper presents the results of a total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis comparing premise-based and hosted contact center platforms.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How to Choose a Manufacturing System by Sage Software January 2012 - (Free Research) In this white paper, learn how Sage Software has successfully structured their manufacturing system to deliver useful information to enterprises needing to upgrade from legacy and manual systems.  (WHITE PAPER) 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)

Security as a Service: Business Decision Factors by Webroot Software, Inc. February 2011 - (Free Research) Security attacks directly impact the business, in the form of financial losses, data theft, and more. This research report underscores the business value of IT security and differentiates between SaaS and on-premise solutions. Access statistical findings from your peers and discover what you should look for if you decide to adopt SaaS technology.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT by SAP America, Inc. June 2009 - (Free Research) Real-time visibility provides a means to verify and justify results, as well as full confidence that your company is leveraging the right information at the right time. With the right IT personnel and infrastructure, small and medium companies can respond quickly and effectively to changes in the market.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Three Capabilities to Fuel Today’s Dynamic Planning and Forecasting by IBM June 2011 - (Free Research) If you want to move beyond the traditional finance role and play a more visible, pro-active role in supporting business decision making, read this white paper today.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Maricopa Integrated Health System Case Study – Server and storage technology helps drive hospital’s EMR adoption by Intel and HP September 2011 - (Free Research) Maricopa Integrated Health System had a major decision to make: continue with its paper-based patient record system or adopt an electronic medical record (EMR) solution.  In this case study, learn how Maricopa approached this project and what they realized in terms of IT and business benefits.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

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