The Path to Enterprise Desktops: From Personal Computer to Personalized Computing by AMD and VMware, Inc.. This IDC white paper considers the concept of desktop virtualization, specifically as made available by VMware's VDI and ACE. The document also considers the benefits more... >> Discover more offerings from AMD and VMware, Inc..

Business and Financial Benefits of Virtualization by VMware, Inc. June 27, 2011 - (Free Research) When IT executives engage with VMware they often ask themselves many questions, including “How do my metrics compare to my peers with respect to virtualizing my IT environment?”. This exclusive white paper highlights top anecdotes and qualitative research on virtualization's business and financial benefits. Learn more here.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Beyond FTP: Securing and Managing File Transfers by Linoma Software March 15, 2010 - (Free Research) Every day, millions of files are exchanged all over the world by corporations, government entities and other organizations. Most file transfers use the popular protocol known as FTP. This paper will examine how FTP has become the standard for business-to-business file transfers and the key pitfalls that face management using this open protocol.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The state of smarter banking: Smarter Industries Symposium, Barcelona, November 2010 by IBM August 10, 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses how data standardization along with better analytics and business intelligence can be a defining factor for success in financial markets by enabling smarter banking. Learn how these tools help blunt the impact of radical changes while delivering a better customer experience.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Optimize Data Management for Smarter Banking and Financial Markets E-Book by IBM March 18, 2011 - (Free Research) This e-book explains how smarter banks can anticipate customer needs and deliver innovative products faster, more consistently and more nimbly than the competition. They have full visibility of their risk position and customer needs. And they respond quickly to both challenges and opportunities. Read on to learn how to become a smarter bank.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Buckle Up (On the Road to IFRS) Straight Talk Book Series by Deloitte July 29, 2009 - (Free Research) The 11th book in our Straight Talk series helps executives understand the implications of IFRS and their role in addressing the associated changes. The publication also offers practical suggestions to help companies navigate through pressing issues and developing your own conversion road map.  (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 |

OpSource Improves Global Business Management and Streamlines Revenue Recognition with Intacct by Intacct Corporation March 22, 2010 - (Free Research) As OpSource grew as a company, they found many inefficiencies and challenges in their financial management system. Read on to learn how OpSource overcame these challenges by switching to Intacct for a new SaaS financial management system.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Capturing a Competitive Advantage with a Secure Payments Infrastructure by Intel May 05, 2011 - (Free Research) A number of factors are driving financial institutions to re-evaluate their payment methods.  These factors include regulations such as Single Euro Payments Area in Europe, which calls for new payment vehicles for customers. Find out how one financial institution was able to meet compliance demands by utilizing a secure payments infrastructure.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

HP Enterprise Services eZine: Industry Edge – Financial Services Edition by Hewlett-Packard Limited July 01, 2012 - (Free Research) Flip through this comprehensive vendor ezine and find out the innovative technology changes forward-thinking financial service providers are implementing. Discover the top 9 financial services trends of 2012, the opportunities the cloud offers businesses in the financial services industry, and much more.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices for Mobilizing Finance Organizations with SAP and Deloitte by SAP America, Inc. May 09, 2013 - (Free Research) This in-depth webcast focuses on how organizations in the financial industry can leverage SAP mobile technologies to get valuable financial insights from anywhere, at any time. Watch to learn how real-time access to business-critical information decreases financial risk, increases operational efficiency and maximizes finance productivity.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Financial process automation leads to better performance by Dolphin April 05, 2013 - (Free Research) Financial reporting can be time-consuming and expensive if done manually. In this expert guide, learn how automating financial reporting can offer your organization key benefits and discover recommendations on how to get started.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Priorities for Improving the Financial Close: Don't Forget about Reporting by IBM October 27, 2011 - (Free Research) In this white paper, learn how the right financial consolidation solution can help you replace silos of inconsistent data with the information and analytic capabilities you need for actionable insight.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Whitepaper: A smarter way through your extended close cycle–Automated Financial Close Management (FCM) by IBM October 29, 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper reviews the processes involved in a company's extended financial close process, the problems associated with a manual effort, and the benefits of using an integrated and automated single-platform solution for Financial Close Management (FCM).  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

6 Must-Haves for Modern Financial Management Systems by Workday July 27, 2012 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to uncover a financial system built and designed to address the business needs of today including the latest technologies, functionality, and design ethics. Also find 6 key capabilities of modern financial software.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CFOs on Managing Finance Technology by Workday December 14, 2012 - (Free Research) CFO Research conducted a survey with senior finance executives working at U.S companies to explore the factors that motivated companies to make changes to their financial management systems in the past, as well as systems-related challenges they are currently facing. This resource presents the findings of that study.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Monitoring for SAP: High-Risk Financial Transactions in Real Time by Security Weaver February 2009 - (Free Research) For corporations using SAP, identifying and controlling risky financial transactions is a major undertaking. This paper examines the monitoring challenges faced by finance and reveals the many advantages of real-time transaction monitoring for SAP.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

A Shared Environment for IFRS Reporting Can Help Drive Financial Reporting Standardization - and Savings, too by Deloitte September 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses how the global movement toward IFRS offers companies the chance to significantly improve efficiency and reduce financial reporting costs by placing IFRS reporting in a shared environment, or "Center of Excellence" (CoE) and how IFRS CoE can help improve the quality and consistency of financial reporting.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The 2004 Oversight Systems Financial Executive Report on Sarbanes-Oxley by Oversight Systems August 2008 - (Free Research) Through a combination of an invitation-only online survey and survey intercepts, 222 corporate financial leaders from across the U.S. participated in this study on corporate attitudes toward Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best practices for streamlining financial processes and reporting in SAP environments by Dolphin October 2011 - (Free Research) In this e-book, get expert advice and ideas on how to improve critical financial processes such as order-to-cash, controlling, general ledger, accounts receivable and financial reporting.  (EBOOK)

Intacct Financial Management and Accounting System: Product Brochure by Intacct Corporation March 2010 - (Free Research) This brochure presents an in-depth look at Intacct’s financial management and accounting sytem and describes all the applications, features, and benefits that come with the system. Continue reading to learn more about Intacct’s financial management and accounting solutions in the cloud.  (BROCHURE) READ ABSTRACT |

Fortifying the Financial Close-to-Disclose Process white paper by SAP America, Inc. October 2012 - (Free Research) In today's economic climate, it is more important than ever for a company to achieve faster, more accurate financial closing and reporting.  Check out this white paper to learn about common targets for improving financial close, and get tips for how your business could optimize its financial processes.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Drive Finance in Real Time with SAP HANA by SAP America, Inc. December 2012 - (Free Research) With speeds up to 100,000 times faster than traditional business analytics software, SAP HANA can provide your organization with deep insights into large volumes of financial data, enabling smarter financial and managerial decisions. Check out this comprehensive e-book to learn more about SAP HANA's power to transform financial processes.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Accelerating the Financial Close CFOs’ Insights into the Benefits of a High-Quality Close by SAP America, Inc. July 2011 - (Free Research) In this analyst report, learn how the financial close process can not only be used to inspire confidence by reporting externally, put critical financial information into the hands of managers faster, allowing them to react more effectively to changing markets.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence by SAP America, Inc. June 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 |

Smart Decision Making in the Era of New Financial Challenges by Oracle Corporation March 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 |

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