This case study will shed important light on how service management software, in particular, is helping to improve productivity and provide real-time visibility into critical financial data. 

In this e-book, learn about a study based on the responses of 116 professionals between July and August of 2011 that examines best practices of high-performing organizations to discover which aspects of invoice receipt, approval processing, payment, and audit serve differentiate them from their lower-performing counterparts. 

Database security is the last line of defense, so it deserves greater focus on the protection of private data from both internal and external attacks than IT pros have traditionally given it. Read this paper to learn what steps you can take to improve database security in your organization. 

This white paper outlines today’s challenges and Oracle’s solutions, including Encryption and Masking, Advanced Security, Secure Backup, and Data Masking Pack, Access and Authorization, Vault and Label Security, Auditing and Monitoring and Management pack. 

Applied Oracle Security (Oracle Press, 2010) is the definitive guide to safeguarding Oracle Database 11g written by the security experts in Oracle’s National Security Group. This complementary chapter on auditing covers how to audit database activity efficiently, improve security, address regulatory requirements, and automate compliance reporting. 

IT audit is about the formal verification and validation of the quality and effectiveness of ITcontrols to support the overall business control objectives. From a security controlperspective the residual IT security risks are relatively well understood in a networkperimeter protected environment. 

Read this paper for a detailed look into at the challenges associated with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and best practices to overcome them and manage your financial information. 

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 

This nine-page Buyer’s Guide to Financial Services IT assesses the implications and challenges facing CIOs and senior IT professionals. 

Like the idea of cloud computing but seek a provider that supports the applications you already have? How can you be sure you get the needed security with an external cloud? Learn how IT organizations can extend their virtualized environment to the secure Enterprise Cloud to improve business agility, ensure security and manage costs. 

Financial institutions need to take immediate steps to ensure they understand the experience of their customers who are transacting online. In this white paper learn how to implement an effective customer experience management (CEM) to help build customer loyalty, revenue, cost savings, and more. 

The federal government’s push for electronic healthcare records has made compliance and data security even more pressing. This e-guide offers a look at where healthcare IT leaders should begin, and what they should watch out for as they move to embrace the HITECH Act, HIPAA and other initiatives.