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. 

In this paper, discover how performance metrics for P2P’s newly enhanced capabilities can evolve to formally codify the value of the function to enterprise goals such as customer satisfaction or working capital performance. 

Read this customer case study to see how Canadian mutual fund company AIC Ltd. leveraged Quantum's DXi™5500 disk backup solution featuring data deduplication and replication technology in order to drastically reduce backup time as well as cut storage costs and management. 

Entrusted with managing massive volumes of data, Santa Fe Partner's small IT staff knows the importance of security and data availability. Recently, they were looking for a file synchronization tool that would help the company manage market and transactional data as well as allow data transfer for DR. Read on to learn about the solution they chose. 

Few could have envisioned the global success of SMS (short message service) when the first text message was sent in 1992. SMS has crossed network and technology boundaries, and continues to find new applications, as well as providing inspiration for industry innovation as IP (Internet Protocol)-based messaging builds momentum. 

This paper examines the different types of cloud services available, the potential benefits of private clouds for SMBs, specific solutions for companies building private clouds and much more! 

Read this white paper and learn a systematic approach to select software for your planning, budgeting and forecasting needs. Read how to combine today's best practices with leading-edge technology. 

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. 

This white paper highlights improvements being achieved by moving to rolling forecasts as contrasted with typical forecasts to the period end (forecasting 'to the wall'). 

Natural disasters, attacks by hackers, a new application gone bad - any or all of these could result in costly disruptions and missed opportunities. Yet many businesses overlook business continuity planning. Learn how savvy enterprises are employing virtualization to strengthen disaster recovery plans. 

For high-tech manufacturers, even a brief delay in design, production, or distribution can severely limit sales and profitability. With so much at risk, speed and accuracy are imperative. Read this white paper to learn what practices, processes and systems will keep your high-tech manufacturing organization on the cutting edge. 

This paper outlines a set of core analytics customized for wholesaler-distributors. 

For hospitals, the only thing more important than access to patient data in a disaster is timely access to patient data. This Health IT Interactive Classroom will help providers create and implement effective disaster recovery and business continuity plans -- complete with advice from providers who had to put those plans into action.