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Strategy Guide to Business Risk Mitigation for Financial Services by Intel and HP March 22, 2011 - (Free Research) Although disaster recovery is an important consideration for all companies, it's especially so for financial institutions. Even the briefest interruptions can have a major impact on revenue, operations and reputation. Read this paper for the necessary steps of disaster preparedness.  (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 |

Sophisticated insights in Banking - From complexity to client centricity by IBM November 18, 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper outlines steps that financial institutions can take to become more business savvy and efficient in the age of the consumer. Read on and learn how to leverage information and reduce risk, properly set product prices, learn about your clients and more.  (WHITE PAPER)

Building a Best-Run Finance Organization by SAP America, Inc. June 01, 2008 - (Free Research) This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

A Complete View Of The Enterprise: Linking Operational And Financial Planning In Global Organizations by SAP America, Inc. May 01, 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 |

CBS E-Book: Run Your Business Better With Oracle's EPM Solutions by Oracle Corporation April 15, 2011 - (Free Research) View this interactive E-Book to learn how Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) systems provide your business with an unprecedented solution that is complete, open and integrated.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Financial Analysis Clears the Profit Haze by IBM February 08, 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper by Technology Evaluation Centers discusses the challenges that organizations face when trying to understand their existing business positions and future business scenarios. It focuses specifically on profitability analysis.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

BPM Partners: The Strategic Need to Automate The Last Mile of Finance by IBM February 08, 2012 - (Free Research) Read this white paper and learn about the business challenges and risks in existing manual ‘last mile’ processes dependent on different version spreadsheets, word processing files and unsecured emails, and the benefits and the value of automating ‘last mile’ processes.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Cloud Computing: A CFO’s Perspective by HP and Intel February 08, 2012 - (Free Research) Access this resource to learn more about the promised financial and business benefits of this emerging technology. Learn how to spot risks and make the best long-term decisions for your business.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Superstar CFO: After the Crisis by SAP America, Inc. July 19, 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper explores the concerns and goals of the modern CFO during this crucial, post-recession recovery period. Topics discusses inside are the increased need for fast, acurate and keeping up with governance, risk and compliance (GRC) while moving forward.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategy Guide to Business Risk Mitigation for Financial Services by HP and Intel October 21, 2011 - (Free Research) An unplanned interruption can have significant impact on operations, revenue and reputation. Yet using the right technology can significantly reduce the labor of recovering from a disruption or disaster. Access this resource to discover how you can maintain an effective disaster recovery strategy with a converged infrastructure solution.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

How Security Features in Windows® Server® 2008 Can Save You Money by Dell, Inc. and Microsoft September 27, 2011 - (Free Research) Unfortunately, data theft and the financial consequences of such breaches can be severe. Many organizations lose customers and revenue because of the violation of trust incurred from a breach. Inside this white paper, learn about a security approach that can help reduce risk, while also controlling operating costs.  (WHITE PAPER) 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)

Before & After: Quantifying Business Rule Results in Key Banking Applications by ILOG, an IBM Company April 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper details five actual business rule management systems deployments, providing a before and after view for each credit and lending application.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Securing Sensitive Information: An Examination of Information Security Issues, Methods and Securing Data With LTO-4 Tape Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company July 2009 - (Free Research) Each month many companies, big or small, well known or unknown, experience a data security loss with the potential exposure of thousands to millions of sensitive customer or employee records. This brief examines cryptographic methods, specifically tape data encryption, to combat such security losses.  (ANALYST BRIEF) READ ABSTRACT |

Closing the print security gap by ComputerWeekly.com November 2011 - (Free Research) This report provides an overview of the inherent risks when operating an insecure print environment and discusses the current market landscape while recommending some best practices for adopting an integrated information and print security strategy.  (WHITE PAPER)

CW+: Compass: How to negotiate effective telecoms contracts by ComputerWeekly.com October 2010 - (Free Research) Effective negotiations and management of telecom contracts can have a measurable impact on a business’ financial performance.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

American Gateway Bank Stays Calm Amid the Storm with HP StorageWorks P4000 SANs by HP and Intel May 2011 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn how American Gateway Bank used such technologies as SANs and server virtualization from HP to reduce infrastructure spending, help IT staff focus on business-critical initiatives and harden the company’s disaster recovery preparedness plan.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Protecting Personally Identifiable Information: What data is at risk and what you can do about it by Sophos, Inc. June 2010 - (Free Research) Misusing, losing, or otherwise compromising personally identifiable information can carry a steep financial cost, damage a business’s reputation, and even lead to criminal prosecution. Read this white paper to learn more about the challenges organizations face and the steps they can take to ensure the safety of this sensitive information.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Sybase Customer Success: Barclays Capital by Sybase, Inc. June 2011 - (Free Research) Through increased information visibility and data accuracy, Barclays Capital was able to mitigate exposure to operational and reputational risk. Read the entire case study now, compliments of Sybase.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

The single most important document: Moving annual reporting into the 21st century by IBM June 2011 - (Free Research) Despite being so important, the process to create the annual report, the 10-K and the 10-Q is still stuck in the Middle Ages. This paper explores the history of annual reporting, the process of manually creating the annual report, and how to bring this process into the 21st century.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Three Steps To Strategic Planning Excellence In Wholesale Distribution Companies by SAP America, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) This paper outlines a set of core analytics customized for wholesaler-distributors.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Ten Steps to an Enterprise Mobility Strategy by iPass Inc. (E-mail this company) January 2012 - (Free Research) Ensure traveling employees are productive while you control costs and security, with an enterprise mobility strategy.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Transform insights into action IBM’s: Watson and the future of data by IBM June 2011 - (Free Research) Traditional computing systems are built to analyze only structured data, or to run analytics in batch reporting jobs. Explore how Watson is an example of the new kind of workloads that businesses will apply to achieve their business goals.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Special report on EMC by ComputerWeekly.com November 2011 - (Free Research) This special eight-page indepent report from Computer Weekly, packed with graphs and diagrams, is essential reading for anyone doing business, or thinking of doing business with EMC.  (ESSENTIAL GUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

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