March 12, 2010 - (Free Research) Consider how procurement outsourcers have helped customers improve strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and operational procurement. Yet they need to connect these areas with integrated, sourcing-to-settlement procurement processes by providing customers with standard processes and platforms.
March 19, 2010 - (Free Research) In this podcast, Ray Wang, a partner with Altimeter Group and former vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, shares his five tips for negotiating better maintenance contracts, and discusses the types of deals SAP customers are getting and why some are opting for third-party maintenance.
May 01, 2007 - (Free Research) Read this white paper to learn a structured way to manage requirements, and how risk-based requirements and quality management are inseparable from the larger process of managing the planning, test and release of a software system.
September 2008 - (Free Research) Outsourcing is the quest to offload either commodity or very specialized activities, so that staff can focus on work that truly adds value to the business.
December 2009 - (Free Research) Delivering solid application performance to branch and satellite offices is a clear business priority but costly and challenging to maintain for IT. How can you ensure the business gets what it needs while lowering IT costs and fueling greater consolidation and efficiency? Hear how leading enterprises are conquering this challenge and you can too.
February 2010 - (Free Research) The SANS/CWE list of the Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors is already becoming the "standard" for developing secure applications in many large enterprises. In this webcast, review the prevalence of attacks that use vulnerabilities listed in the Top 25 and learn how to safeguard your code to avoid the most dangerous programming errors.
January 2010 - (Free Research) Email archiving is rapidly becoming a critical best practice for organizations of all sizes and across all industries. This white paper compares Sunbelt Exchange Archiver (SEA) with a cross-section of other email archiving offerings, to help decision makers in the evaluation process.
January 2010 - (Free Research) On the cusp of this century's second decade, the data center finds itself balancing efficiency and availability while computing demand and energy costs are increasing and IT budgets are contracting. This paper will review 4 trends that will drive companies to improve availability while implementing cost cutting and energy efficient technologies.
March 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.
August 2009 - (Free Research) To help mitigate the negative impacts of ID theft problems, Massachusetts passed a new law that requires any organization that "owns, licenses, stores, or maintains personal information about a resident of the Commonwealth" to follow a comprehensive set of information security requirements. Read this white paper to learn more.
November 2008 - (Free Research) Downturns give companies a chance to buck conventional wisdom and increase their IT investments. Targeted investments in many areas can generate efficiencies and revenue growth that surpass the savings from straight cost reductions.
June 2009 - (Free Research) What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects
January 2007 - (Free Research) This paper explains SAP’s vision for a cross-enterprise GRC solution and the benefits it can provide, defines key terms, and discusses what to look for when evaluating GRC software options.
January 2010 - (Free Research) Businesses running SAP solutions still employ paper-driven Accounts Payable processes. As a result, they are limited in their ability to minimize per-invoice costs, improve productivity, and prevent duplicate invoices. Read this paper to learn about the unique value of a comprehensive platform to streamline Accounts Payable processes.
June 2009 - (Free Research) In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management.
September 2008 - (Free Research) In August 2007, CFO Research Services launched a research program to explore the ways in which the role of the finance team has changed in recent years. This report presents the findings of our online survey of 255 senior finance executives.
August 2009 - (Free Research) More and more suppliers are requesting electronic invoicing today. Esker’s mission is to help organizations quit paper by focusing on paper-oriented business processes and creating innovative solutions to automate these processes. Check out this webcast to see how accounts receivable can benefit from Esker's solutions.
March 2010 - (Free Research) In this webcast you'll hear from Frank Colich, vice president of finance with 3TIER, on how his company reduced its financial close time by five days. And Intacct CFO Marc Linden discusses how cloud applications can simplify and streamline any organization. Watch this webcast to learn more about how cloud computing helps gain more ROI.
September 2008 - (Free Research) Manufacturers must be prepared to recognize impending change as early as possible, assess the potential impact, determine the optimum strategy for dealing with the change, and implement that strategy in the most effective way possible. In this white paper you'll learn 4 steps toward developing chaos-tolerant business processes.
January 2006 - (Free Research) In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors.
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.
February 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper explains how financial services firms across the industry and around the globe can use customer-centric strategies and CRM tools to maximize the value and loyalty of their client base and gain insight into new areas of opportunity.
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