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May 21, 2013

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Burn Rate
DEFINITION: In venture investing and new company development, the burn rate is the rate at which a new company is spending its capital while waiting for profitable operation. Typically, a new company, especially in new, fast-growing fields such as Internet commerce or publishing, expects in its early stages to spend money faster than it can take in revenue. The term is often seen in financial reviews and discussions … Definition continues below.
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10 Tech Skills Heading the Way of the Dinosaur - 2013 Edition sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: There are many articles devoted to what is hot in the IT industry, so we won't rehash them here. Instead, we will focus on skills that are going away. If these skills are all you have, soon you may be in an unemployment line. If these skills are the most recent ones you have, NOW is the time to update your skill set and prepare for the future. Posted: 08 May 2013 \| Published: 08 May 2013 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| IT Asset Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Service Management \| IT Services

30 Business Practices for Remaining Competitive in a changing Economy sponsored by Citrix Online Go To Meeting WHITE PAPER: This Focus Research eBook explores 30 best practices designed to help you weather the storm and successfully navigate an unsteady economy. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 \| Published: 01 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Business Environment \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management

5 Reasons to Choose Next-Generation ETL Data Integration with Salesforce sponsored by Progress DataDirect WHITE PAPER: In this report, count down five next-generation requirements that contribute to an effective ETL data integration (DI) strategy, and learn how the right data connectivity approach can help you achieve DI success. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Applications Management \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Database Administrators \| Database Management \| SOA \| SOA Governance

6 Must-Haves for Modern Financial Management Systems sponsored by Workday WHITE PAPER: 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. Posted: 27 Jul 2012 \| Published: 27 Jul 2012 TOPICS: ERP \| Financial Applications Software \| Financial Industry Organizations \| Financial Management \| Financial reporting software \| Financial Services Industry \| Financial Systems

6 Steps to Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation Success sponsored by IFS WHITE PAPER: Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Contact Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) is complicated. Here are six simple steps to take to manage that complexity. Posted: 04 Feb 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| CRM \| ERP Software \| Project Management \| ROI \| Strategic Planning

7 secrets to achieving BPM success sponsored by OpenText WHITE PAPER: Consult this white paper to find out how you can achieve the success you need with business process management. Here, you'll find an outline on reaching the best BPM for your business with just seven easy steps. Posted: 05 Dec 2012 \| Published: 05 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| ROI

A C-suite guide: How to create smarter buildings and achieve sustainability sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Buildings account for 49 percent of the total US energy consumption. This white paper demonstrates how IT leaders can better manage their energy and environmental programs while centrally managing the lifecycle of their facilities. Posted: 27 Mar 2013 \| Published: 27 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business Models \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| Energy Efficiency \| Energy Industries \| Environmental Compliance \| Environmental Industry \| Environmental Law \| Environmental Standards \| Green Data Center \| Green Storage

A Comprehensive, Integrated Approach to Cash Flow Management in SAP® Applications sponsored by Dolphin WHITE PAPER: Many businesses overlook cash flow management as a strategic asset - but this could be a huge mistake. In this resource, learn how you can optimize Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Order Management, and other document-based business processes for a comprehensive, integrated approach. Posted: 20 May 2013 \| Published: 20 May 2013 TOPICS: Accounting \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Cash Flow \| Financial Management \| Order Management Systems \| SAP (Product)

A Faster Year-End Close sponsored by Prophix Software WHITE PAPER: A well thought out financial process provides your decision makers with the most up-to-date, accurate data and information whenever they need it. This paper outlines the benefits of a properly designed and implemented financial process. Posted: 02 Oct 2012 \| Published: 02 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Financial Reporting \| Financial reporting software \| Financial Statements \| Financial Systems \| Financial Transaction Processing

A Guide for CIOs: Make Your Mark with Business Transformation sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: Review this informative white paper to discover the importance of implementing a formal transformation program. Gain insight into 2 business transformation success stories, 9 reasons why you should work with an experienced transformation partner, a simple 5-phase business transformation program, and much more. Posted: 06 Jul 2012 \| Published: 01 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Business Development \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management

A Leader in Forrester's Smart Process Applications Wave sponsored by Kofax, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This evaluation from Forrester looks at both the current capabilities of vendors to support cases and their potential to support projects and operations. Read now for an in-depth smart process application evaluation so you can make a more informed decision. Posted: 16 May 2013 \| Published: 16 May 2013 TOPICS: Business Development \| Business Environment \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| CIOs

A New Era of IT sponsored by Information Builders WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how combining the right business intelligence (BI) platform with an expert integrated system will allow you to reorient and optimize IT practices for cloud computing, resulting in better performance, scalability, reliability, and more. Posted: 02 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Systems Integration \| Systems Management \| Systems Operations

Aberdeen Group-Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting White Paper sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: When the economy slows, many businesses react by retrenching and cutting costs in order to weather the downturn. While such cost reduction is important, companies often overlook equally critical strategic decisions – opportunities to use valuable business information to strengthen product and service offerings and emerge ahead of the competition. Posted: 03 Mar 2011 \| Published: 03 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Benchmark Testing \| Budgeting \| Business Performance Management \| Business Systems \| Collaboration \| Enterprise \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software \| Knowledge Management

Accelerate Your Business: Performance Reporting Essentials sponsored by Prophix Software WHITE PAPER: Companies that are still using spreadsheets to collect and disperse data may run into errors and possibly outgrow the capacity of Excel. Read this paper to learn find the ideal reporting and performance management system for your organization. Posted: 01 Sep 2012 \| Published: 31 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Budgeting \| ERP \| Financial Applications Software \| Financial Systems \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software \| Spreadsheets

Accelerate Your Financial Close with Peer-to-Peer Intercompany Reconciliation sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This resource describes how the SAP Intercompany application can remove the biggest barrier from your financial close process – enabling reporting units to reconcile intercompany balances earlier while liberating central finance from labor-intensive involvement. Posted: 20 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Accounting \| Accounting Software \| Financial Applications Software \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Financial reporting software \| Financing \| Sales \| SAP (Product)

2009 IT Skills and Salary Report sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Download your free copy to learn the top paying salaries for IT jobs based on state, industry, certification, and more. Posted: 03 Mar 2009 \| Published: 03 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Certification Programs \| Training

2010 Asset Management Operations and Compensation Survey Findings sponsored by Advent Software, Inc WHITE PAPER: In this survey you will learn how asset management has changed over the years and the different challenges asset management professionals have been facing. Posted: 18 May 2011 \| Published: 17 May 2011 TOPICS: Asset Management (Finance) \| Asset Management Services \| Budgeting \| Compensation \| Employee Monitoring \| Financial Services Industry \| Metrics \| Operational Support Systems

6 Mistakes Companies Make and How to Avoid Them sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organizations can use business intelligence to avoid them. Use the self-assessment questionnaire at the end of this paper to determine the level of business intelligence opportunity across your organization. Posted: 28 Sep 2009 \| Published: 28 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| CEOs \| CFOs \| CIOs \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Decision Support Systems \| ROI \| Strategic Planning

7 Steps to Building a Business Case for ERP sponsored by Sage Software WHITE PAPER: Businesses are looking to make technology investments to prepare for growth but remain cautious with the economic recovery uncertain. Businesses need to define a business case for their technology investments and build a framework to measure ROI. This paper describes a 7-step process that will help build the business case for an ERP investment. Posted: 09 Feb 2011 \| Published: 09 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Manufacturing \| ROI \| Spend Management \| Strategic Planning

A Business Intelligence (BI) Agenda for Midsize Organizations: Six Strategies for Success White Paper sponsored by IBM Cognos WHITE PAPER: Success in business intelligence is all about facilitating sound, data-driven decisions at every level of the business. Read this white paper to learn six strategies for BI success, drawn from the experiences of actual IBM Cognos customers. Posted: 02 Mar 2009 \| Published: 02 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Dashboards \| Data Quality \| Productivity \| SMBs

A Buyer's Guide for Software Companies Considering On-demand Financial Applications to Meet Their Business Requirements sponsored by Intacct Corporation WHITE PAPER: The movement to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model is placing pressure on software vendors. This paper examines the trends which are transforming the software industry and independent Software Vendors to leverage on-demand financial applications. Posted: 08 Dec 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Financial Applications Software \| Financial Management \| IT Industry \| OEMs \| Software as a Service \| Software Selection

A Complete View Of The Enterprise: Linking Operational And Financial Planning In Global Organizations sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: 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. Posted: 05 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2008 TOPICS: Balance Sheets \| Business Intelligence \| CFOs \| Financial Industry Organizations \| Financial Management \| Financial Metrics \| Financial Reporting \| Financial Services \| Financial Services Industry \| Financial Systems \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| SAP (Product) \| Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

A Functional Model for Data Management sponsored by Baseline Consulting WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how organizations are using a holistic data management perspective to optimize data usage regardless of where the information resides. It shows how when information is shared across the enterprise, business decisions are more robust, and decision makers have access to the widest array of input, with the greatest quality. Posted: 04 May 2009 \| Published: 04 May 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Collaboration \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality

A New Model for Healthcare Transformation sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of the major issues that are driving support for care transformation. More importantly, it outlines an approach for achieving value from the IT investments made by health care organizations in support of transformation initiatives. Posted: 20 Jun 2012 \| Published: 20 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Performance Management \| Health Care Compliance \| Health Care Industry \| Health Care Networking \| Medical Practice Management \| Medical Records Management

Accelerating the Speed of Intelligence for Fast and Flexible Forecasting sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Based on interviews with CFOs and senior finance executives at six leading international companies, this report presents the strategies they are using to infuse flexibility into their planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in order to detect and address the constantly changing market realities of today's stubbornly volatile global economy. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 30 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Dashboards \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Financial Management \| Financial Metrics \| Financial Reporting \| Forecast/Demand Management Software \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software

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BURN RATE DEFINITION (continued): … about new Internet companies, public or private, where the question is whether revenue will begin to flow in sufficient amounts before the invested capital plus revenue is "burnt up." When the burn rate begins to exceed plan or revenue fails to meet expectations, the usual recourse is to reduce the burn rate (which, in most companies, means reducing the staff). When it is burnt up (or before), a company has to find additional capital through loans, private equity investors, or a public stock offering; merge with or sell itself to another company; go non-profit; or terminate its operation.Michael …
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