Financial Systems

WHITE PAPER: This resource explains how disclosure management can lead to significant productivity gains when used for statutory reporting, and evaluates the viability of this strategy as an option for improving budgeting, planning, and forecasting (BPF) financial processes.

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: CFO Research conducted a survey with senior finance executives working at U.S companies to explore the factors that motivated companies to make changes to their financial management systems in the past, as well as systems-related challenges they are currently facing. This resource presents the findings of that study.

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: Your financial forecasting techniques and tools may be antiquated, which can plague accuracy and quality, causing your organization to suffer profit losses. Fending off "forecasting illness" requires identifying and resolving common issues quickly. Read this paper now and learn to identify and address seven of the most common forecasting symptoms.

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 | Published: 21 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: A staggering 75 % of people leave their parents' wealth managers services. Learn to meet the challenges posed by today's new breed of clients by leveraging customer relationship management (CRM) applications, such as addressing today's pain points, functionality that meets your needs, transforming risks to your client base, and more.

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 | Published: 06 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides warning signs that your budget and forecasting processes have outgrown your spreadsheets. Once you have established this is the case, read further to find steps on what your next move should be, including how to choose the right financial software to adopt.

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 | Published: 31 Aug 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to find five tips to simplify your financial consolidation process.

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 | Published: 28 Aug 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: Questions regarding security, performance, privacy, risks, and actual cost and value have kept CFOs and other finance leaders from making the leap to cloud services. This paper delves into some of the risks versus the rewards of the cloud delivery model and sets out to determine if cloud computing is truly the silver bullet for finance.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 23 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are too heavy, too complex, and too expensive. Read this paper to discover an alternative ERP strategy that provides the agility, visibility and controls beyond basic accounting needed in today’s climate of constant change, increasing regulatory oversight, and instant information access.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how the right financial consolidation solution can help you replace silos of inconsistent data with the information and analytic capabilities you need for actionable insight.

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 | Published: 27 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Banking customers worldwide are ready for an omnichannel experience – are you ready to give it to them? This resource describes the concept of omnichannel banking, why your customers need it, and why you shouldn't wait to offer it to them.

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 | Published: 17 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Modern financial software enables business to collaborate with visibility, reliability, and accountability in a controlled environment. This paper explains the issues with spreadsheet budgeting and helps business find better financial software for easy long-term planning.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 19 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper details SAP's range of public sector solutions, designed specifically to assist government agencies in proactively monitoring their current and future spending. Learn how to get a better handle on unspent funds such as unliquidated obligations (ULOs) by drilling into layers of data to create accurate reports and projections in real time.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper details an asset management solution from IBM. This option is designed for the federal government and enables seamless integration and support maintenance of every asset across the enterprise. Read this now and learn how this option can offer complete visibility into every asset, enable elevated risk management and more.

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 | Published: 27 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: The goal of this white paper is to serve as a platform from which to explore a range of possibilities and opportunities available to government CFOs in their quest to operate in a more efficient and effective manner by not only presenting a case for change, but also providing a road map for it.

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Using a Visual Data Analytics Platform to Monitor and Manage Positions/Exposures in Real-Time Firms that engage in financial trading are exposed to counterparty risk (i.e., credit risk), market risk, and operational risk.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals five smarter banking solutions which can transform your infrastructure while reducing costs. In particular, see how smart service-oriented architecture (SOA) can provide the greater application connectivity to help financial institutions reach their goals.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the challenges modern financial institutions face when seeking to implement a smart lending strategy. Inside, learn about the unique methods and approaches available to help overcome these hurdles.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how data standardization along with better analytics and business intelligence can be a defining factor for success in financial markets by enabling smarter banking. Learn how these tools help blunt the impact of radical changes while delivering a better customer experience.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: IBM®ILOG®’s business rule management system (BRMS) is widely used by leading investment banks, asset management and mutual fund firms to meet their compliance requirements while adding intelligent decisioning capabilities to applications and processes throughout the trading cycle, and business channels and systems.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn why the Monte Carlo modeling method provides a beacon of financial sanity and reliability at time when consumer confidence is at an all-time low and managers face new levels of accountability and keen public scrutiny in their decision-making.

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: This TDWI Best Practices report identifies how business intelligence (BI) enables finance and accounting executives, managers and analysts to be powerful agents of organizational change. The paper includes practical advice and best practices for finance departments to partner with IT to leverage financial and non-financial data strategically.

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Choosing a cloud computing solution can seem like a daunting task. Where do you start? What questions do you ask? What do you specifically need to look out for? This paper answers these questions and more. Continue reading to learn the best practices for choosing a cloud computing solution.

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 17 Mar 2010