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WHITE PAPER: Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, healthcare providers who invest in EHR technology may be eligible for financial incentives.  However, because incentive dollars arrive after implementation, many practices continue to see cost as a primary barrier to adoption. Read on to learn about the full range of financing options.

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 | Published: 15 Sep 2011

EBOOK: This e-book describes how using a cloud-based suite of applications and services integrated with a community of experts and trading partners can fuel the collaboration needed to improve your performance and profits.

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 | Published: 04 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this report to read about an IDC study that found the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) to have a 438% ROI over three years, improving both IT and end-user productivity.

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 | Published: 14 Dec 2011

IT BRIEFING: This research from management consultants, Xantus, shows that while there is still a lack of clarity and a reluctance to fully commit to the cloud, there is a general acceptance from CIOs of the benefits and a growing commitment to develop those benefits.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: More than ever, small businesses need to efficiently control costs and optimise cash flow, but how, and what role does automation play in this process?

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 | Published: 18 Nov 2011

PODCAST: This podcast event provides important real-world perspectives on what virtualization is helping companies achieve, and offers suggestions on how to plan, deploy and managed virtualized environments.

Posted: 10 May 2011 | Premiered: 10 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: In May, 2010, Verizon Wireless told investors at Barclays Capital media and technology conference in New York that it expected to offer customers who signed up for its 4G services monthly “buckets” of data.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Technology has long been a critical element of M&A transactions. Done right, it can be a key driver of value, enabling business processes to operate more efficiently. Done wrong, it can have devastating consequences.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The impacts of a system outage are felt within minutes of the incident and range from production and shipping stoppages to lost business, industry penalties and failed audits. Read this paper to learn how a disaster recovery (DR) plan based in the cloud mitigates these risks and protects the interests of shareholders, investors and customers.

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 | Published: 13 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Accounting for corporate actions accurately is one of the biggest challenges for investment managers, with significant portfolio valuation, performance and tax implications for investors. And its only going to get more challenging due to reporting requirements and mounting activity. Learn how to get a handle on the 5 most common corporate actions.

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 | Published: 09 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper is designed to help companies, large, small, public, and nonpublic, navigate some of the “hype” that sometimes blurs the line between fact and fiction surrounding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

ANALYST REPORT: This newly released Aberdeen Group Analyst Report Enhancing GRC through Effective Access Control details effective risk management techniques.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

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: 05 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009

CASE STUDY: Check out this brief case study to learn how OwnerIQ implemented new management and backup technologies that offered simpler management and lower ownership costs than what the company was previously using. Read on for a quick look at these technologies and their benefits, and learn how similar solutions can help your organization today.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the challenges faced by multi-site and multinational organizations and describes what to look for in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to address these issues.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

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

WHITE PAPER: Untamed costs can deplete the precious working capital that's critical to your ongoing operations and new expansions. By instituting efficient automated processes throughout your organization, you can reduce waste, unnecessary overtime, and a host of other cost factors.

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 | Published: 07 Jun 2009

EGUIDE: Check out this E-Guide for key considerations when drawing up a DR plan and to learn how the cloud can work into such a strategy. You'll also learn what types of organizations can most benefit from DR in the cloud. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 | Published: 17 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The idea of putting walls around the network is being replaced by a drive to understand what really needs to be secured and how to secure it. This paper examines the relative merits of the different approaches.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

EGUIDE: Developing a Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) request for proposal (RFP) is different from on-premise, requiring more attention to the vendor’s financial viability. In this expert guide, readers will get advice on the right questions to ask when purchasing SaaS ERP.

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a detailed look into at the challenges associated with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and best practices to overcome them and manage your financial information.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will answer the question of whether or not these standards are necessary in project management by exploring what can happen in the absence of these regulations.

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 | Published: 28 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: 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

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper gives an insight into the challenges faced by small to medium sized enterprises (SME’s), and how SAP Business All-in-One solutions can help organizations to build a solid IT foundation for the future.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This study examines the benefits of e-signature systems for sales performance optimization.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Choosing the right Web Content Management (WCM) solution requires more than an understanding of the content management capabilities needed to meet an organization’s requirements. Content management features should be common offerings from every WCM vendor.

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 | Published: 06 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines not only the technologies, but the organizational dynamics necessary to successfully implement an environmental footprint management program that can encompass all organizational impacts on the environment.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Find out how to measure ROI for your business. Companies of all sizes constantly evaluate their operations, seeking to make changes that will increase effectiveness while controlling costs. This paper offers concrete practices, processes, and recommendations to drive the ROI of a company's IT investment (ROIT).

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 | Published: 29 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Universities and other higher education establishments increasingly have to address the need for savings across the board. One area of focus has to be expenses from faculty members and others associated with the faculty.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011