Occupied with responding to the regulatory pressure of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the never-ending quarterly and annual close efforts, organizations have been slow to take proactive steps to improve management processes. It now appears that finance executives will have to create new positions in their organizations to take on business performance management initiatives. In terms of the technology to improve performance, more is needed than the current accounting suites from Oracle and SAP or the financial planning and consolidation applications of Hyperion. Improving financial processes alone will not be enough to advance the organization. Visibility into how financials align to business strategy and initiatives is now available in applications that go far beyond stand-alone spreadsheets or presentation documents. New advances from Cartesis and PerformanceSoft (part of Actuate) provide flexibility for managing business performance.Research and Education News:Ventana Research Announces New Benchmark Research and Education in Predictive Analytics
New Global Research Will Help Finance Uncover Improved Methods to Closing the Books and Reporting
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Business Data in the Cloud Benchmark Research webinar
Small and Midsize Business AnalyticsMaking the most of business analytics for small and midsized organizationsImproving the Use of Business AnalyticsMisuses of Critical Business Technology
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Services AnalyticsNew methods to improve business outcomesSmall and Midsize Buisness AnalyticsBenchmarking the Analysis to Gain Business InsightBusiness AnalyticsUsing analytics effectively can achieve a competitive advantagePerformance Management for Talent ManagementBenchmarking HR Processes to Improve Workforce Performance21st Century SpreadsheetsExamining Spreadsheets and TechnologiesWorkforce Performance Analytics and Business IntelligenceExamining Use of BI in HRFinance Best Practices for Midsize CompaniesUsing IT for Greater Finance EffectivenessERP InnovationDetermining the State of ERP in Business and IT
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Small and Midsize Business Analytics Making the most of business analytics for small and midsized organizations
Improving the Use of Business AnalyticsMisuses of Critical Business Technology
Requirements for 21st Century Spreadsheets Top 5 Trends in Workforce AnalyticsImproving Business Performance through Workforce Analytics and BIFinance Best Practices for Midsize CompaniesUsing IT for Greater Finance Effectiveness
White Papers:Accurate Costing Is Key to Profitability Dynamic Environments Expose Weaknesses in Traditional ApproachesEstablishing Better Control of Spending
In Challenging Economic Times, Using the Right Tools Can Promote Accuracy and VisibilityAligning Business and IT to Improve Performance on SAPMaking BI and performance management work requires agreement from all stakeholdersBeware of Performance Management PitfallsSmart companies avoid basic mistakes in implementationFragmented Platforms Impede Performance ManagementUnified solutions are necessary but not easy to findThe Time for Performance Management Is Now, Not LaterIt’s dangerous to delay efforts to improve performance
Managing Supply Chains for EffectivenessBusiness Finance MagazineQuick Fixes for Your Spreadsheet Snags Business Finance MagazineSales and Operations Planning: Making BPM WorkBusiness Performance Management All Business Is Local Business Finance MagazineThe Big Midsize ChallengeBusiness Finance Magazine
Books:Strategy is Destiny - How Strategy-Making Shapes a Company's Future
OverallBusiness Objects - CoveredCognos - CoveredCorporater - Dropped in 2010Exact Software - Longview Solutions - CoveredHost Analytics - CoveredInfor - CoveredJonova - CoveredOracle - CoveredOracle - Hyperion - CoveredQPR Software - CoveredSAP - CoveredSAS - AssessingCompliance:Approva - CoveredOpenPages - CoveredOversight Systems - CoveredSAS - AssessingReal Estate:Accruent - CoveredgeoVue - CoveredSRC - Covered* Vendors Dropped in 2009
Host Analytics Builds Central Repository Decision Hub brings to users of financial software a common data store
IBM Touts New Approaches to BI and Analytics Focuses include automated operations, personalized analytics and predictive use of big data
Companies Should Consider Price and Revenue Optimization Flexible approach to pricing can boost profitability and market share
Moments of Truth Form the Customer Experience Effective use of analytics can help turn them positive
Oracle Open World Ignores Business Users Fusion Applications generally available but not many conference sessions about them
Actuate Establishes Performance Analytics for Business Excellence
Revolution Analytics Hosts Contest on Business Predicting the Future
Technology Terminology: What’s in a Name?
Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile: Hands-On Review Finds Shortfalls
The Big, Cloudy, Mobile and Social World of MicroStrategy
