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GnuCash Portable (2): GnuCash Portable is the open source financial management software packaged as a portable app, so you can take your financial data with you. It has all the same great features as most commercial money management programs and more. Plus, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run...; Tags: Financial, PortableApps.com, GnuCash Portable, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance; Software downloads 2008-04-28
Headaches in Armonk but will green lose out?: No doubt the IBM top team will be passing around the Tylenol today in Armonk as they figure out what to do next after their temporary exclusion from further contracting with the US Federal government. Sadly it is not an April fool's joke - the US Attorney's office for the Eastern...; Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, IBM Corp., FCW, Purchasing & Procurement, Financial Management, Government, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Finance, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-04-01
SK Communications Supports Global Operations With Centralized Management System: Founded in 2002, SK Communications is one of the most popular Web portal service providers in South Korea. To support rapidly expanding global operations and ensure it could respond quickly to business and market changes, SK Communications implemented a business management system based on Oracle E-Business Suite. The system enabled...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Business Management, Global Operation, Financial Management, Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Management; Case studies 2008-03-01
Tibet Tianlu Achieves End-to-End Control of Financial and Human Resources Operations: Its rapidly expanding portfolio of work prompted Tibet Tianlu to reconsider the way it managed its business. Senior managers did not have a complete view of the organization or insight into project, human resources, inventory, and procurement costs. The lack of standardized reports also made it difficult for Tibet Tianlu...; Tags: Human Resources, Oracle Corp., Financial, Business Management, Procurement, Tibet Tianlu, Purchasing & Procurement, Financial Management, Strategy, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Finance, Management; Case studies 2008-03-01
Beijing MTR Enhances Budget Control, Streamlines Accounting Processes: In February 2005, three private sector entities entered into a public-private partnership with the Beijing Municipal Government to create the Beijing MTR Corporation. The scale of the project and number of parties involved required Beijing MTR to maintain tight control over costs. The organization wanted to automate accounting, budgeting, asset...; Tags: Accounting, Oracle Corp., Financial, Beijing MTR, Financial Management, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations; Case studies 2008-03-01

Italian Institute for Foreign Trade Improves Business Processes With Integrated Financial Infrastructure: The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE) is a public sector organization responsible for developing, facilitating, and promoting Italy's international economic and commercial ties - with a special focus on the needs of smaller enterprises and associations of emerging businesses. ICE wanted to replace it's legacy financial applications with an...; Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Financial, ICE, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Finance, Financial Planning; Case studies 2008-03-01
World Wrestling Entertainment Streamlines Operations With Enterprise Management Solution: World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment enterprise. WWE wanted to provide a robust, scalable IT infrastructure to support WWE's current and future Human Resources (HR), financial management, and unique business needs and eliminate manual processes across the enterprise. The challenge was to improve flexibility and...; Tags: Enterprise Management, Human Resources, Financial, Entertainment, WWE, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies 2008-03-01
CVC Turismo Adopts a Robust Database Infrastructure to Better Serve 2 Million Clients and Increase Growth: CVC Turismo is a travel booking service that has served the Brazilian market since 1972. CVC Turismo wanted to reduce the time needed to generate reports and retrieve financial information and deploy a robust database to support company growth and serve 2 million customers a year. The challenge was to...; Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., Financial, CVC Turismo, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies 2008-03-01
M.T.M. Increases Efficiency to Support Global Business Growth: M.T.M., an Italian company that owns the BRC Gas Equipment trademark, was established in 1977 and has grown to become one of the top manufacturers of alternative fuel systems for motor vehicles. M.T.M. wanted to increase efficiency company-wide and improve activity planning for all fuel systems lifecycle. The challenge was...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Alternative Fuel, Financial Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Software; Case studies 2008-03-01
Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Help to Better Manage Financial Processes With Microsoft Dynamics SL (Level 100): This webcast shows how Microsoft Dynamics SL offers a rich and flexible set of integrated financial management tools. The attendee will learn how these tools can help to automate and streamline these processes unlike standalone solutions that are not integrated with Microsoft Dynamics SL investment. These modules provide greater insight...; Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Financial, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Productivity, Financial Planning, Finance; Webcasts 2008-02-21
Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Strategically Manage Your Financial and Fixed Assets Activities With Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Level 100): This webcast show how Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers a rich and flexible set of integrated financial management tools that can help to automate and streamline these processes unlike standalone solutions that are not integrated with Microsoft Dynamics NAV investment. These modules provide greater insight into finance and fixed assets life...; Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Asset, Financial, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance; Webcasts 2008-02-21
Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Strategically Manage Your Cash Flow and Electronic Banking Activities With Microsoft Dynamics GP (Level 100): This webcast shows how Microsoft Dynamics GP offers a rich and flexible set of integrated financial management tools that can help to automate and streamline these processes. These modules provide greater insight into cash flow management and electronic banking business to enable business decisions that drive revenue growth, as well...; Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Electronic Banking, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Financial Management, Banking, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Financial Services; Webcasts 2008-02-21
From chapter 2 "Evaluating IT Proposals: This is the sixth excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. From: 2.2.1.2 Business and purchase opportunities One time spending requests that respond to unique opportunities may, or may not, be legitimate....; Tags: Information Technology, Board, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Governance, Financial Management, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Breaking: Microsoft offers $44.6 billion for Yahoo!: Wire reports say that Microsoft has offered Yahoo! $31 per share or $44.6 billion. This represents a premium of 62% over last night's closing price. Interestingly, this was the subject of a closed discussion among the Irregulars two days ago. At the time, opinion was divided as to what...; Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Financial Management, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-02-01
Mobilitie LLC Improves Business Agility and Scalability With Integrated Applications: Mobilitie LLC, a US$600 million market capital company, is reinventing the way telecommunications assets - specifically communications towers and antennae - are managed for wireless providers. Mobilitie LLC wanted to manage multiple independent funds, as well as thousands of discrete properties and tenant relationships and focus on partnership approach with...; Tags: Tenant, Asset, Oracle Corp., Scalability, Mobilitie LLC, Human Capital, Asset Management, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Wireless, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies 2008-02-01
Increasing Profitability With Standardized Global Used Truck Management System for a Leading Automotive Manufacturer: The client is among the world leaders in manufacturing of commercial and heavy-use vehicles. The major challenges in this project were: Integrating disparate enterprise applications and platforms, including customer vehicle and order management, financial management system, dealership management system, SAP, and the Mainframe; Building a multi-lingual solution for over 13...; Tags: MindTree Consulting, Contract Management, Financial Management, Service Management, Financial Accounting, UML, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Case studies 2008-01-24
Home Financial Management Plus (exe): Home financial management plus is an application for keeping track of expenses in household. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Financial, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance; Software downloads 2008-01-16
Intuit QuickBooks Pro 2007 (dmg): The leading choice for fast and easy financial management. Get accounting tasks, payroll and routine paperwork done quickly and accurately. Version 2007 9.0.4 R6 includes unspecified updates.; Tags: Accounting, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBooks, Financial Management, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance; Software downloads 2008-01-08
ITIL® Practitioner: Agree and Define Management: View Available Dates and Locations In this course, you'll focus on implementing and managing the Agree and Define processes and functions for achieving control and stability within an IT infrastructure. You'll explore the processes of Service Level Management and Financial Management with our experts in class,...; Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Certification, Practitioner, Financial Management, ITIL, Quality, Process Improvement, Financial Accounting, It Services, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations; Training 2008-01-01
Yili Industrial Group Achieves Unified Financial Management and Centralized Business Control: Founded in 1933, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group is the largest dairy enterprise in China. Yili Industrial Group wanted to implement an integrated ERP system to optimize business management and achieve sustainable development and gain enterprise-wide control over subsidiaries, with special attention on financial management. The challenge was to reverse...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Business Management, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Management; Case studies 2007-12-01