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- The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence
- In this white paper, we discuss how corporate finance centers can overcome the barriers to a fast, high-quality close. By converging previously disparate disciplines of business intelligence; governance, risk, and compliance; and enterprise performance management, companies can get trusted data into the hands of key stakeholders in a timely...
- Tags: Financial, Performance, SAP AG, Financial Accounting, Business Intelligence, Personal Finance, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-06-19
- China Mobile Henan Co. Achieves Two-To Four-Fold Improvement in System Performance
- China Mobile Henan wanted to eliminate potential system risks to improve the availability of Oracle databases and Oracle E-Business Suite applications and improve the performance of the Oracle enterprise resource planning system. The challenge was to increase the efficiency of monthly and yearly accounting processes. China Mobile Henan engaged Oracle...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Performance Management, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Oracle Solutions for Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- The role and use of information technology solutions will be critical to achieving the goals of effective investing and execution, accountability of funds and the transparency and measurement of performance. The depth and breadth of programs require a large array of technologies from applications to execute business and operational processes,...
- Tags: Recovery, Oracle Corp., Performance, Accountability, Performance Management, Productivity, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Nortel to cut 3,200 more employees
- Nortel today announced that it intends to reduce its workforce by an additional 3,200 positions worldwide over the next several months, almost doubling the total number of laid off employees after 1,800 workers were cut earlier this year.r"There is nothing more difficult than notifying employees, and Nortel is extremely conscious...
- Tags: Compensation, Employee, Performance, Nortel Networks Corp., Equity, Benefits, Performance Management, Investment, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Asciano Improves Application Performance Fourfold With Grid Computing
- Asciano was formed in 2007 following a merger between rail freight services provider Pacific National and ports and stevedoring operator Patrick. With the merger came the need to standardize on one financial management system that could be utilized by its 8,000 staff Australiawide. To ensure application availability and scalability, the...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Grid Computing, Asciano, Financial Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Investment, Network Technology, Databases, Financial Planning, Finance, It service Management, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-02-01
- Webcast: Visibility: The Key to Maximizing Network Resources
- As enterprises look to increase business efficiency, IT managers are increasingly asked to maximize network ROI and align the infrastructure with business processes and goals. However, to effectively accomplish this, IT managers need to understand the traffic and applications. Without visibility, it is virtually impossible to optimize the...
- Tags: Webcast, Performance, Network, IT Manager, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Performance Management, Roi/Tco, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2009-01-29
- Manage Invest 2008.9 (Windows)
- Manage Invest is a professional level investment selection, portfolio management and performance evaluation solution. It enables you to manage all of your investments (financial, physical, derivative and fixed income) in one place. Manage Invest provides you with complete control and visibility of all of your investments, income and expenses. You...
- Tags: Asset, Financial, Performance, Performance Evaluation, Microsoft Windows, Manage Invest, Performance Management, Asset Management, Investment, Team Management, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Management
- Software downloads 2009-01-09
- Performance and Scalability Benchmark: Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management on IBM Power System 570 Server, IBM System Storage DS8300, and AIX 6.1
- IBM and Oracle have been working together for more than a decade to optimize Oracle Database on the IBM POWER architecture running the AIX operating system. Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle RAC 10g are well proven to take advantage of IBM's POWER6 architecture and high I/O...
- Tags: Revenue, Billing, Oracle Corp., Performance, IBM AIX, Storage, IBM eServer, Scalability, Revenue Management, IBM Corp., Blade Servers, Databases, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Finance
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Validates the Performance of Its Mission-Critical Systems
- The Department of Treasury and Finance provides policy advice to the Victorian Government on economic, financial and resource management, supporting the delivery of its financially responsible and socially progressive policy platform. The Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance DTF sought to obtain an accurate picture of end-to-end system performance to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, U.S. Department Of Treasury, Mission-critical System, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- News to know: RIM, YouTube, Net plan, iPhone
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: RIM announces all-cash acquisition, takeover bid Andrew Nusca: Need $100K? Make videos for YouTube Richard Koman: White House hates Martin's free Net...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Performance, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Creating Value and Driving Performance for Finance Professionals (Level 100
- Finance professionals can gain more relevant business insights, simplify compliance processes, drive more consistent, accurate reporting, and get more value from their technology investments using Microsoft performance management and enterprise Resource Planning ERP financial management solutions. Microsoft applications help make business information more accessible and meaningful to the people who...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Webcast, Performance, Compliance, Microsoft Corp., Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance
- Webcasts 2008-12-09
- Evaluation of Energy-Aware QoS Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks
- Many advanced Routing protocols for wireless sensor networks have been implemented for the effective routing of data. Energy awareness is an essential design issue and almost all of these routing protocols are considered as energy efficient and its ultimate objective is to maximize the whole network lifetime. However, the introductions...
- Tags: Aware, Advertisement, Performance, Network, Imaging, Routing Protocol, Energy Awareness, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2008-12-03
- HSBC Leverages the PeopleAnswers Online Assessment to Increase Sales by 21%
- HSBC Account Executives in over 1,300 branch locations across the United States perform two functions vital to the company's success: initiating loan sales and providing great customer service. An increase in performance for HSBC employees in this job position would result in millions of dollars of additional revenue, generate a...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Financial, Performance, PeopleAnswers, HSBC, HSBC Account Executives, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Financial Planning, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Finance
- Case studies 2008-12-03
- Shin Kong Life Insurance Improves System Performance With Robust Application Server
- Shin Kong Life Insurance wanted to replace manual budgeting processes with a system that automates workflows to improve efficiency and remove antiquated DOS system and manual operations to minimize accounting errors and improve cost management. The challenge was to implement an application server that ensures high availability for the new...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Cost Management, Application Server, Server, Shin Kong Life Insurance, Managerial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- Greenplum pushes envelope with MapReduce and parallelism enhancements to its extreme-scale data offering
- It seems that data infrastructure vendors are rushing to the realization that older database architectures have hit a wall in terms of scale and performance. The general solution favors exploiting parallelism to the hilt and aligning database and logic functions in close proximity, while also exploiting MapReduce approaches to provide...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Analytics, Greenplum, MapReduce, Database 3.2, Storage, Databases, Financial Planning, Performance Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Creating Value and Driving Performance for Finance Professionals (Level 100)
- Finance professionals can gain more relevant business insights, simplify compliance processes, drive more consistent and accurate reporting, and get more value from their technology investments using Microsoft performance management and Enterprise Resource Planning ERP financial management solutions. Microsoft applications help make business information more accessible and meaningful to the people...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Webcast, Performance, Compliance, Microsoft Corp., Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance
- Webcasts 2008-09-23
- Databases leverage MapReduce technology to radically juice data scale, performance, analytics
- With better data reach and inclusion, come better results. So BI allows leaders can establish the trends early that will determine their future success or failures. In a fast-paced, global, hyper competitive business landscape these insights are the currency of success for the future. The better you do BI, the...
- Tags: Performance, Analytics, Data, MapReduce, Curt, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Vkernel's catchphrase "performance lifecycle management"
- I recently was introduced to a new catchphrase during a discussion with Vkernel. The phrase was "performance lifecycle management." Although at first, it seemed the result of running one of those buzzword generators. I'm sure you know what I mean - software that selects three random words from a list...
- Tags: Catchphrase, Performance, Lifecycle Management, Virtual Server, Vkernel, Performance Lifecycle Management, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Business Structures, Performance Management, Ip storage, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Optimizing Performance Activity Based Management
- The presenter of this webcast talks about the importance of Activity Based Management in improving cost and productivity management. ABM can drive performance improvements and help organizations thrive even in the toughest times.
- Tags: Performance, SAS Institute, Performance Management, Pricing, Managerial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Finance
- Webcasts 2008-08-14
- Pfizer Thrives in Challenging Marketplace With Versatile Performance Management Solution
- Like most Big Pharma companies, Pfizer has encountered tougher market conditions in recent years, fighting to hold market share against a tide of generic drugs while at the same time racing to develop new generations of safe, effective pharmaceutical products. For Pfizer, the challenging environment is forcing it to adapt...
- Tags: Performance, Pfizer Inc., Performance Management, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
- Case studies 2008-08-01

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