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Accounting for Employee Benefits Under IFRS: An IFRS Publication

This paper highlights some of the significant differences between International Accounting Standard IAS 19 and US generally accepted accounting principles US GAAP for post-employment benefits, including pensions and other post-retirement benefits such as retiree health benefits, and review the proposed changes to IAS 19. The proposed changes will most likely...

Tags: Accounting, International Financial Reporting Standards, Employee Benefit, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, International Accounting Standard, GAAP, Benefits, Free Trade, Payroll Solutions, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources

White papers 2009-02-01

International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS (IAS): Adoption of IAS in the EU as of January 2005 and Microsoft Axapta 3.0

This paper is an overview of International Accounting Standards IAS and a description of the functionality of Microsoft Business Solutions - Axapta 3.0, a customizable, scalable, and global ERP solution that helps companies connect with their business partners, optimize business processes, and gain competitive advantages. This paper is intended to...

Tags: International Financial Reporting Standards, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Axapta, International Accounting Standard, Free Trade, Finance

White papers 2004-11-01

Additional Resources

News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Excerpt #2: Customer Experience - Chap 21 from CRM @ The Speed of Light, 4th ed.

I have to be straight with you. I'm entering the head down, grind it, drive to the goal line when it comes to CRM at the Speed of Light's 4th edition.  Which means that in other areas that I'm writing, I'm treading water. So there is a dual purpose to...

Tags: Expectation, Interaction, Customer, Customer Experience, CRM, Strategy, Management, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Hearing the Call: A Promethean Encounter in Copenhagen?

[caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Cate Blanchett: A Promethean Encounter with CEOs in Copenhagen?"][/caption] The great and the good of global business got together in Copenhagen last week to try to reach consensus on what the private sector message should be to the UN...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Climate, Deforestation, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-03

R.E Pierson Construction Digs Real Asset Management International (RAMI)

R.E. Pierson Construction Co. Inc. provides heavy highway construction services to local, county, state and federal agencies and to residential developers across North America. All fixed assets of Pierson's were managed in a depreciation module within the company's general accounting package. The depreciation module was extremely limited in capabilities and...

Tags: Construction, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Case studies 2008-01-01

File-sharing pirates attempt new software standard

File-sharing pirates attempt new software standardThe had better not defeat Comcast's .....If they know what is good for them they had better not mess withComcast's network throttling technology.Meanwhile, it's cheaper to buy legitimately from Chinahttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/07/news/international/bc.apfn.as.fin.com.china.warner.paramount.ap/index.htm?postversion=2007110715Free trade and globalization, why would buying from them be wrong?The real problem with software piracy.........

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, file-sharing, software, SOFTWARE IS, computer, software standard

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

SAP's Business ByDesign go to market

SAP's Business ByDesign go to marketSAP Consultants - The Midmarket FactorThis article by Sam Sliman, president for Optimal Solutions Integrations, Inc., recently posted on the Optimal SAP Blog [http://www.optimalsapblog.blog-city.com] provides a pretty insightful perspective on what SAP's aggressive midmarket push might mean for SAP consultants:SAP Consultants - The Midmarket FactorSAP's...

Tags: Operational planning, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), SMB/SME, Enterprise software, SAP AG, SAP BBD

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

IBM's attacks Microsoft with an OpenOffice symphony

IBM's attacks Microsoft with an OpenOffice symphonyStick to politicsMaybe IBM ought to stick to using politics to take down MS. It is the only thing that seems to work for them. And maybe MS will realize that it has no choice but to build up a political machinery second to...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Processors, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Intel Itanium, OpenOffice symphony, Citrix Systems Inc., OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Fixing spreadsheet errors

Admit it: when you look at a spreadsheet, you trust the results. You don't question the totals or the percentages you see. But data, and formulas used to compute what appear in the spreadsheet cells, are both prone to errors. According to computer scientists from Oregon State University OSU, 90%...

Tags: Computers &, Internet, Engineering &, Innovation

Blog posts 2007-05-29

What port security, patents, and out-sourcing have in common

In March of 2000 "Patently Absurd", an article by James Glieck, appeared in the New York Times Magazine. Here's part of his description of the original rationale for the patent system: Patents long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national...

Tags: inventor

Blog posts 2006-03-03

Shining example of why patents and standards don't mix

I've routinely used ZDNet as a bully pulpit directed at both the sellers and buyers of technologies who look to establish or adopt certain standards that have patents connected to them. When a proprietary often patented technology earns the status of de facto standard (aka: practically unchallenged...

Tags: patent, W-CDMA

Blog posts 2005-07-27

Business inaction could lead to data privacy laws

Business inaction could lead to data privacy lawsProblem is, government efforts are always worseNo matter how poorly the private sector may be doing, the government will alway do worse.The problem with this article is the presumption that government can do better which it cannot, and that it doesn't screw things...

Tags: government, retail company

Discussion threads 2005-05-02

The Implications of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on Finance Systems

BASDA is the representative body for 250 of the largest software developers in the world. This white paper provides the definitive reference for the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standard IFRS in business systems. The International Accounting Standards Board IASB has issued a wide range of International Accounting Standards...

Tags: Accounting, International Financial Reporting Standards, Requirement, BASDA, International Accounting Standards Board, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

White papers 2004-10-01

Microsoft struggles in emerging markets

Microsoft struggles in emerging marketsMicrosoft can't sell to them?Could it be because they would rather pirate a copy of windows?Could Linux just appeal to them more with being translated into their local langauge or in some cases dialect?I don't really know, but I think I want a copy of that...

Tags: Financial services, Marketing research, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Microsoft Corp., emerging market, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2004-05-07