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Getting to Grips With Spreadsheet Risk: Sarbanes-Oxley was a wake-up call, but few companies had the time to get methodical about spreadsheet risk management. [more]
Weather the Economic Downturn with BI and BPM: In an economic downturn, cutting costs may not be enough to keep you in the black. [more]
Search Engines Improve Business Intelligence: The Internet has changed people's perspective on how they should be able to access information, including their expectations for business intelligence (BI) search capabilities. [more]
Your Allies in Tough Economic Times: BI and BPM: As they chart a course through today's choppy economic waters, companies often overlook two of their most powerful navigational instruments -- their business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) systems. [more]
Enterprise Systems Create Value: Successful implementations of enterprise systems drive corporate financial performance, according to new research from Accenture. [more]
Software as a Service -- Overhyped?: Hosted, pay-as-you-go business software has been aggressively marketed, not least to finance departments, as cheaper, easier to run, and less risky than in-house systems -- but is it? [more]
Spreadsheet Risk Management: A Guide for the Perplexed: Spreadsheets are everywhere, and everybody knows they're a risk. [more]
Spending on BI and BPM Should Reach $57.1 Billion: Despite a weak economy, the business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) technologies and services industry continues to grow. [more]
SEC Proposal: XBRL Mandatory Within 3 Years: Support for the SEC's decision to mandate the use of extensible business reporting language (XBRL) for some regulatory filings has been subdued, but the Commission will push ahead regardless. [more]
Can BI Help You Go Green?: Business intelligence software provider SAS Institute Inc is now offering a module that it claims will help companies measure and manage their environmental impact. [more]
How To Deploy Operational BI: Operational business intelligence (BI) is different than traditional BI in its effort to make data analyses, trends, and plans more accessible to employees at all levels in an organization. [more]
XBRL Europe Established: In an effort to promote XBRL adoption and cohesion across the European region, XBRL International Inc has formed nonprofit XBRL Europe. [more]
The Difference Between Scorecards and Dashboards: The terms scorecard and dashboard are often used synonymously, yet each tool provides a different set of capabilities, according to Gary Cokins, global product marketing manager for performance management solutions at SAS. [more]
How to Make the Business Case for BI: Greater operational efficiency, lower costs, competitive advantage, better customer service -- the potential benefits from a business intelligence software initiative run broad and deep. [more]
Matching BI Tools to Users' Needs: Predictive analytics, dashboards, business query tools, scorecards, spreadsheets, OLAP, interactive reports -- with so many business intelligence (BI) tools available, how does a company choose which to deploy? [more]
Forecasting: Spreadsheets Still Rule: An efficient, reliable forecasting capability is no longer a nice-to-have feature; it's an indispensable strategic tool. [more]
Starting Out Right with BPM: Too many business performance management (BPM) software initiatives run aground because of poorly defined initial objectives, according to Sanjay Sehgal, principal in Archstone Consulting's CFO advisory services practice and leader of the firm's business intelligence group. [more]
Performance Management's Bright Future: All of last year's M&A activity in the business performance management (BPM) arena has paved the way for innovation and integration, making now a great time to evaluate and invest in a BPM strategy. [more]
Does the ROI Justify the Cost of BI?: Is business intelligence (BI) worth the cost? [more]
Intro to XBRL: Extensible business reporting language (XBRL) will play a large role in the future of financial reporting, but polls show that many finance executives are still unaware of this technology and its promise. [more]