accounting
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Comment It has nothing to do with critiquing the pros and cons of a particular technology but rather strangely enough with the financial accounting of how we pay for technology. It's not just the technology that's important -... [19 Nov 2009]
Accounting for Employee Benefits Under IFRS: An IFRS Publication
White Paper 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,... [13 Nov 2009]
Recent Market Events: Accounting and Reporting Considerations
White Paper Losses and write-downs at major financial institutions have intensified concerns about credit and liquidity risks and resulted in a further sharp reduction of market liquidity. Credit risk spreads - particularly for structured credit... [13 Nov 2009]
Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Risk Management Issues Associated With Hedge Fund Restructuring
White Paper After the market events in the third quarter of 2008, many hedge funds received redemption requests which, had they been honored, would have significantly impaired the capital base of many open ended hedge funds. [13 Nov 2009]
IFRS News: Emerging Issues and Practical Guidance
White Paper This paper follows on from the article in last month's IFRS news on the lease accounting discussion paper. The basic lease accounting model under IFRS has not changed since the adoption of IAS 17,... [13 Nov 2009]
IT Must Play a Key Role in Adapting to IFRS
White Paper In late November 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released for comment its proposed roadmap of the steps required for conversion from US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) to... [13 Nov 2009]
How Varonis Can Help With Efforts Toward Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
White Paper The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002, and commonly called "SOX" or "Sarbox", is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002 in... [13 Nov 2009]
Convergence of IFRS and US GAAP
White Paper Current accounting and reporting practices fall short of meeting the information needs of the capital markets in the 21st century. A critically important element in the solution to this problem is the convergence of US... [13 Nov 2009]
Inside IFRS: The Opportunity for Energy IT
White Paper Conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will likely be the largest single change of accounting policies and procedures ever undertaken by US companies. The move to IFRS may compel companies to... [13 Nov 2009]
Integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Improve Performance and Enhance Productivity in Federal Agencies
White Paper Off late high-profile accounting and management scandals in the commercial sector have given rise to legislative action to improve internal controls over financial reporting for companies participating in the financial... [13 Nov 2009]
Why Financial Reporting Valuation Matters on Private Equity Deals
White Paper Such issues could become more common with the use of fair value reporting, unless the financial reporting valuation process is managed properly and valuation and accounting competencies appropriately combined. [13 Nov 2009]
Optimizing VMware View VDI Deployments With F5
White Paper Most employees need full desktops and there are usually multiple types of desktops required for different business units: XP for accounting, Mac for creative design, Vista for sales and people in the field, Linux for... [11 Nov 2009]
Information Management, BPM and Integration: Achieving Cost Efficiency in the Financial Sector
White Paper Data housed in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, accounting, human resources, and other applications has limited value if it's not reused efficiently everywhere it's needed. Digital capture and storage... [11 Nov 2009]
Photos: Inside a Microsoft datacentre
Photo Containers will eventually house two-thirds of the servers in the datacentre, with the more traditional server rooms upstairs accounting for the remainder. Microsoft recently opened its Chicago datacentre. [04 Nov 2009]
Microsoft to Office Accounting: Your number's up
News Microsoft announced on Friday it is to kill off its Office Accounting product line. The software giant has called time on accounting software The Redmond giant said it will stop distributing the free... [02 Nov 2009]