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White Paper Quickly show your CFO how an upgrade can: This free, interactive tool can quantify the benefits of an upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on IBM hardware. Lower cost of ownership Deliver greater business intelligence [13 Nov 2009]
Business Advisory Services Finance Improvement
White Paper Today, the role of the CFO has evolved beyond being the director of a support function to being a true business partner who helps drive organizational strategy and performance. Industry challenges have never been greater... [13 Nov 2009]
Aligning Risk Management, Finance, and Operations: Senior Executives on Governance, Uncertainty, and Performance Amid a Global Banking Crisis
White Paper The world financial system has weathered several major financial crises in the past several decades: the U.S. Savings and Loan Crisis in the late l9Sos and early 19905 and the Asian Financial Crisis in igj followed in short order by the... [13 Nov 2009]
A Healthcare CFO's Guide to Smart Card Technology and Applications
White Paper Healthcare is seeing a steady and increasing dependence on information technology that is rapidly transforming the practice of medicine and the delivery of care. Technology is an ever-changing and evolving aspect of modern business. [12 Nov 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News According to Gartner, it's an issue that CFOs need to be on top of - and as such, CIOs need to make sure they're explaining the matter in a way the CFO can grasp. If you haven't guessed already: 2009 was a bad year for... [20 Oct 2009]
ERP delays give CFOs a headache
News The late completion of ERP projects can create problems in terms of additional cost, delayed savings and potential loss of revenue, meaning the CFO has a real interest in reducing these delays. Cost over-runs on the... [25 Sep 2009]
CFO At the Center: An OCEG Whitepaper
White Paper In this second installment of the Critical Conversations whitepaper series, OCEG describes the conversations a Chief Financial Officer must have with enterprise executives to successfully participate in the development and implementation... [15 Sep 2009]
Google presses play on video ads
News The first in a series of investor webcasts was held on Wednesday by Google CFO Patrick Pichette and several other executives, and while the company did not unearth any ground-breaking shifts in strategy or new products,... [10 Sep 2009]
Orange and T-Mobile get ready to become UK's largest mobile network
News According to Gervais Pellissier, CFO of France Telecom, a merger would mean better coverage for users as well as "an enhanced capacity to develop new services and technologies", he said in a statement. [08 Sep 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment Johnson's straightened IT budget comes against a backdrop of Dell's drive to cut costs by $4bn by 2011, which was announced by CFO Brian Gladden in February this year, after the company's net income almost halved during... [04 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News I don't think this is an issue that in most companies is part of the CFO's agenda and therefore it's not necessarily given the prominence that it deserves and yet this is an area of compliance and often the... [04 Sep 2009]
Apple hunts for replacement for Google CEO Schmidt
News Besides Jobs, the board has six other members: Intuit chairman Bill Campbell, J.Crew CEO Millard Drexler, former US Vice President Al Gore, Avon CEO Andrea Jung, Genentech chairman Arthur Levinson, and former CFO of IBM... [14 Aug 2009]
Cisco CEO: Green shoots of recovery spotted at last
News In an interview after the earnings call, Cisco's CFO Frank Calderoni said Cisco is still seeing weakness in sales to service provider customers, too. Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers says the economic recession that's... [06 Aug 2009]
Optimistic CEOs must not neglect IT security
News Disparity between a CEO or CFO, and CIO or CSO [chief security officer] is natural and probably inevitable in an organisation," he said. CEOs need to be more aware of information security and governance to aid... [03 Aug 2009]
Is Your Business at Risk?: 10 Things Every CFO Should Know About IT Security
White Paper The irony in today's business world is that the same technology that has advanced communication, productivity, and efficiency has also made companies vulnerable to a host of threats that can cripple day-to-day operations. [31 Jul 2009]