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Top Ten Reasons to Automate Operating Expense Controls
sponsored by ExpenseWatch.com
WHITE PAPER: Manual processes are error-prone, time-consuming and costly. Learn the top ten reasons to automate operating expense controls.
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

ExpenseWatch.com

The Total Economic Impact™ of Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Management Pack, and Provisioning and Patch Automation Pack
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn how Oracle's comprehensive industry leading configuration management and provisioning automation solutions help you reduce application management costs while delivering greater control and compliance.
Posted: 15 May 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

Oracle Corporation

Buckle Up (On the Road to IFRS) Straight Talk Book Series
sponsored by Deloitte
WHITE PAPER: The 11th book in our Straight Talk series helps executives understand the implications of IFRS and their role in addressing the associated changes. The publication also offers practical suggestions to help companies navigate through pressing issues and developing your own conversion road map.
Posted: 29 Jul 2009 | Published: 29 Jul 2009

Deloitte

Making Business Relevant Information Instantly Available to More Users
sponsored by SAP
WHITE PAPER: Executives, managers, and business users need the ability to quickly discover, collect, analyze, and share relevant information and they need to be able to answer their own questions as they have them. Read this quick report to learn more about a solution that addresses just these needs.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009

SAP

Integrating the Finance organization for global business: Important implications for CIOs
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the growing alignment between the financial and technical disciplines. It examines the results of the Global CFO Study 2008 in the context of IT, identifying the critical implications for CIOs, and the need for a strategic partnership with CFOs and more ongoing collaboration between Finance and IT.
Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

IBM

Thinking through Uncertainty: CFOs Scrutinize Non-Financial Risk
sponsored by IBM Line of Business
WHITE PAPER: Risks can impact the top and bottom line and eventually every risk is expressed in the company's share price.
Posted: 12 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2007

IBM Line of Business

Managing the Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting. The Oracle solution provides the high level of analysis and transparency that companies need in today's demanding and uncertain global financial reporting environment.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

Oracle Corporation

The Need for Profitability and Cost Management
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Profitability and cost management (PCM) is at the core of enterprise performance management, as it represents the bottom line for every company. However, there are multiple reasons why PCM is of particular relevance, especially today. Ready this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2008

Oracle Corporation

Improving Intercompany Reconciliation for a Faster Close
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

SAP America, Inc.

Journal of Management Excellence - Introducing Management Excellence
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: A recent global study from Cranfield School of Management found organizations are too internally focused and did not use sufficient external information or benchmarking. A better understanding of management processes is needed. That is why we introduced our view on the management process: strategy-to-success. Read this whitepaper to learn more.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2008

Oracle Corporation