June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its
accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls
March 31, 2008 - (Free Research) As part of its comprehensive security framework, IBM offers a broad, unified array of integrated access authorization and identity management solutions that enable organizations to secure their collaboration and access processes in alignment with their overall business needs.
February 13, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper illustrates how you can now centrally administer database users and role memberships leveraging your existing LDAP directories.
December 01, 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper demonstrates how running a responsible business and high levels of performance do not have to work against each other. And it makes a case for why sustainability issues should simply be part of a company’s overall performance management practices.
June 28, 2007 - (Free Research) This white paper explains how to use Encrypting File System (EFS), a feature that is provided by default in the Windows® operating system, to protect data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM clients for Outlook Compatibility Update running on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (SP2).
October 19, 2009 - (Free Research) This whitepaper discusses the business case for data archiving as the first step in an SAP ILM strategy; strategies for Data Archiving, Retention Management and the Retention Warehouse strategy for legacy decommissioning in SAP; and Dolphin’s best‐practices approach to an effective, long‐term ILM strategy.
October 05, 2009 - (Free Research) In this research report, we examine five of the critical issues that are creating new opportunities for the accounting profession and nine key strategies for obtaining competitive advantage.
October 02, 2009 - (Free Research) This tech brief presents eight recommendations to help you proactively address the difficulties of access control in a Microsoft-centric environment, and avoid the common pitfalls, risks and costs.
June 02, 2009 - (Free Research) Companies and their stakeholders have always had high expectations for their finance teams. But this research program reveals that, most recently, these pressures- from regulators, from investors, and from competitors$5; are pushing companies to look for more from their finance teams in two main, but often conflicting, areas.
January 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper will discuss the ROI that can be achieved with Access Management including reducing the risk of insider fraud; simplifying and maintaining security during mergers, acquisitions, and layoffs; and reducing audit and compliance costs.
June 09, 2009 - (Free Research) This whitepaper will help you understand what new and innovative techniques can be used to protect the reputation of your business, keep your members in a safe and trusted environment, while keeping the fraudsters out. Device fingerprinting helps identify the bad guys so sites can eliminate their accounts from the network once and for all.
October 19, 2009 - (Free Research) In an attempt to tailor and more effectively promote its programs, the Metro Atlanta YMCA turned to Birst for a new set of Business intelligence (BI) tools. Birst delivered with features that included automated dashboards and adhoc reporting at a fair price. Read on to learn the benefits YMCA experienced when they switched to Birst.
October 13, 2009 - (Free Research) With its new AP automation solution, TransMontaigne redefined its accounts payable parameters, ultimately expanding its potential for growth and success.
May 07, 2009 - (Free Research) The macro-market trends of Globalization and eCommerce are making it more important than ever for corporate executives and end users to access critical information to make effective business decisions. This paper will examine how a new generation of SaaS-based BI solutions is responding to the escalating challenges facing companies of all sizes.
March 2008 - (Free Research) IRMC used VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to virtualize its call center operations and support multiple call centers from a central data center, reducing IT costs while improving flexibility and competitiveness.
March 2009 - (Free Research) In this white paper, StarCite presents its latest industry research about where corporations stand when it comes to travel and meetings integration - and a roadmap for companies ready to reap the rewards of an integrated approach.
September 2009 - (Free Research) With Oracle Database 11g powerful privileged user and multi-factor access control, data classification, and data masking, organizations can deploy reliable data security solutions that do not require any changes to existing applications, minimizing the costs associated with regulatory compliance and the deployment of strong internal controls.
February 2009 - (Free Research) This whitepaper looks at the ecological impact of a business's entire IT infrastructure and provides the CIO with a holistic prospective to a business's carbon footprint.
June 2009 - (Free Research) The increasingly sophisticated nature of information theft, and the continued emergence of new data privacy protection regulations worldwide, requires strong data security. Effective information security starts by protecting data at the source - the databases in which it resides. Read on to learn more.
December 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper will show that by improving process flexibility and transparency, not only can employees and systems adapt more easily to changing requirements, but existing infrastructure and applications can run more smoothly together for longer, thus raising ROI.
September 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses the increased demand placed on financial services organizations to improve their straight-through processing (STP) levels across all business units.
August 2009 - (Free Research) In this white paper, we will look at some of the key changes that will be revealed with the new version of Exchange and how these changes will impact the messaging environment.
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