Enterprise Financial Management Solutions

Infor ERP VISUAL combines affordability and deep functionality, and is ideal for high growth, mixed-mode manufacturers who need a modular solution. Learn why more than 4,000 businesses trust Infor ERP VISUAL to run their operations. Infor ERP VISUAL is a manufacturing-centric software solution delivering end-to-end functionality, low cost of ownership, and ease of use to serve the needs of diverse manufacturing business models, including engineer-to-order, make-to-order...

This whitepaper examines and quantifies the costs and benefits of backup with deduplication storage as strategic assets for data protection. Three organizations in different industries are discussed as case studies. Deduplication storage is quickly becoming the standard for disk-based backup and nearline storage use in enterprise data centers across many industries. It delivers clear benefits for the retention, recovery and replication of backup and other...

This paper explains business strategies, trends, and issues related to enterprise resource planning, financial management, operations management, and human capital management that drive the consideration of ESA. This white paper is intended for IT executives and line-of business management. It introduces business strategies, trends, and issues related to enterprise resource planning (ERP), financial management, operations management, and human...

This Report, which summarizes detailed data from a field study conducted exclusively for AMR Research SAP Peer Forum clients, was written to help business audiences looking for every opportunity to reduce the total business expenses of their huge, existing investments in SAP. Companies can squeeze further business benefits from their existing SAP ERP and supply chain systems in order to save money at a time when it's desperately needed. This Report, which summarizes...

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. These are demanding times for senior finance executives. Investors want higher returns. Regulators require more complete documentation of companies...

ERP software is often criticized for being complex and difficult to use. Read this paper to learn how to evaluate ERP software for usability. ERP software is often criticized for being complex and difficult to use. Learn to evaluate ERP software for usability, and how consistent design, affordance, integrated search functionality and Web-like interfaces can make ERP easier to use. Avoid investing in platforms that won't be evolved towards more usable and efficient...

This series examines the practice of DLP from three perspectives: an executive's view, an employee's perspective, and a technical standpoint. This series examines the practice of DLP from three perspectives: an executive's view, an employee's perspective, and a technical standpoint. In this first article in the series, we consider issues important to executive management:

• Business drivers for DLP adoption
• Multiple dimensions of DLP
• Key benefits of deploying

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This white paper analyzes common vulnerabilities in protecting server resources and suggests a solution based on two key elements - server access management and auditing. Working together, server access management and auditing can improve regulatory compliance and data privacy and provide greater IT accountability. The premises and opinions of this white paper are based on historical and current research. Over the last 10 years, IDC customer and vendor surveys show that...

There's a focus today on regulatory compliance involving financial reporting, security and data privacy. But there are also tremendous business performance opportunities that can be fueled by the new requirements. This paper details the benefits of continuous compliance, which include reduction of risk and cost. There's a tremendous focus today on regulatory compliance involving financial reporting, security and data privacy. But there are also tremendous business...

The St. James's Place (SJP) Wealth Management Group offers a wide range of high quality wealth management services to businesses and individuals. This case study shows how SJP worked with Xenos and EMC Document Sciences to implement an integrated document solution (IDS) that enables the creation, formatting, control, transformation, storage.. The St. James's Place (SJP) Wealth Management Group offers a wide range of high quality wealth management services to businesses and...

Check out this whitepaper to learn the security issues of UNIX and Linux systems and how to meet audit requirements. As UNIX/Linux systems become more prevalent in organizations, the need to secure them becomes more urgent. This is especially true since compliance mandates, as interpreted by the courts, become more stringent. A security or compliance audit can be a valuable ally in identifying the vulnerabilities of your UNIX/Linux systems. But since US firms must on average meet...

Oversight Systems takes continuous controls monitoring to the next level by combining user access rights testing with its patented Real-Time Transaction Inspection. Preventive controls combine with real-time detective controls to provide best p... Most financial processes don't operate inside a vacuum of a single financial system or perfectly defined roles that eliminate all segregation of duties conflicts. Real world compliance demands a complete, closed-...

In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors. In today's business environment, two opposing forces dominate the investment advisory landscape. On one side there is continuing downward pressure on fees. On the other ever-growing customer expectations as to the range and quality of services they receive. As a result, investment...