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SAP – enhancing sustainability after the lockdown

Brian Duffy, President of SAP EMEA and member of the Sustainability Council believes the recent crisis provides an opportunity for planning and reflection. It seems quite clear that we won’t be returning to the pre-lockdown scene any time soon as the pandemic continues to have significant impacts on how we live and work. Aside from […]

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Alternative data presents multiple opportunities but comes with challenges

Alternative data, when verified as reliable and trustworthy, can be a significant tool for financial organisations when collecting information. With competition rising and an increased reliance on data, financial organisations must be capable of making the changes. Inaccurate data or a lack of a range of information sources can result in poorly informed plans and […]

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Oracle Announces Free Financial Planning Tools For One Year

Oracle has confirmed that it will provide free access to its Oracle Financial Statement Planning, including Strategic Modelling to all of its current Oracle Planning Cloud customers for the next year. The Oracle Financial Statement Planning will enable users to perform detailed ‘what-if’ scenarios for a range of economic situations, including payment delays, inventory changes […]

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Highlighting the top Big Data Cloud Storage Providers

The most suitable place for most businesses to store their Big Data is within the cloud. Utilising cloud services for data storage and increasingly for analytics means businesses are outsourcing time and effort associated with storing and managing large sets of data. The implications of power consumption, space, infrastructure and security become the responsibility of […]

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The challenge for CFO’s: Understanding the new normal

As businesses prepare and deliver new steps for the future, many planning professionals suggest that we shouldn’t expect a return to the past. CFO’s across multiple industries are implementing a number of strategies to ensure their business can continue to survive financially during the downturn. They are also exploring various scenarios of how to progress […]

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Understanding the real value of the finance industry

The introduction of innovative new systems and processes has enabled the finance industry to transform in recent years. Finance leaders need to remain focused on evolution and how digital technology and other innovative systems such as predictive analytics and machine learning will influence the industry over the next few years. For finance leaders to remain […]

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OneStream launches Transaction Matching Solution to enhance Account Reconciliations and Financial Close

OneStream, a leading provider of innovative corporate performance management solutions for medium and large businesses has released a new transaction matching solution that can accelerate account reconciliations and reduce the financial close process. OneStream Transaction Matching enables businesses to gather and combine large transaction sets from various sources and quickly select and assess anomalies to […]

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Cloud Business Intelligence – A strong combination for 2020

All businesses, big or small need to focus on enhancing their processes and determine critical plans to generate higher value. Business intelligence will enable these processes to happen more effectively, allowing people to gather the right information, in the correct format and at the right time. Alongside this necessity, the improvements in technology mean cloud […]

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Oracle selected by Zoom as Cloud Infrastructure Provider for its Online Video Service

Oracle has announced that they have been selected by Zoom Video Communications to support their growth and further development plans. The leading video communications business continues to innovate and provides a vital service to many businesses worldwide. Eric S. Yuan, the CEO of Zoom explains that they have experienced the most significant growth in their […]

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SAP – The time for upskilling and retraining your workforce is now

The pandemic has generated an abrupt and significant transformation and change unlike any of us have experienced before. Global restriction and measures have reshaped how we live our lives and how we work. As a consequence, we have needed to adapt quickly to address these measures and transform our working routine. Many businesses and employees […]

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The importance of analytics, data and industry expertise

In a recent briefing, Andrew Cuomo the Governor of New York states that future decisions will be supported by data, expertise and science. New York is one region that has been severely affected by the pandemic and now more than ever needs a clear and effective strategy to tackle the current situation.  A report by […]

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Navigating businesses with data analytics in challenging times

Analytics has been heavily involved in studies and work against the global pandemic. Many policies, plans and strategic decisions have been formed off the back of epidemiology models developed to measure and quantify the spread of infections within communities. Countries are starting to discuss the next stages of the pandemic, the aftermath and the impact […]

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