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CNN Beams Up Correspondent: CNN used its new 3-D hologram technology to "beam" correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago to Wolf Blitzer's studio in New York during election coverage. [more]
73-Year-Old Man Makes Basketball History: Ken Mink, a 73-year-old student at Roane State Community College, set a new record this week -- he became the oldest person to score in a US college basketball game. [more]
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Don't Let BI Overwhelm Your Business: Businesses can undoubtedly benefit from business intelligence (BI) technology, but the pressure to implement BI can be so strong that it overshadows the fundamentals of running a successful business. [more]
Best-of-Breed BPM a Smart Choice: The popularity of best-of-breed (BOB) software is continuing to grow, and with plenty of good reasons, according to the Business Finance article "Best of Breed Software Niches Deepen. [more]
Marketing Dashboards to Employees Improves Success: Successful dashboard implementation depends on employees' support, according to this Business Finance article, but gaining end-user acceptance isn't always easy -- frequently employees need to be sold on the new ideas. [more]
Picking the Right Performance Management Tool: The overwhelming number of available performance management (PM) methodologies can make selecting just one initial option for your business challenging. [more]
SEC Gets Behind XBRL: Although it has taken at least five years to gain acceptance, the SEC is now pushing for companies to start reporting their financial data in an interactive format -- called eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) -- in a big way. [more]
Different Dashboards for Different Needs: Dashboards have become an integral part of business, in part because they are flexible and can be applied to many areas of a company, depending on a particular department's needs. [more]
Can Corporate Reporting Evolve in the Global Information Age?: PricewaterhouseCoopers' U.S. [more]
A Quick Diagnosis for Master Data Ailments: If it takes weeks to close your books or your profit margins are calculated inconsistently across the organization, your company may be suffering from poor master data management (MDM). [more]
10 Questions to Answer Before Investing in BPM Software: Your company knows the benefits of BPM technology -- such as increased speed, accuracy and productiveness -- now the trick is finding the right BPM software. [more]
BI Technology Improves More Than Compliance: Business intelligence (BI) software uses extend far beyond compliance. [more]
SEC Launches New Search Tool: More than a million corporate and mutual fund reports are now available and fully searchable via the SEC's new online EDGAR database. [more]
Move Over, Excel: Google Enters Spreadsheet Market: OK, so it probably won't replace Excel as a finance executive's best friend, but still -- moving into Microsoft's "office territory" is an unexpected twist from the Big G. [more]