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Unseen and Soon Everywhere: XBRL: According to Ventana Research, all large public US companies will be using extensible business reporting language (XBRL) within five years. [more]
Deloitte Forensic Center Explores Fraud and Corruption: The costs, risks and effects of fraud and corruption will be under the organized radar of business, academic, law, government and regulatory affairs professionals through a new Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP initiative. [more]
Use IT as a Strategic Enabler: Tapping into benchmark data from over 2,100 companies from around the globe, The Hackett Group has found that world-class IT organizations spend 7 percent more on IT operations per end-user than average companies. [more]
Room to Improve: Supply Chain BI: Ventana Research has found that Operational Performance Management is negatively impacted by limited BI technology use, according to its study "Supply Chain Business Intelligence -- Adoption, Use and Practice". [more]
Business Objects To Buy Text-Analytics Supplier Inxight Software: In a move to broaden its BI capabilities, Business Objects has agreed to acquire Inxight Software Inc., a purveyor of text analytics, federated search and data visualization applications. [more]
The Fusion of Search and BI: Ventana Research's recent study, "Business Intelligence and Search -- Combining Technologies to Foster Better Business Decisions," indicates that the biggest hurdle in BI adoption is the complexity of the technology. [more]
Keys to BI: Flexibility, Familiarity: For companies considering installing or upgrading business intelligence (BI) software, here's a cautionary tale from Ace Hardware. [more]
Business Intelligence Gone Wrong: There are four common assumptions that companies tend to make about their business intelligence (BI) implementations that could cause them to flop: First, assuming that the BI project is indeed successful -- when, in fact, an assessment may be needed to best evaluate how it is working. [more]
Closest Thing to a Crystal Ball: Predictive capacities are evolving in performance management software and companies that are prepared to incorporate them into financial and operational decision-making may soon gain an edge on their competitors. [more]
Revenue Recognition Processes Elude Automation: Revenue recognition processes at most companies are not automated within financial/ERP systems, according to this survey of 685 senior finance executives. [more]
Eight Steps to Finding a BI Tool: Choosing a business intelligence (BI) tool has never been easy, but with all of the changes in the market in recent years, selecting a BI solution has become an even more daunting task. [more]
Dashboards Essential in Performance Equation: C-level execs looking to integrate business performance with finance are discovering that dashboards are a must-have tool. [more]
BI and Performance Management Spending Soars: According to a new report by AMR Research, companies in North America will spend nearly $24 billion on BI and performance management tools in 2007. [more]
Risk Management and IT Auditing Require Improvement: Internal audit and business and technology risk consulting provider Protiviti surveyed over 450 chief audit executives, internal audit directors, managers and other professionals and found that risk management and IT auditing are the two utmost areas in need of improvement. [more]
CFOs and CIOs Should Be Friends: CIOs and CFOs are both taking on a more strategic role within the organization, but their relationship can sometimes be strained. [more]
Survey Suggests IT Emphasis and Corporate Performance Linked: Deloitte Consulting LLP and Corporate Board Member magazine surveyed 450 directors of publicly traded companies with revenues in excess of $1 billion and have found that a crucial gap exists between the importance placed on IT and the follow up to address it. [more]
Oracle Accuses SAP of Software and Data Theft: Oracle Corporation, the number 2 purveyor of finance, HR, sales and CRM software, has filed suit against industry leader SAP AG, alleging repeated theft of Oracle's copyrighted software and other proprietary information. [more]
Excel-Friendly OLAP: A BPM Alternative?: Before ditching Excel for a business performance management (BPM) application, consider adopting Excel-friendly online analytical processing (OLAP). [more]
Evolution of BPM Drives M&A: The first wave of BPM mergers kicked off with the Hyperion Software and Arbor Software union which formed Hyperion Solutions, followed by Cognos acquiring Adaytum and then Frango, Business Objects absorbing ARC Software, and SAS gobbling up ABC Technologies. [more]
BI Is Evolving: Business intelligence (BI) may be growing toward "enterprise intelligence" in light of recent trends. [more]