SmartBiz IT Research Library

PRODUCT DEMO - Simplify your key financial processes with Cognos.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: November 10, 2009


Topics:  Databases | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Reporting Software

CASE STUDY - This paper will give you an overview of how one company's business soared after applying AP processing to their company improved business.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Accounting Software | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Financing | SAP (Product)

CASE STUDY - AP processing has changed the ways the businesses have been doing business. Read in this paper how ReadSoft’s doing that and so much more.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Account Aggregation | Business Integration | Business Integration Software | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Financing | Product Development | Strategic Planning

CASE STUDY - Learn how streamlining the AP process can help your company gain control over its invoice management. With the electronic workflow, invoices don’t get lost avoiding late fees.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Accounting Software | Business Integration | Business Process Automation | Business Processes | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Financing | Oracle (Product)

CASE STUDY - With its new AP automation solution, TransMontaigne redefined its accounts payable parameters, ultimately expanding its potential for growth and success.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Published: October 13, 2009


Topics:  Account Aggregation | Benefits | Best Practices | ERP | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Financing | Process Control Software | Process Manufacturing Industry | Productivity | Professional Services Automation Software | SAP (Product)

WEBCAST - Watch this informative webinar to learn about the history of mobile banking, consumer and ecosystem trends driving mobile banking opportunity, moving banks from inquiry to revenue, and much more!
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Premiered: June 29, 2009


Topics:  Banking Industry | Banking Services | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Transaction Processing | Mobile Payments

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to learn how one of India's leading financial services firms paved the way for continued growth and improved customer service by deploying Dell servers and a Dell SAN.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: December 24, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | ERP | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | IT Infrastructure | SAN | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses the increased demand placed on financial services organizations to improve their straight-through processing (STP) levels across all business units.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Business Service Management Software | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | SOA | SOA Governance

WHITE PAPER - The objective of this paper is to present the buyside with a framework in which to understand the changes in the U.S. trading market, to offer a vision for the trading platforms that will support this new world and to explain why the future belongs to independent broker-neutral systems supplied by software firms rather than sellside brokers.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: December 26, 2006


Topics:  Electronic Funds Transfer | Electronic Marketplace | Financial Management | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Financial Transaction Processing

ANALYST REPORT - This Impact Report examines some of the key trends within the U.S. ATS market, and provides clear categorizations of some of the platforms vying for market share. This Impact Report also provides U.S. equities market share estimates and future projections.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: September 3, 2007


Topics:  Budgeting | ERP | Financial Management | Financial Services | Market Trends | Portfolio Management (Finance)

ANALYST REPORT - Mobile banking is quickly growing in popularity among young, affluent, tech-savvy smartphone users in America and Canada. As a result, financial institutions will have a highly interactive and expandable line of services and devices they can use to engage their customers.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 27, 2009


Topics:  Banking Industry | Banking Services | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Services | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Payments | PDA | Smart Phones

CASE STUDY - One of the world's largest MMORPG publishers uses iovation to keep their games safe for their valued players, and the fraudsters out.
Posted: June 9, 2009 | Published: June 9, 2009


Topics:  Credit Cards | Database Management | Database Security | Device Control Software | Financial Services | Fraud Protection | Games and Entertainment Software | ROI

ANALYST REPORT - To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Automation | CFOs | Chemical Industry | Consumer Packaged Goods Industry | Economic Environment | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Life Sciences Industry | Retail Trade Industry | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Business Intelligence | CFOs | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

CASE STUDY - 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.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting Software | Billing Services | Billing Software | Business Management | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Transaction Processing | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software