Ventana Research: Cloud Financial Management

Many discussions of cloud computing concern how cloud-based software and services enable small and midsize businesses to acquire many of the same capabilities as large ones. In fact, though, large companies have been adopting the cloud, too – and with …

Why Regulation and Consolidation Complexity Should Drive the Choice of CPM Decision

For more than a decade the scope of external reporting has been under constant strain from a swathe of new accounting standards and regulatory requirements which are in addition to local statutory reporting. External reporting has moved beyond the production of pure historical financial statements into a broader commentary on business strategy, current performance, trends, factors and risks likely to affect future outcomes.

In today’s volatile and uncertain markets, management needs to have its ‘finger on the pulse’ and this means merging actual data with, for example, budgeting, planning, forecasting, dash-boarding and score-carding applications in a body of applications which has become known as CPM (Corporate Performance Management). But by definition, a complete CPM environment has many ‘moving parts’ and this presents a dilemma for forward-looking CFOs seeking to automate and standardize their CPM systems.

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Stop Out-Of-Control Discounting in 4 Easy Steps

Use HP and other case studies to learn about pricing technology and how it helps stabilize win rates across all deal sizes using accurate, targeted pricing to control variability and excessive discounting.Table of Contents:The Costs Of Inefficient Pric…

How to Choose the Best Path to Better Pricing

Companies that are just beginning their pricing journey can leverage the information in this eBook to choose the right path from the start. But even if you’re already well down the People-Powered path, making a course correction may not be that difficu…