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: Technology

Cover Story: December 10
Cloud is not the future — it’s now. It’s an enabling force for business evolution that goes beyond technology, allowing organizations to more efficiently and effectively reengineer the company’s corporate strategy.
Emergency Notification Systems
Scanning Systems
A/R Statements and Online Bill Pay
Participate in FEI's Annual Technology Issues Survey; Responses Needed Now
Finance Transformation and Routine Accounting
ferf@65: July 09
The second in a series of articles highlighting Financial Executives Research Foundation’s published research over the past 65 years, this article looks at information technology and its use by the finance function. The goal of FERF research is advancement through knowledge that is relevant and practical for organizations. technology: July 09
A typical large company deals with dozens of information technology suppliers for hardware, software and the supporting services vital to day-to-day operations. FEI Members-Please Take This Survey On Social Media
Do you use LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, blogs? FEI would like to learn more about which social media platforms its members are using for news and social networking. SEC 21st Century Disclosure Initiative
Gartner Research Report 164491 treasury: March 09
The massive changes roiling the banking industry during the last six months have been completely unprecedented. The industry landscape has been irrevocably altered, making the role of corporate treasurer a 24-hour-a-day job. technology: january 09
Over the past few years, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have invested in expanding and deepening treasury functionalities. In turn, these solutions have become more viable contenders in requests for proposals for treasury-management systems (TMS). technology: december 08
technology: november 08
Have you ever wondered why the report you were using looked different than it did last month? Or why your managers down the hall from one another could not agree what their margins were for the quarter? Or why information technology can’t produce that new slant on product profitability? If you’ve asked these types of questions — and blamed the software — take heart: you are not alone. technology: october 08
treasury: october 08
Technology: september 08
Paul Saffo, director of The Institute of the Future, has been quoted as saying, “It takes 30 years for a technology to become an overnight success.” Indeed, it took Apple Inc.’s Co-founder, Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs two decades to become an “overnight” billionaire! MRP Systems
Accounting Software Packages
Two More FEI Studies Issued: Financial Executives’ Compensation; Technology Issues
performance management: January 08
The old clichés about the bean-counter versus the gadget guru are hard to shake. Yet, today’s CFOs and CIOs can find common ground for productive collaboration by embracing technologies like performance management. Top 10 Extreme Technology Trends For 2008
Top 10 extreme technology trends for 2008 by the Institute of Global Futures: from disruption to opportunity. global CFO: December 07
Effective integration of information across the enterprise was found to be a key differentiator for financially successful companies in a recent study by IBM, The Wharton School and the Economist Intelligence Unit. strategic planning: December 07
While businesses rely on the IT department and CIO and CTO for things technological, from a fiduciary perspective, the CFO should be involved in key decisions associated with creating an IM strategy. from where I sit: november 07
The CFO of a software company argues in favor of providing comprehensive tools so that CFOs can do their jobs as they are expected to. Technology Concerns For Financial Executives: FEI/CSC 2007 Survey
Improving data quality/information integrity has emerged as the most frequently cited "critical" technology concern (according to 58 percent of respondents) in the ninth annual Technology Issues for Financial Executives survey. The survey, conducted by Financial Executives Research Foundation -- the research affiliate of Financial Executives International along with Computer Services Corp., also r Info Security Management Tops AICPA Tech Survey For 5th Year
Information security management tops the list again, for the 5th consecutive year – in the 18th Annual Top Technology Initiatives of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) – as the technology initiative expected to have the greatest effect in the coming year. Read the full report here. India Rising
When it comes to low-cost country sourcing, China is no longer the only game in town, says a senior executive at sourcing vendor Ariba. Chinese Telecom Challenges
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