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The Hackett Group Finds Performance Management in the Cloud is Gaining Momentum
A research study from The Hackett Group found that the adoption of performance management in the cloud is “set to rise significantly in the next couple of years.” The firm considers the momentum to be driven by the fact that performance management…
October 24, 2017
New Research: Cognitive Computing will be a Game-Changer for Marketing
Marketing leaders—those outperforming their peers—recognize that cognitive computing and artificial intelligence technologies are game-changers for marketing. The IBM Institute for Business Value recently conducted a study examining how likely Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) and heads of sales are to embrace cognitive computing.…
October 19, 2017
Important Things to Consider when Changing your COA Structure
Over the years, we have had many clients who have taken on the project of changing their chart of account (COA) structures. These projects can be resource and time consuming and they affect many business areas and processes beyond accounting and finance.…
October 1, 2017
Survey Finds the Office of Finance to Double its Adoption of Analytics
The IBM Center for Applied Insights surveyed 337 senior finance leaders on their adoption of analytics. It may not be surprising, but the survey found that organizations plan to double adoption of analytics in all areas of finance in the next two…
September 13, 2017
Top 10 Steps for a Successful FPM Project
We’ve created a list of the top 10 steps organizations should take for a successful financial performance management project. These steps were honed over more than two decades of experience designing and implementing financial performance management solutions based on IBM Analytics technologies.…
September 8, 2017
Pull a Rabbit Out of Your Hat – Or at Least Pull Insight from Your Data
Nearly every company we work with has some amount of unstructured or text-based data that they collect from their customers and operations. Data from surveys, notes typed into CRM systems, emails, and more – all these unstructured text data sources can be…
August 1, 2017
Ovum: “Majority of CFOs aren’t happy with quality of financial planning and analysis”
According to an Ovum report, a “majority of CFOs aren’t happy with the quality of financial planning and analysis and are looking for ways to make finance a more ‘inclusive’ and ‘insightful’ function.” And while the report discusses why traditional planning processes…
May 10, 2017
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms
Gartner recently issued its Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms, formerly the Magi Quadrant for Advanced Analytics. Gartner defines a data science platform as “a cohesive software application that offers a mixture of basic building blocks essential for creating all kinds of…
April 28, 2017
Top 5 Tips for a Successful Predictive Analytics Project
Predictive analytics holds the promise of making your organization smarter, more nimble, more competitive, and ultimately, more profitable. But in between deciding predictive analytics can help your organization achieve any one (or several) of these objectives, and realizing these results, there are…