financial management

If the go-go 1990s, with its fast money and flush credit seeking rapid and steep returns, created the demand for "renaissance" Chief Financial Officers ("CFO"), who could manage (and market) both the strategic and financial operations of the enterprise, the more sobering decade that followed led directly to the creation and subsequent rise of the Chief Procurement Officer ("CPO"), who could reduce costs, build internal relationships, and develop strategic suppliers efficiently and effectively.

In this white paper, Ian Henderson of Sword Ciboodle and Retha Keyser of SAS describe what that ideal can look like and how to achieve it.

This paper presents technologies and recommendations for not only surviving, but thriving, as a marketer in today's demanding and dynamic business climate.

This paper presents the 5 most common practices that result in losing a customer and how to avoid those pitfalls. You'll also learn how more customer-centric measures can help you deepen and grow relationships with your most valuable customers.

This white paper includes practical, candid and irreverent advice from Scott on what it really means to be real time in marketing and PR.

In a webcast co-hosted by the AMA and SAS, presenters described three areas of focus for using social media, and the five best practices for being effective in social media. This paper provides a summary of that webcast.

This white paper provides a blueprint for action for senior marketers and decision makers across the enterprise. It provides straightforward advice on how to build a more durable and profitable customer base.

This collection is part of the ANA Magazine Thought Leadership Series sponsored by SAS. The articles explore the variety of ways to use analytics to create marketing functions that are more accountable and profitable.

This paper provides an intro to managers and marketing professionals applying analytics to marketing to significantly improve outcomes. It explains not only why you need to make this shift, but also how you get started and what tools you'll need.

Risks have intensified as retailers and financial organizations embrace new technologies to meet customer demands for convenience. The rise of mobile and online transactions introduces new risks – and with that, new requirements for fraud mitigation. This paper discusses key steps for fighting back against fraud risk by establishing appropriate and accurate data, analytics and alert management.

In June 2011, IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) that enterprises may realize by deploying Storwize V7000. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of Storwize V7000 on their organizations. Storwize V7000 is a virtualized storage system designed to consolidate block and file workloads into a single storage system for simplicity of management, reduced cost, highly scalable capacity, performance, and high availability.

Using analytics and personalized marketing to increase revenue and customer loyalty

Turn marketing challenges into opportunities with marketing performance analytics

In March 2014, Cisco Systems commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of the Cisco UCS on their organizations. To better understand the benefits, costs, and risks associated with a Cisco UCS implementation, Forrester interviewed several customers with multiple years of experience using Cisco UCS. Cisco Unified Computing System and servers unify computing, networking, management, virtualization, and storage access into a single integrated architecture

Internet of Things. Cloud. Augmented reality. Virtual reality. Technologies like these are changing the face of all industries, across manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, education, agriculture, logistics, and more. These transformative technologies define new paradigms of business productivity, customer centricity, and quality & compliance management. This infographic features the opportunities these technologies can o er as they begin incorporating them into their business models. Download the infographic now.

Discover Digital Transaction Management and how it can dramatically improve the real estate business. From safety and legal concerns, to financial costs and user experience improvement, each aspect of the Digital Transaction Management approach is covered in this guide.

Discover Digital Transaction Management and how it can dramatically improve the real estate business. From safety and legal concerns, to financial costs and user experience improvement, each aspect of the Digital Transaction Management approach is covered in this guide.

Research shows that today’s business goals are centered on reducing costs, strengthening customer relationships and improving financial management. The biggest challenges to achieving these goals are lack of skills and investment funds, and inadequate linkages between the IT environment and how business processes are managed. Read this analyst report to see why enterprises are turning to managed services to help overcome these challenges so that they can optimize the value of their IT investments and achieve their corporate objectives.

Financial institutions need to consider a broad array of key business case components, beyond fraud loss reduction and fraud-management operating costs, when examining the business ramifications of various fraud-prevention technology approaches.

In the IBM white paper “Disclosure management for budgeting, planning and forecasting: The next frontier?”, Gary Simon, managing editor of the Financial Systems News, discusses how disclosure management technology can move beyond its traditional use in financial reporting to also benefit budgeting, planning and forecasting functions.

In January 2015, Cisco commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment enterprises may realize by deploying Cisco TrustSec. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of Cisco TrustSec on their organizations. The Cisco TrustSec solution simplifies the provisioning and management of highly secure access to network services and applications. Unlike access control mechanisms that work on network topology, Cisco TrustSec policies use logical grouping. Highly secure access is consistently maintained even as resources are moved in mobile and virtualized networks.

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, stress tests have taken on growing importance and prominence in financial institution supervision and regulation. These tests, designed to measure an institution’s ability to maintain capital buffers and withstand extreme economic shocks, were imposed initially, and primarily, on the biggest multinational firms – those designated global significantly important banks (G-SIBs) or financial institutions (G-SIFIs). However, the circle for supervisory stress testing has widened to include a growing number of banks as defined by domestic jurisdictions – in the United States, for example, down to banks with $10 billion in assets under the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test (DFAST) rule. What’s more, stress tests and their underlying scenarios can be of considerable value as a strategic management tool to a financial services company of virtually any type or size.

Digitization creates major opportunities for financial services – automating operations, expanding channels, delivering engaging customer experiences.

What is Financial Management Software? Financial management software solutions allow organizations to more effectively and accurately control and manage financial operations throughout the entire business – including across multiple companies, subsidiaries, divisions, countries, and sites. With powerful features and functionality, financial management systems dramatically streamline and enhance the way vital financial data is collected, processed, stored, accessed, and presented to users within, and beyond, the enterprise.

Learn how Isbank, Turkey’s largest bank, dramatically reduced testing times for Functional Testing automation from 6 man-days to a few hours. Read about the benefits of adopting an Application Lifecycle Management approach to improve software quality, automate testing processes and safeguard mission-critical applications while supporting growth.