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Selecting the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) software often poses a challenge for many businesses in the manufacturing industry. With so many options out there, it’s difficult to break down each potential application and choose the one that’s the best fit for your business. This Gartner report explains how ERP selection teams can come to a consensus and establish an understanding of all options by jointly populating and prioritizing a hierarchical, weighted ERP evaluation model. A structured evaluation model helps put all the cards on the table by explaining and justifying to internal stakeholders, external auditors, and vendors how and why an ERP software decision was made. Read the Gartner report and establish your own ERP evaluation model to see if the Epicor ERP solution is the right fit for your manufacturing business.

Your online audience expects fast, flawless, secure experiences on any device in any location, every time. But whether you are delivering videos, your website, music, software or games, ensuring engaging online experiences from an increasing variety of devices around the world is a huge challenge. Content delivery networks (CDNs) can significantly improve the user experience of your online audiences. But not all CDNs deliver the same level of service. Dos and Don’ts of Evaluating and Deploying a CDN provides tips on how to determine what is most important to your organization and how to choose a CDN that meets your needs. Download this guide to learn: The four major performance factors that can affect user experience Why speed alone isn't an accurate measure of performance How a content audit can identify performance bottlenecks The role content storage can play in reducing costs and latency How to decide what features are most important to your business

"Unauthorized software, painful software license compliance audits, long fulfillment times, limited visibility, unaccountability... if these issues sound familiar, you are not alone. These are real challenges faced by many IT organizations - with serious consequences if not properly addressed. During our Software Asset Management webinar you will learn how having asset, configuration and other service management processes together in one system of record provides the control and visibility you need to overcome these challenges."

Erfahren Sie, warum ein neuer Ansatz nötig ist. Lesen Sie das Whitepaper “Ein neuer Ansatz für Audits und Kontrollen in Enterprise-Software” und erfahren Sie mehr über die sich verändernde Kontroll- und Governance-Landschaft. Lesen Sie, wie ein neu definierter Umgang mit Technologie zum Prüfstein für Aufgabentrennung, transparente Geschäftsprozesse und umfassende Audits werden kann. Das Whitepaper liefert Ihnen Antworten auf folgende Fragen: Inwiefern ändern sich die Anforderungen an moderne Finanzlösungen durch neue Kontroll- und Governance-Prozesse? Warum lässt sich mit traditionellen Lösungen und nachträglich hinzugefügten Funktionen zur Finanzkontrolle keine vollständige Compliance erreichen? Wie können technologische Innovationen dazu beitragen, das Finanzmanagement zu transformieren und die Kontrolle zu stärken?

These are the end times for traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. Overstatement? Not really—especially for growing businesses like yours. Old-school ERP systems are simply too slow, complex, and inflexible to keep up with today’s business climate. Think about your existing ERP. Does it support industry-specific best practices, ever-changing regulatory requirements, and emerging technologies such as social media, mobile, cloud, and analytics? If not, you could risk losing ground to your competitors as a result.

Did you ever wonder what enterprise resource planning or ERP is and how it can help your business? Or perhaps you know a little about ERP but you’re not sure if you should opt for an on-premise or cloud solution and what to expect from your final choice. Don’t worry. If you’re a business owner, manager or director in a mid-sized or growing business and you’re confused about ERP, this guide will help you.

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As a strategic partner in your business, you face increasing demands from your line-of-business leaders for new functionality and advanced capabilities, which you must deliver with a constrained IT budget. What could you do to meet these expectations and add value to the business if you could contain costs, increase operational efficiency, and do more with less? You need to overcome several challenges. The cost of software licensing management is rising as a result of maintaining proprietary platforms or legacy technology, making it difficult to modernize your datacenter and migrate to more cost-effective solutions. You’re likely burdened by regulatory compliance mandates, which create enforcement, reporting, and auditing expenses. And, like 67% of IT organizations, your budget is probably shrinking. Red Hat can help. Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® gives you the high-value subscription model, built-in governance processes, and simplified migration path you need to aggressively lower your

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Data is now accessed via physical and virtual desktops, laptops and mobile devices. IT organizations struggle to control and manage this widening pool of devices. View this Computerworld Survey to better understand the solutions to these challenges.

Recent new technology introductions are fundamentally changing the way we utilize and manage IT resources. This whitepaper shows how these new processes and automation solutions deliver the agility and extensibility to maintain performance and relia

Many IT organizations are excited about the prospects of incorporating Cloud-based technologies into their present/future vision. Download this whitepaper and learn how you can leverage Cloud services for increased resiliency and efficiency.

Reducing IT costs and improving service quality are primary concerns when looking to improve your IT efficiencies. This paper presents the Return on Investment implications for organizations considering an IT Service and Client Management solution.

Managing IT services has rarely been as challenging as it is today. The solution is to adopting a standards-based strategy that automates IT service management. This white paper examines what’s holding IT back and offers a potential way forward.

Running a successful firearms and shooting sports retail business offers unique challenges. To achieve growth, you need a software solution that streamlines nearly every aspect of your firearms business—letting you focus on running a more compliant, efficient, and profitable operation. Created in collaboration with Orchid Advisors, Epicor FFL Compliance Manager is a robust, cloud-based system for firearms retailers that seamlessly manages ATF compliance for higher profits and faster growth. This fast, easy-to-use bound book solution can: • Quickly package compliance reports on demand and review bound book activity with dashboards to support ATF inspections • Save time by scanning serial numbers instead of entering them manually • Relieve audit stress thanks to easy access to bound book data and on-demand, ATF-friendly reporting Read on to hear from businesses currently powered by Epicor FFL Compliance solutions.

In today’s competitive market, FFLs often have inadequate tools that are hindering their growth, or are often sold software rather than solutions to their ATF compliance needs—leaving them confused and less compliant than before. Fortunately, it just got easier to streamline compliance processes and keep your Bound Book up-to-date. Get the facts in a quick-reading guide from the FFL Operations experts at Orchid Advisors and the software experts at Epicor. Learn how firearms businesses like yours are using cloud technology to keep their bound book to date, making compliance tasks much simpler and more cost effective. • Why the ATF changed its rules in 2016 and how you take advantage of it • Practical tips for moving your Bound Book to the cloud, stress-free • Streamline business process and improve ATF Compliance

Learn why a new approach is needed. Read this whitepaper, “A New Approach to Audit and Control in Enterprise Software”, and discover more about the changing landscape of control and governance. Learn how rethinking technology can be the touchstone to separation of duties, transparent business processes and comprehensive auditing. Understand: •How the changing world of control and governance places new requirements on today’s finance systems •Why legacy systems with bolt-on finance controls fail to deliver complete compliance •How technology innovations help transform the finance function and reinforce control

In the last few years, the demands on the finance department—from real-time reporting to global consolidation—have increased significantly. At the same time, the choices for accounting and financial software have become much more complex. How do you begin to research, evaluate, and select the right software for your business? Download the 2015 Buyer's Guide to Accounting and Financial Software and discover: • Why most financial software systems hinder your ability to get good financial information • The six key questions you need to ask before considering a move to a cloud-based financial solution • Why the process for evaluating software is different for cloud solutions – and the seven SLA must-haves you should get in writing Get all the facts for a successful buying journey!

Independent external audits of GAAP financial statements are an inescapable reality for finance professionals. External audits are required by statute for public companies and are also becoming the norm among private companies experiencing growing demands for transparency from regulators, investors, and other stakeholders.

Traditional fraud detection methods, such as application logging, can’t address the scale and sophistication of today’s threats. Find out how to get the visibility you need to better and manage enterprise risk with Luminet.

Insider threats continue to challenge organizations, particularly as BYOD brings complexity to enterprise risk management. The latest Ponemon research highlights recent trends, risk factors and what organizations need to do now to reduce risk.

Understanding The Complications of Software License Management

A software audit can be either an internal process, executed by an in-house team or consultants, or it can be done externally, by the vendor. If done internally, the results are used by the organization to check what software is installed across the network, how the software is being used and how this usage compares with the entitlements owned by the organization. If you haven’t already been audited—get ready; it’s not a case of if, but when.

Discover how leading organizations leverage performance management software to obtain commitment from senior management, forge effective partnerships with auditors, and monitor progress throughout the year.

Banks want to use technology to work smarter, better and faster to maintain regulatory compliance, reduce risk and increase productivity. Automated IT systems management is helping them reach those goals in a seamless, efficient manner.