Keeping Tech Talent—the Critical Difference
The next frontier in the coming talent war, according to McKinsey, will be deep analytics to probe big data as a basis of competition underpinning new waves of productivity, growth, and innovation. Are...
View ArticleTax Changes in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
In the dark of night on January 1, 2013, Congress finally passed a bill (which the President signed on January 2) that temporarily avoids the worst effects of the "fiscal cliff." The American Taxpayer...
View ArticleIs Cognitive Computing Coming to Your Business?
Remember HAL, the computer in the film 2001 A Space Odyssey (arguably one of the greatest movie opening screens of all time). View it here. HAL was a cognitive computer gone rogue. Cognitive computing...
View ArticleThe Case for Solid State Disk
PwC is bullish on mobile, projecting a 35% CAGR through 2015, driven in large part by solid state disk (SSD) technology. The PwC researchers now see it extending beyond mobile to other types of...
View Article5 Questions That Set the Stage for Cloud Deployment
Cloud computing clearly is gaining traction. A September study conducted by the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA), reported on here, found that organizations are embracing the cloud at a 15% faster rate...
View ArticleFront Line Troops in the Coming Talent War
A few weeks ago wiredFINANCE wrote about research around the coming talent wars and the critical role of IT. There is a transition underway to increasingly connected economies, and companies that...
View ArticleAcademy Awards and Analytics-based Performance Management
I always find the acceptance speeches at Hollywood’s Academy Awards to be inspirational. The ones I enjoy most are Oscar recipients who thank the teams that contributed to their receiving the award....
View ArticleBig Data Drives Surging Interest in Business Intelligence
Big data is fueling exploding interest in the business intelligence (BI) segment of the software market. BI is what managers have long used to make information-based decisions. With big0 data BI...
View ArticleDon’t Go Into the Cloud Without CMP
Organizations everywhere are beginning to move pieces of their IT capabilities into the cloud. Just don’t forget to bring a cloud management platform (CMP) with you. Although the cloud management...
View ArticleThe US Government’s Sequester – Anything versus Everything
I tend to be an apolitical person. I try to be internally apolitical within organizations I am employed by as well as related to government politics. But now I have a dilemma. It is not with an...
View ArticleManaging Compliance in a Challenging Environment
A recent study by ADP found that 81% of finance executives felt compliance was getting more complex. ADP conducted the survey in collaboration with CFO Research showing 89% of senior finance executives...
View ArticleProfit Velocity—the Missing Metric
Have you found the missing metric? As CFO you probably feel you have all the metrics you need and more but one is missing. For Google Analytics, the missing metric is $ Index, described as the fastest...
View ArticleExceptional EPM / CPM Systems are an Exception
Many organizations over-rate the quality of their enterprise and corporate performance management (EPM / CPM) methods and supporting software systems as well as exaggerate how comprehensive and...
View ArticleExceptional EPM/CPM Systems are an Exception
Many organizations overrate the quality of their enterprise and corporate performance management (EPM/CPM) methods and supporting software systems as well as exaggerate how comprehensive and integrated...
View ArticleStupid Executives Should Be Fired!
April 1, 2013 A potential risk is lurking for opportunistic organizations losing sales. That is, there is a danger for companies that are making stupid decisions, especially by their executives. For...
View ArticlePrice Optimization Tools Market Rebounds
Research leader Gartner reports the price optimization market is poised to rebound. Driving the rebound is mounting interest among enterprises for improving margins and revenue, increasing...
View ArticleThe CFO as Captain Chaos
When Eric Berridge, co-founder of Bluewolf Group, suggests the CFO as Captain Chaos he is recognizing that someone has to take charge of the chaos increasingly surrounding us. He wrote recently in his...
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