The most urgent obstacle facing many finance teams comes from an unexpected source: talent. Expectations around finance are changing fast, prioritizing new skills like data analytics over strict accounting acumen. At the same time, only 2.2 percent of accountants are...

Companies are moving application workloads to the cloud at an unprecedented rate. Some of this, of course, is due to the fact that cloud-powered applications can run faster and cheaper than their on-premise predecessors. In fact, according to LogicMonitor, 83 percent...

Anyone who spends their days staring at spreadsheets understands the appeal of visualizations. Information presented in its most basic form, solely as facts and figures, is often dull to the point that it blurs together. An endless sea of identical information causes...

Most companies understand that data is the fuel of their future success. Today's technologies allow executives to condense vast amounts of data into actionable insights that lead to improved decision-making and bold, strategic thinking. Considering how much emphasis...

The latest version of the Oracle E-Business Suite (R12) has many strengths and some notable weaknesses, namely in terms of reporting. Oracle has added some impressive new features to R12, including a powerful sub-ledger feature that allows for a more granular approach...

Here is a pair of eye-opening statistics: 96 percent of the healthcare CFOs who responded to a recent survey think their organization needs improvement in utilizing financial and operational analytics. At the same time, 94 percent report experiencing more pressure to...

CFOs know they need to track their company's financial performance in up-to-the-minute detail. The challenge is figuring out what to focus on. Given how much data executives now have at their disposal, it's easy to lose the forest through the trees. Instead of falling...

The accounting department relies heavily on the IT department to help with financial reporting, which isn't good for either party. Accountants would rather be able to generate their own reports on demand so that they can apply data-driven insights to every important...