http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/ The latest financial white papers and reports, including accounting standards, business strategy, mergers and aquisitions, performance management, cash flow, and Sarbanes-Oxley. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:47 GMT http://www.cfo.com/images/cfo_com_logo_small.gif http://www.cfo.com http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456828 Now more than ever, organizations are looking for new measures that can help reduce costs while meeting corporate environmental mandates and objectives. In this white paper, written by Aberdeen Group analysts and sponsored by Planon, learn how best-in-class companies are cutting costs and improving corporate sustainability through planned maintenance, carbon footprint reduction, and improved management and measurement of critical data across the corporate real estate portfolio. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:41:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456774 Data Warehouses have grown in both size and importance in the past few years. What was once ad-hoc and haphazard data mining is now a mission critical element of the operation in the form of risk management, compliance reporting, or financial management. Typical state of the art supporting technologies such as ETL and Data Quality still yield a data result that must be intensively manually controlled to ensure the integrity of the Data Warehouse. This white paper details common underlying causes as well as several potential approaches to reconciliation of Data Warehouse details against source and origination systems. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:36:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456809 As more and more companies migrate portions of their information technology portfolio into Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software application suites such as SAP, the question of how best to implement automated controls over the information and processes embodied by the ERP module(s) requires careful consideration. This paper explores several critical factors that must be evaluated in order to construct a control framework that will satisfy current and future company, audit, governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:36:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456794 Application-centric views of IT processing yield controls that lie within applications. Major unchecked sources of risk continue to exist between applications. This white paper discusses the significant information risk points found between applications and the characteristics of automated control systems that best mitigate information risk. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456715 Find out how IBM's collaboration technology software, WebSphere(R), can help retail banks turn customers into advocates. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456673 Practical insights into the strategic benefits of core banking innovation and its impact on growth, resilience and efficiency imperatives. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456743 Learn how Banking Performance Management can help your banking organization gain a view of profitability drivers Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456729 Learn how the social networking offered on Web 2.0 sites like Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn can be used to cost-effectively and efficiently reach an increasingly fragmented and dispersed customer base. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:33:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456701 Learn how to combat sophisticated fraud threats while addressing your existing operational effectiveness across business lines to achieve a holistic enterprise view of risks. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:23:00 GMT http://www.cfo.com/whitepapers/index.cfm/displaywhitepaper/14456687 Leveraging their large global resource pool, strong project management expertise, and integration capabilities, IBM's Global Business Services is committed to further expanding its M&A services capabilities and aims to act as a strategic partner for its clients. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:00 GMT