http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024741,39000537q,00.htm Most Recent Accounting Applications White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - silicon.com en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:54:05 +0000 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:54:05 +0000 http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024741,39000537q,00.htm 124 50 20 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) silicon/60826858 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60826858p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Epicor Software) Successful businesses around the globe have shown time and again that what at first glance may appear as a difficult and costly change in regulation can be an opportunity for... silicon/60787180 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60787180p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Epicor Software) The SEC proposes that 2014 be the first year for US registered companies to file their financial statements in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) format. This white paper covers... silicon/60787179 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60787179p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) A time of unprecedented market volatility and competition calls for a new business strategy. Integrated business planning can help you keep your finger on the market pulse, reduce planning iterations,... silicon/60688809 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60688809p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) silicon/60826839 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60826839p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Cliffs Natural Resources wanted to replace spreadsheet based reporting, which was costly and prone to late delivery and shorten month-end reporting time to ensure the Asia Pacific management team has... silicon/60721278 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721278p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Google) Nucleus Research conducted an ROI study with 2nd Wind Exercise and found that this 300-user specialty retail company achieved an ROI of 837% and a one-month payback. 2nd Wind replaced... silicon/60670484 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60670484p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) A wholly-owned subsidiary of Australian Securities Exchange-listed Hyro Limited, Hyro Asia develops and implements digital services for use across multiple channels including online, mobile, and interactive television. Hyro Asia deployed... silicon/60721290 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721290p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Panostaja Oyj wanted to obtain a scalable and reliable financial reporting system to meet the needs of the quickly growing business, which had doubled in annual revenue and number of... silicon/60719907 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60719907p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Lumension) Taxes are certainly not fun, but there is something worse: an audit. Combine the two in a risk and compliance scenario and you have the onerous "audit tax," a figurative... silicon/60672166 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60672166p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) wanted to establish a new system to resolve customer queries more efficiently and improve the speed and accuracy of customer billing. The challenge was... silicon/60719738 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60719738p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Greven City Council operates six servers simultaneously to meet the database needs of approximately 70 different specialist processes within the city's local administration. The challenge was to speed up slow,... silicon/60672186 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60672186p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Pearson wanted to cut monthly close times by standardizing and consolidating financial reporting for three major global businesses and reduce software licensing and management costs. The challenge was to build... silicon/60672195 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60672195p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Facing utility deregulation and a range of potential new competitors, TXU Energy needed to differentiate itself, while also building stronger relationships with its customers. The company, which is the largest... silicon/60272484 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60272484p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:05:57 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Microsoft) IPSH is a major engineering company based in Malaysia. Founded in 1987, the company enjoyed rapid growth and expansion of key business areas. However the company's growth was placing a... silicon/60635202 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60635202p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) IDBI Bank was restructured into several customer-focused business units to streamline processes and improve customer service. Following the restructure, the bank needed to develop a system to better assess the... silicon/60635062 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60635062p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) OC2 wanted to provide the small business with a reliable, affordable, and comprehensive professional services automation solution for more efficient internal personnel, financial, and project and customer management and keep... silicon/60635059 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60635059p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Yum! France owns the Pizza Hut and KFC brands in France and is part of the worldwide Yum! group which was spun off from Pepsico in 1997. Yum! France wanted... silicon/60672169 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60672169p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Microsoft) Diamante, based in Verona, Italy, provides full-featured accounting software to large and small businesses. The company has marketed Office Business Applications since 2003. Diamante, a provider of innovative accounting software... silicon/60630708 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60630708p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (SAP) Finally, in times of economic uncertainty, companies are insisting that CFOs lead the effort to make their operational and financial planning more agile, detailed, reliable and efficient. This research was... silicon/60604649 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60604649p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (SPSS) If you use data mining or rules-based models to make key decisions, you may need to explain the basis for these decisions to satisfy compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, and... silicon/60598123 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60598123p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Lumension) Healthcare organizations face a host of HIPAA Security Rule compliance challenges with the move to put patient medical records online. Lumension helps organizations address these compliance challenges by providing the... silicon/60600961 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60600961p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) De Post - La Poste wanted to select and implement applications for financial management and procurement and ensure the company's ability to integrate the new solution with its existing custom-built... silicon/60635160 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60635160p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Microsoft) Founded in 1979, David Evans and Associates provides engineering, design, and construction management services for large commercial, residential, and public sector building projects. For years, the company used separate systems... silicon/60629251 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60629251p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Microsoft) The Goetzman Group provides financial and accounting consulting services. The Woodland Hills, California - based firm sought to increase efficiencies, boost market outreach, and reduce IT costs. The Goetzman Group,... silicon/60630672 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60630672p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Production Services Network (PSN) wanted to build a scalable, robust platform to develop and incorporate best practices and industry standard processes that can be utilized all across and ensure near... silicon/60635159 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60635159p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Shanghai Hi-Tech Control System Co. wanted to share inventory data between locations across China and replace a sales system that was not properly configured, ensure internal transactions could be automatically... silicon/60635014 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60635014p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (VISCO) When importers are first starting out, the most critical thing is selling product and getting it for a good price. When they are only moving a container or two a... silicon/60606875 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60606875p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Microsoft) Companies change ERP systems because they are dissatisfied with their current system, or they understand that its limitations are hampering the effective, efficient operation of the business. They want a... silicon/60688825 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60688825p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Xstrata wanted to centralize management of 32 global financial consolidations annually across five business units, approximately 2,000 entities, and multiple ERP systems with many different ledgers and complete financial consolidation,... silicon/60635048 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60635048p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (IBM) So you already know there aren't actually any alligators in the New York City sewers and that the Loch Ness monster doesn't really exist, but how many myths about IBM... silicon/60597011 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60597011p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (IBM) Discover the smartest way to acquire, use, and manage the accounting and financial solutions you need to run your business. Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, powered by IBM Smart Business, helps... silicon/60594595 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60594595p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras wanted to implement a robust solution to support operations in record time for an airline and develop in-house tax, accounting, and human resource processes, replacing outsourced... silicon/60635145 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60635145p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH wanted to standardize critical business processes, while retaining the maximum degree of flexibility for the subsidiaries and comply with accounting standards and regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley, for... silicon/60633773 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60633773p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) MWH Global, Inc. wanted to enable financial transparency by replacing multiple, disparate financial systems with a single global platform and enable the company to assess the profitability of its many... silicon/60633779 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60633779p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Sercomtel S.A. Telecomunicacoes wanted to Comply with fiscal and tax regulations, as well as requirements imposed by Brazil's national telecommunications agency, Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes and make company systems compatible... silicon/60633775 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60633775p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Servientrega wanted to integrate financial and Human Resources (HR) information systems to consolidate up-to-date data online to enable timely strategic decision making and improve the operating efficiency of the company's... silicon/60633787 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60633787p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Ramco Systems) A newly established media organization headquartered in Mumbai, with four major lines of business and recently launched three television Channels. The company was using a standalone legacy accounting system for... silicon/60606884 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60606884p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Microsoft) Customer relationship management (CRM) is a company-wide business strategy focused on improving interactions with customers. Microsoft gives you the power of choice with both on-premise and on-demand CRM solutions through... silicon/60587314 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60587314p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Microsoft) Learn how enterprises are employing Microsoft Dynamics® solutions. This webcast features a customer case study presented by guest speaker Kevin Scott, senior program manager within the Microsoft IT ERP Center... silicon/60587313 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60587313p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Gartner) The immediate response of the accountant to this heightened requirement for quality information has been to view the solution as lying within the domain of IT, with information management practices... silicon/60673373 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60673373p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Banque de France wanted to provide ability to host a high-performance, highly available data warehouse for all European central banks and eliminate rising technical risks due to old software versioning,... silicon/60586828 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60586828p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Brasilcap Capitalizacao S.A. wanted to provide a robust business, financial, and human resources management solution capable of meeting company needs and ensure the accuracy of company planning and financial commitments... silicon/60586824 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60586824p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Invensys wanted to condense end-of-period consolidation and reporting cycle for 200 globally dispersed businesses operating on disparate financial systems and simplifies intercompany accounting and eliminates mismatches. The challenge was to... silicon/60596940 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60596940p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) JS Bank Limited wanted to replace a legacy accounting system that did not provide high visibility into financial data and streamline and standardize business processes to improve efficiency and strengthen... silicon/60595815 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60595815p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Peccin S.A. wanted to centralize and integrate all company information as well as accounting and financial processes, eliminating inconsistencies, such as duplications and redundancies, and accelerating product delivery and provide... silicon/60596288 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60596288p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Microsoft) Given the current business environment it is more important than ever to leverage what one currently own to take the business to new levels. The attendee of this webcast will... silicon/60593802 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60593802p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Motion International) It is common that a business wishes to change their Chart of Accounts (COA) in their Oracle production environment. The reason could be to support tracking of Key Business Indicators... silicon/60578693 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60578693p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Sybase iAnywhere) Business and IT managers alike have known for years that information is the fuel that powers business success. The ability to collect, integrate, secure, analyze and move business-critical information to... silicon/60560698 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60560698p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 editorial@silicon.com (Oracle) Landry's Restaurants, Inc. wanted to coordinate administrative processes for hundreds of individually-managed restaurants and unify on a single system for greater efficiency and streamline human resources and payroll for an... silicon/60586810 http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60586810p,00.htm?s_cid=562 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000