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A PwC survey looks at the current state of blockchain adoption and use cases.

A PwC survey looks at the current state of blockchain adoption and use cases.

Oracle EPM Cloud offers everything you need to help improve your organization's performance.

Oracle EPM Cloud offers everything you need to help improve your organization's performance.

Finance leaders have always felt responsible for company data, but the spotlight has shifted to protecting people outside the business. Customer and employee data breaches can swing reputations and valuations overnight, making ethical data management a priority across the organisation.

Finance leaders have always felt responsible for company data, but the spotlight has shifted to protecting people outside the business. Customer and employee data breaches can swing reputations and...

Oracle ERP Cloud is positioned highest for “ability to execute” and furthest right for “completeness of vision.”

Oracle ERP Cloud is positioned highest for “ability to execute” and furthest right for “completeness of vision.”

Moving to the cloud opens your company to a new level of revenue generation, according to new research.

Moving to the cloud opens your company to a new level of revenue generation, according to new research.

New research from MIT uncovers the cost and risk of obsolete technology.

New research from MIT uncovers the cost and risk of obsolete technology.

Students who know how they're going to pay for college are much more likely to graduate, research finds.

Students who know how they're going to pay for college are much more likely to graduate, research finds.

If you're a user of Oracle applications, especially EPM and analytics, this conference is for you.

If you're a user of Oracle applications, especially EPM and analytics, this conference is for you.

Healthcare providers should ready themselves for changes in delivery and insurance models.

Healthcare providers should ready themselves for changes in delivery and insurance models.

Every organization must embrace innovation now if they want to survive the future, says Oracle CEO Mark Hurd.

Every organization must embrace innovation now if they want to survive the future, says Oracle CEO Mark Hurd.

Oracle is launching Intelligent Track and Trace, the first of four new blockchain applications.

Oracle is launching Intelligent Track and Trace, the first of four new blockchain applications.

John Matrachisia, CIO of LiDestri Food and Drink, discusses the LiDestri supply chain: why they went to the cloud and how it's affected their business.

John Matrachisia, CIO of LiDestri Food and Drink, discusses the LiDestri supply chain: why they went to the cloud and how it's affected their business.

With a modern ERP and SCM product, manufactures are able to thrive in today's disruptive environment.

With a modern ERP and SCM product, manufactures are able to thrive in today's disruptive environment.

The alliance between Microsoft and Oracle gives customers the ability to use multiple clouds with greater effectiveness.

The alliance between Microsoft and Oracle gives customers the ability to use multiple clouds with greater effectiveness.

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd says automating finance tasks can offer huge improvements in security, costs, and employee productivity.

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd says automating finance tasks can offer huge improvements in security, costs, and employee productivity.

A 300-percent surge in orders is no sweat for GE Additive, thanks to a unified ERP cloud.

A 300-percent surge in orders is no sweat for GE Additive, thanks to a unified ERP cloud.

A best-of-breed approach has inherent flaws as an IT strategy.

A best-of-breed approach has inherent flaws as an IT strategy.

From artificial intelligence to predictive analytics, yesterday’s business applications are acquiring the technologies of tomorrow.

From artificial intelligence to predictive analytics, yesterday’s business applications are acquiring the technologies of tomorrow.

Small-to-medium businesses are mitigating risk with better supplier qualification management strategies and technologies.

Small-to-medium businesses are mitigating risk with better supplier qualification management strategies and technologies.

The high school class of 2017 missed out on $2.3 billion worth of free college aid. How can institutions ensure this aid gets to the right students?

The high school class of 2017 missed out on $2.3 billion worth of free college aid. How can institutions ensure this aid gets to the right students?

To manage short-term volatility, FP&A practitioners often have a principled response: follow the core attributes of your company.

To manage short-term volatility, FP&A practitioners often have a principled response: follow the core attributes of your company.

Finance teams can start using AI by choosing cloud providers that embed machine learning into their ERP and EPM software.

Finance teams can start using AI by choosing cloud providers that embed machine learning into their ERP and EPM software.

Thirty three years ago, Mike Cowen was sitting in the bleachers watching his son’s baseball game, when he noticed the diamond didn’t have a scoreboard. In fact, many of the places where his kids played sports lacked score-keeping devices. As a self-professed data geek, Cowen decided to invent a battery-powered, portable contraption that he could bring along to games. And with that, Sportable Scoreboards was born. From its start in a California garage to today’s 40,000 square foot facility in Murray, Kentucky, Sportable Scoreboards is home to 60 dedicated employees who are eager to see exciting numbers on the board. Their commitment to the company’s success has propelled Sportable to become one of the major players in the youth and high school market over the last three decades. To continue this momentum, Cowen, now chairman of the board, recently challenged his team to double its growth over the next five years. Sportable manufactures 6,000 made-to-order scoreboards each year for every indoor and outdoor sport imaginable. By doubling its production, Sportable hopes to positively impact twice as many communities across America. “There are hundreds of thousands of young people that are able to compete on an athletic field with a scoreboard that validates their experience and says ‘what you’re doing matters,’” Mike Daniel, Sportable’s president explained. “And quite frankly, that tells us that what we’re doing matters as well.” Sportable’s customers are our country’s communities. They are high school athletic directors and coaches with limited or non-existent budgets. They are parks and recreation departments who rely on government funding for their sports programs. They are parents and Little League officials who put on bake sales and car washes to raise money for a scoreboard. So how does a business plan to double in size in a market that may not be able to afford the product it sells? Sportable takes pride in meeting its customers on their own playing fields. To do so, the company created a Score Rewards program that helps schools sell advertising space on their scoreboard to offset costs. They also implemented a long-term finance program for more expensive models. But in order to double down on growth, Sportable realized it had to transform the way it operated, in hopes of finding efficiencies and cost savings that it could pass on to its customers. “We had to make radical change and radical improvements to get from where we are currently to where we want to be,” Daniel said. “We don’t want incremental change, we want to transform the way we address our business very fundamentally. There are inefficiencies, there are opportunities, and there are ways for us to reach our customers that we’ve never focused on before.” Sportable Scoreboards Grows and Transforms with Oracle SaaS Sportable recognized the need to up its game. Its front and back office software was outdated. The company was maintaining a dozen disparate, legacy systems that didn’t talk to each other. Costly to manage, the customized integrations between each weren’t sustainable for future growth. Each line of business was operating with duplicate records, process inefficiencies, and manual data entry. Cowen’s challenge to take Sportable to the next level led the company to retire its on-premises systems and overhaul its entire business – from marketing, sales, quoting, and customer service to finance, accounting, procurement, and order management – in a move to Oracle Cloud. “Our owner and leadership team decided that it was time for us to make a bid toward growth, and what we were seeking was a single source of truth,” recalled Micah Sugg, director of IT. This data transparency and accuracy has had an immediate impact at Sportable. By integrating Oracle Marketing Cloud and Oracle Engagement Cloud, website traffic increased and sales reps are pursuing higher quality leads. Order precision improved with Oracle CPQ Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud, reducing waste and required man power. Oracle Order Management Cloud, Oracle Manufacturing Cloud, and Oracle Supply Chain Cloud help ease order fulfillment, shipping the right product to the right customer, quickly. For the first time ever, accounting and financial teams can access the same data as their colleagues in sales and service with Oracle Financials Cloud, eliminating confusion caused by thousands of duplicate records. Sugg’s IT department is also reducing costs, no longer relying on a third party for server maintenance and set-up. Freed from the day-to-day business system maintenance, Sugg’s team is increasingly focusing on product development, exploring IoT-enabled scoreboards among other emerging technologies. Additionally, this single source of truth enables Sportable’s management team to quickly generate reports for strategic planning. “We’ve really freed up time to be more intentional about where we’re going and what we’re going to do, because that intentionality takes time,” Sugg explained. Sportable has also transformed its customer experience, removing the barriers and complexity of finding a product that meets its customers’ unique needs at an affordable price point. The company can now guide each school or parks director through a simple quoting and order process, shipping a scoreboard–configured for lights, horns, and team colors–to the field or arena in just 10 days. (Its competitors take twice as long to deliver a product.) Should the customer encounter any issues with set-up or maintenance, Sportable’s service department is on hand 24/7 so the inquiring coach or parent can get back to what’s really important–game day. At the end of the day, there’s no higher priority than Friday’s hockey game or Saturday’s soccer tournament. A scoreboard is just one part of that experience, but it’s a profound one. “There's nothing better than going past a football game on a Friday night and seeing our scoreboard in front of thousands of people,” Cowen said. “We’re united by the fact that we all love kids, we love sports, and we want the best programs that we can offer. Sportable is a part of that. We feel very proud about that.” Learn more about Sportable Scoreboard’s business transformation amidst a growing youth sports market on Forbes.    

Thirty three years ago, Mike Cowen was sitting in the bleachers watching his son’s baseball game, when he noticed the diamond didn’t have a scoreboard. In fact, many of the places where his kids...

We predict how the future of work will change based on advanced technologies.

We predict how the future of work will change based on advanced technologies.

InterRel releases its 3rd annual State of Business Analytics survey of more than 600 FP&A professionals.

InterRel releases its 3rd annual State of Business Analytics survey of more than 600 FP&A professionals.

AI is increasingly seen as the future of project management because of the revolutionary speed it brings.

AI is increasingly seen as the future of project management because of the revolutionary speed it brings.

Blockchain plus ERP cloud can provide better records, faster transactions, more accurate product tracking, and easier verification.

Blockchain plus ERP cloud can provide better records, faster transactions, more accurate product tracking, and easier verification.

Can you close your books in a day? We're working to help you get there.

Can you close your books in a day? We're working to help you get there.

Informatica gained mobile reporting and speed when it replaced PeopleSoft with Oracle ERP Cloud.

Informatica gained mobile reporting and speed when it replaced PeopleSoft with Oracle ERP Cloud.

Got a finance question? Ask your digital assistant for the answer.

Got a finance question? Ask your digital assistant for the answer.

Digital finance leaders are gaining business influence with advanced technology and strategic thinking.

Digital finance leaders are gaining business influence with advanced technology and strategic thinking.

University business officers can make the big decision easier with the right financial aid package.

University business officers can make the big decision easier with the right financial aid package.

New research shows that finance teams spend more time collecting data than analyzing it. How can your team make better use of digital intelligence?

New research shows that finance teams spend more time collecting data than analyzing it. How can your team make better use of digital intelligence?

CFOs need to have a broader and deeper understanding of technology and its potential. So what advice would IT pros give to their CFO to ensure success?

CFOs need to have a broader and deeper understanding of technology and its potential. So what advice would IT pros give to their CFO to ensure success?

Cutting-edge research institution boosts efficiency, insights and decision making with modern cloud platform.

Cutting-edge research institution boosts efficiency, insights and decision making with modern cloud platform.

M&A activity is on the rise for small-to-medium businesses. Find out how cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) can ease these transitions.

M&A activity is on the rise for small-to-medium businesses. Find out how cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) can ease these transitions.

New research uncovers insight on how to build operational excellence in your finance function.

New research uncovers insight on how to build operational excellence in your finance function.

A century-old company replaced an aging Infor system with Oracle ERP Cloud. Learn what they gained.

A century-old company replaced an aging Infor system with Oracle ERP Cloud. Learn what they gained.

Community college deploys Oracle Student Cloud to recruit and engage students across an expanding portfolio of learning programs.

Community college deploys Oracle Student Cloud to recruit and engage students across an expanding portfolio of learning programs.

In two years, an estimated 43% of the US workforce could be freelancers. How can finance teams adapt?

In two years, an estimated 43% of the US workforce could be freelancers. How can finance teams adapt?

Gartner recently published a research note, “4 Things You Need to Know Before ‘Soaring to the Cloud’ With Oracle ERP Applications.”

Gartner recently published a research note, “4 Things You Need to Know Before ‘Soaring to the Cloud’ With Oracle ERP Applications.”

The University hopes to guide students to the best financial aid options for their goals.

The University hopes to guide students to the best financial aid options for their goals.

By Jennifer Toomey, Adriana Smith and Nick Stankovic, Oracle Does this scenario sound familiar to you? You have great plans for your business, and there are myriad opportunities in front of you. You want to move quickly to take advantage of them. But your IT systems are holding you back. Your sales team is using CRM from a vendor that doesn’t sell much else. Your finance team uses on-premises ERP for accounting, and does planning, budgeting, and analysis using spreadsheets. Meanwhile, human resources is managing payroll using an outsourced provider that doesn’t integrate with your on-premises HR system or your ERP system. Then along comes a cloud provider like Workday that promises to simplify all of it for you. They vow to give you a single, seamless, highly usable solution. Over the past year, however, we've seen the line between promises and reality come into sharper focus. It's important to keep looking at what Workday can actually offer across its business applications and compare how these offerings stack up against Oracle Cloud. This turns out to be a big topic, especially when you get into detailed, hard-fact comparisons. We thought it would be useful to distill all of this into five things every potential customer should know as they weigh the merits of Workday versus Oracle for finance, reporting, planning, HR, supply chain, and other business applications. 1. Innovation Matters, Especially Today Over the years Workday has talked about “the Power of One,” meaning a single system for both finance and HR. Innovation plays a huge role in this story: The best way to maintain a single, seamless user experience is to invest—heavily and consistently—in building an in-house R&D and technology innovation pipeline. However, the reality is that Workday mainly uses acquisitions instead of in-house R&D to drive its innovation pipeline. Rather than working on truly unique and innovative capabilities, Workday is fighting a long, hard, uncertain battle to integrate a grab-bag of inconsistent, incompatible acquired offerings. The cost of that fight is clear. On the cutting edge, Oracle's artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities are driving high-value innovations such as digital assistants, powerful new mobile apps, built-in machine learning capabilities for end users, and advanced controls. Oracle's internal innovation engine has enabled more than 1,200 enhancements and features for Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud alone. Workday, by comparison, is betting that it can integrate acquired applications (like Adaptive Insights, for planning) to gain functionality that Oracle Cloud already offers. Even if those bets pay off—and these types of integration efforts are almost never an easy task—Workday is still playing catch-up. As Oracle keeps the pedal down on its own innovation engine, industry analysts have noted that Workday’s portfolio of applications is not completely comprehensive, that Workday has functional gaps compared to other HCM vendors, and the extent of support for use cases for emerging technologies such as adaptive intelligence, machine learning, or digital assistants, is not as strong as competitors like Oracle. 2. Your Business is Unique In the world of cloud applications, customizations are the enemy of innovation. One of the biggest benefits of software-as-a-service is that the cloud provider updates the software on a regular basis. If you’ve changed the underlying code, an update can cause your painstaking customizations to break. Yet businesses invest a fortune to stand apart from competitors. Your business applications should support those efforts—not undermine them. Rather than customizing your cloud ERP or HCM applications, you can extend them using platform-as-a-service (PaaS). With PaaS, you can build new capabilities that live outside of your core applications, meaning you can upgrade your SaaS environment without affecting your extended functionality. Oracle offers its own cloud platform to let you build extensions for your Oracle Cloud applications. Workday’s platform is still in limited availability; until it is generally available, customers who would like to expand their Workday applications must use a set of third-party integration tools. 3. You Can't Run a Business on Slideware and Solution Gaps Analyst reports reveal that Workday is missing some mainstream capabilities that Oracle offers today—and, in many cases, has offered for years. ERP users looking for quote-to-cash, order management, or inventory valuation tools won't find these capabilities in Workday; neither will HCM users looking for HR applications with complex scheduling requirements, HR case management, HR Help Desk, Advanced HCM Controls, HR Risk & Compliance, or work-life solutions. From financials to planning to supply chain, working with Workday means living with solution gaps—or, if you're lucky, with incomplete functionality and partially integrated acquisitions. Again and again, customers have a choice: Get the capabilities they need from Oracle Cloud, or settle for the possibility that Workday will eventually move this missing functionality from slideware to software. 4. You Need to Be Ready for Future Growth As your business grows and scales, existing technology and business needs will change, and new ones will emerge. Some firms will need to integrate external data sources; others will need access to cloud platform and infrastructure capabilities. Still others will want more flexible cloud deployment options and contracts. Workday’s focus is on finance and HR software. For lines of business such as sales, marketing, customer service, or supply chain, you’ll need to connect Workday to systems from other providers. Eventually, you’ll end up with an IT hairball that’s nearly impossible to untangle. In contrast, organizations can (and are) running their entire business on Oracle Cloud: finance, HR, customer experience, supply chain, and more. Oracle Cloud Applications all run on the same data model and use the same interface—so that both the data and the user experience are consistent across lines of business. Oracle PaaS lets you extend these capabilities if and when you need to—something that smaller cloud providers can’t match. And we offer Data as a Service (DaaS), so that you can combine anonymized third-party data with your own data to discover unforeseen trends and insights. As business needs change, companies can add new capabilities with Oracle—without developing a cloud hairball that ties up growth in knots. 5. One Fact Is Worth a Thousand Promises It's increasingly clear that Workday has a lot riding on its future roadmap—about capabilities, completeness, and giving customers a clear path to scale, compete, and succeed. Maybe Workday will deliver on that roadmap—or maybe it won't. Either way, when your business runs on Oracle Cloud, you can stop betting on a vendor's promises, and start depending on hard facts: Oracle offers nine pre-configured payroll localizations—while Workday offers just four. Oracle offers a complete ERP, EPM, HCM and analytics solution, using the same data model across the entire cloud. Workday has a separate data model for planning (Adaptive Insights) which can lead to mismatched data and reporting.   Oracle Cloud includes a full set of line-of-business offerings across Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and eCommerce. Workday does not. The examples go on and on. It simply comes down to this: Oracle delivers. Workday is incomplete. Organizations running their businesses in the Oracle Cloud have streamlined processes, empowered their employees, made their teams more nimble, increased customer satisfaction, and fueled growth—just take a look at our thousands of success stories and analyst reports across the domains of ERP, EPM and HCM. We can’t think of a more ringing endorsement than that.    

By Jennifer Toomey, Adriana Smith and Nick Stankovic, Oracle Does this scenario sound familiar to you? You have great plans for your business, and there are myriad opportunities in front of you. You...

Five manageable steps for growing businesses to plot their path to successfully choose the right ERP software solution.

Five manageable steps for growing businesses to plot their path to successfully choose the right ERP software solution.

If you missed the last big wave of business change, here's how to catch the next one.

If you missed the last big wave of business change, here's how to catch the next one.

Familiar features and tools can make cloud migration easier than anticipated.

Familiar features and tools can make cloud migration easier than anticipated.

Close collaboration between HR and finance is essential to workforce strategy and planning.

Close collaboration between HR and finance is essential to workforce strategy and planning.

Enjoy the history and sights of San Antonio, Texas, while learning about your finance applications.

Enjoy the history and sights of San Antonio, Texas, while learning about your finance applications.

HR and finance teams need stronger analytics skills and tools to better collaborate on human resources planning.

HR and finance teams need stronger analytics skills and tools to better collaborate on human resources planning.

A Chicago-based manufacturer of off-road tires took a leap to the cloud recently, and shows no signs of turning back.

A Chicago-based manufacturer of off-road tires took a leap to the cloud recently, and shows no signs of turning back.

Adventist Health supports its healthcare vision with a move to a unified Oracle Cloud.

Adventist Health supports its healthcare vision with a move to a unified Oracle Cloud.

A pair of upcoming events for higher education offer learning opportunities for growth.

A pair of upcoming events for higher education offer learning opportunities for growth.

Learn from the winners of our 2019 Change Agents of Finance Awards, announced last night at Modern Business Experience.

Learn from the winners of our 2019 Change Agents of Finance Awards, announced last night at Modern Business Experience.

Entertainment trailblazer moves to cloud applications to support growing and diversifying business demands

Entertainment trailblazer moves to cloud applications to support growing and diversifying business demands

Modern Business Experience kicked off with news of easy-to-use AI for finance and supply chain.

Modern Business Experience kicked off with news of easy-to-use AI for finance and supply chain.

A value realization assessment can help you measure the return on your cloud ERP and HR investments.

A value realization assessment can help you measure the return on your cloud ERP and HR investments.

Need to move ERP to the cloud? Here are 5 arguments to get your C-suite on board.

Need to move ERP to the cloud? Here are 5 arguments to get your C-suite on board.

New research shows a troubling talent gap in the office of finance.

New research shows a troubling talent gap in the office of finance.

EmblemHealth implemented a full cloud suite in just 11 months. Learn how.

EmblemHealth implemented a full cloud suite in just 11 months. Learn how.

CFOs seek faster close cycles with better reporting and fewer manual tasks. Intelligent process automation (software-driven processes) can absorb the repetitive steps in typical close cycles so that finance specialists can spend more time on analysis and partnering with the business.

CFOs seek faster close cycles with better reporting and fewer manual tasks. Intelligent process automation (software-driven processes) can absorb the repetitive steps in typical close cycles so that...

As CIMA turns 100, the institute take a look at the future of accounting.

As CIMA turns 100, the institute take a look at the future of accounting.

New research from IMA uncovers how to embrace finance analytics for organizational success.

New research from IMA uncovers how to embrace finance analytics for organizational success.

Attend the focus group luncheon at Modern Business Experience.

Attend the focus group luncheon at Modern Business Experience.

Why should finance leaders attend Modern Business Experience?

Why should finance leaders attend Modern Business Experience?

A new survey illustrates the pressures facing higher education. Learn more in this webcast.

A new survey illustrates the pressures facing higher education. Learn more in this webcast.

It’s time to move ERP to the cloud. Learn how to get your journey off the ground.

It’s time to move ERP to the cloud. Learn how to get your journey off the ground.

It’s time to move ERP to the cloud. Learn how in the first of this two-part series.

It’s time to move ERP to the cloud. Learn how in the first of this two-part series.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student loan debt approached $1.5 trillion in 2018.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, student loan debt approached $1.5 trillion in 2018.

Still cautious about cloud? EPM Cloud can offer a quick win for finance.

Still cautious about cloud? EPM Cloud can offer a quick win for finance.

Standardization as a business practice is incredibly important, because it ensures that customer and employees alike are beneficiaries of best practices.

Standardization as a business practice is incredibly important, because it ensures that customer and employees alike are beneficiaries of best practices.

In the battle for fraud prevention and security, it's your bots against theirs.

In the battle for fraud prevention and security, it's your bots against theirs.

Would you want to work with a software company that didn’t use its own software? Probably not. So, when Oracle CEO Mark Hurd talks about the features and benefits of Oracle Cloud applications, it should cheer Oracle’s customers to know that he speaks from direct experience. Hurd explains why Oracle is its own best customer.

Would you want to work with a software company that didn’t use its own software? Probably not. So, when Oracle CEO Mark Hurd talks about the features and benefits of Oracle Cloud applications,...

A spate of highly-publicized project failures shows that SAP has become too costly, too complex, and too big a security risk. Compare S/4HANA to Oracle ERP Cloud.

A spate of highly-publicized project failures shows that SAP has become too costly, too complex, and too big a security risk. Compare S/4HANA to Oracle ERP Cloud.

Research shows a wide gap between how finance professionals assess their own digital skills, and how leaders assess them.

Research shows a wide gap between how finance professionals assess their own digital skills, and how leaders assess them.

There are numerous benefits to a multi-pillar cloud deployment, but many worry about the risks. KPMG offers 5 keys to success.

There are numerous benefits to a multi-pillar cloud deployment, but many worry about the risks. KPMG offers 5 keys to success.

Scottish Water reduced customer complaints 85% and is closing its books 40% faster with its move to Oracle ERP Cloud.

Scottish Water reduced customer complaints 85% and is closing its books 40% faster with its move to Oracle ERP Cloud.

The nominees have been announced for Oracle’s Change Agents of Finance Awards, and they have some amazing stories to share. Here are 10 things you can learn by reading the nominations and casting your vote.

The nominees have been announced for Oracle’s Change Agents of Finance Awards, and they have some amazing stories to share. Here are 10 things you can learn by reading the nominations and casting your...

Smart sporting goods manufacturer SRAM migrates from Hyperion on-premises to Oracle EPM Cloud to improve the financial close.

Smart sporting goods manufacturer SRAM migrates from Hyperion on-premises to Oracle EPM Cloud to improve the financial close.

Oracle ERP Cloud is ranked the #1 solution for value-based care, according to a Black Book survey. See it in action at HIMSS 2019.

Oracle ERP Cloud is ranked the #1 solution for value-based care, according to a Black Book survey. See it in action at HIMSS 2019.

Making the leap to digital finance won’t automatically make your venture more profitable, but it can significantly improve your chances. Organizations that have invested in digital finance are 59% more likely to have had positive revenue growth over the past 12 months. Learn why.

Making the leap to digital finance won’t automatically make your venture more profitable, but it can significantly improve your chances. Organizations that have invested in digital finance are 59%...

New research uncovers the key traits of digital finance leaders and shows a strong link between digital finance and organizational success. Get the full report.

New research uncovers the key traits of digital finance leaders and shows a strong link between digital finance and organizational success. Get the full report.

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd says the questions CEOs ask about blockchain have less to do with how it works and are more about how it will help boost revenue and increase productivity.

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd says the questions CEOs ask about blockchain have less to do with how it works and are more about how it will help boost revenue and increase productivity.

CFOs are emerging as the changemakers of modern business strategy in several industries, but they need the right tools to drive value, improve efficiency, and enable strategy beyond the borders of the finance function.

CFOs are emerging as the changemakers of modern business strategy in several industries, but they need the right tools to drive value, improve efficiency, and enable strategy beyond the borders of the...

If you're an Oracle user in higher education, you qualify for membership in the independent Higher Ed User Group (HEUG). Sign up to attend the HEUG Symposium.

If you're an Oracle user in higher education, you qualify for membership in the independent Higher Ed User Group (HEUG). Sign up to attend the HEUG Symposium.

Finance leaders are eager to understand how emerging technologies like AI can help the business. Join the CFO webcast to learn how.

Finance leaders are eager to understand how emerging technologies like AI can help the business. Join the CFO webcast to learn how.

Oracle ERP Cloud helps customers gain access to more information across the enterprise, greater analytical acuity, and real-time reporting that results in improved end-to-end financial management processes. Read the report to learn more.

Oracle ERP Cloud helps customers gain access to more information across the enterprise, greater analytical acuity, and real-time reporting that results in improved end-to-end financial...

Effective strategic workforce planning requires aligning finance, HR, and executive leadership to identify and fill future human resources and skills gaps. Get advice on where to start.

Effective strategic workforce planning requires aligning finance, HR, and executive leadership to identify and fill future human resources and skills gaps. Get advice on where to start.

Finance and HR functions have traditionally run their own systems and processes, leading to incomplete insight on departmental budgets, salaries, bonuses, commissions, and benefits. With a unified cloud, leaders get better insight and teams work better together.

Finance and HR functions have traditionally run their own systems and processes, leading to incomplete insight on departmental budgets, salaries, bonuses, commissions, and benefits. With a unified...

Here are the key benefits of a unified approach to finance modernization.

Here are the key benefits of a unified approach to finance modernization.

When you take away spreadsheets and consolidate tribal knowledge into one enterprise performance management (EPM) cloud solution, your management team can make better decisions to help your business transform and grow.

When you take away spreadsheets and consolidate tribal knowledge into one enterprise performance management (EPM) cloud solution, your management team can make better decisions to help your business...

CFOs and other finance professionals are gaining widespread awareness of the benefits of AI, now that Oracle ERP Cloud features integrated AI in a number of critical functions.

CFOs and other finance professionals are gaining widespread awareness of the benefits of AI, now that Oracle ERP Cloud features integrated AI in a number of critical functions.

The Modern Finance Leader takes a look back at its most popular stories from 2018.

The Modern Finance Leader takes a look back at its most popular stories from 2018.

As your small-to-medium business (SMB) grows, you can encounter problems with point solutions. Find out how to know when it is time to integrate with an ERP Cloud solution.

As your small-to-medium business (SMB) grows, you can encounter problems with point solutions. Find out how to know when it is time to integrate with an ERP Cloud solution.

Gartner recently released its first Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Midsize Enterprises. Oracle ERP Cloud is the only cloud ERP positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of this report.

Gartner recently released its first Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Midsize Enterprises. Oracle ERP Cloud is the only cloud ERP positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of this report.

Most companies take weeks or months to produce sales plans, often leaving significant revenue on the table. Oracle Sales Planning helps build smarter plans, faster, so your sales reps can be productive at the start of your fiscal year. Learn more in this webinar.

Most companies take weeks or months to produce sales plans, often leaving significant revenue on the table. Oracle Sales Planning helps build smarter plans, faster, so your sales reps can...

With the uptick in seasonal sales, order management remains one of the most crucial components of operations for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs). Find out how Oracle Order Management Cloud can help you keep up with the busy holiday season to ensure a seamless customer experience for your consumers.

With the uptick in seasonal sales, order management remains one of the most crucial components of operations for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs). Find out how Oracle Order Management Cloud can help...

Kimberly Ellison-Taylor is regularly on the list of top influencers in finance. She shares her views on finance, technology, and the future of the accounting profession.

Kimberly Ellison-Taylor is regularly on the list of top influencers in finance. She shares her views on finance, technology, and the future of the accounting profession.

When fighting emerging technologies that can disrupt your business, you have to disrupt yourself first: digitize the finance tools that can help you predict the future of your business. Strategic modeling in the cloud is a great place to start.

When fighting emerging technologies that can disrupt your business, you have to disrupt yourself first: digitize the finance tools that can help you predict the future of your business....

Data infrastructure powerhouse Western Digital is bringing together three Fortune 500-size organizations onto Oracle ERP Cloud to deliver greater business intelligence, agility and value to its customers.

Data infrastructure powerhouse Western Digital is bringing together three Fortune 500-size organizations onto Oracle ERP Cloud to deliver greater business intelligence, agility and value to...