In the digital age, CFOs know that business is anything but usual. When companies like Uber and Airbnb suddenly emerge to dramatically disrupt mature...
In the digital age, CFOs know that business is anything but usual. When companies like Uber and Airbnb suddenly emerge to dramatically disrupt mature industries, every company should be wondering if their sector is next. Even if your business hasn’t felt the heat of a disruptive concept, the amazing success of native-digital companies is changing the way all companies are being valued. Tangible assets such as property and equipment are given much less weight. Instead,...
In the digital age, CFOs know that business is anything but usual. When companies like Uber and Airbnb suddenly emerge to dramatically disrupt mature industries, every company should be wondering...
Oracle Modern Best Practice is one year old. We launched this online cache of resources because, when considering technology to solve business challenges, our...
Oracle Modern Best Practice is one year old. We launched this online cache of resources because, when considering technology to solve business challenges, our customers and future customers want to painlessly do their own initial research. And, once engaged with solution providers, Oracle Modern Best Practice provides a strategic and tactical framework for planning activities. After reaching this milestone, I asked Steve Cox, VP of Oracle Cloud go-to-market and Oracle Modern...
Oracle Modern Best Practice is one year old. We launched this online cache of resources because, when considering technology to solve business challenges, our customers and future customers want to...
There’s an elephant in the room, and it’s sitting on my keyboard. Every time I sit down to write this article—my first editorial for The Modern Finance...
There’s an elephant in the room, and it’s sitting on my keyboard. Every time I sit down to write this article—my first editorial for The Modern Finance Leader—the elephant raises its head and balefully stares at me. It silently asks the question that some of you may be thinking: “Why is Oracle writing about modern finance?” The elephant is skeptical. I was too, when we first started researching the concept for this publication. But as our team dug into the research, a couple...
There’s an elephant in the room, and it’s sitting on my keyboard. Every time I sit down to write this article—my first editorial for The Modern Finance Leader—the elephant raises its head...
Guest Post by David Haimes, Sr. Director, Oracle ERP Cloud Development Picture this: You’re a controller in a finance group that prides itself on following...
Guest Post by David Haimes, Sr. Director, Oracle ERP Cloud Development Picture this: You’re a controller in a finance group that prides itself on following modern best practices and not being just a bunch of bean counters. On Friday, your boss sent you an email with a spreadsheet listing amounts that potentially need to be written off as bad debt. You forward it to your team, asking for updates and supporting documentation. First thing Monday, you pull up your email and there...
Guest Post by David Haimes, Sr. Director, Oracle ERP Cloud Development Picture this: You’re a controller in a finance group that prides itself on following modern best practices and not being just a...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Remember that old song by The Clash, in which Mick Jones laments, “If I go there will be trouble, and if I stay it...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Remember that old song by The Clash, in which Mick Jones laments, “If I go there will be trouble, and if I stay it will be double”? It’s tough to walk away from a long-standing relationship, especially one in which you’ve invested a lot of time, energy, and (very likely) money. That’s the dilemma companies face when trying to answer the question: Should I break up with my ERP system? Enterprise resource planning, whether you love...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Remember that old song by The Clash, in which Mick Jones laments, “If I go there will be trouble, and if I stay it will be double”? It’s tough to walk...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) PARIS—Amid shifting consumer demographics and expectations, chief financial officers can’t afford not to consider...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) PARIS—Amid shifting consumer demographics and expectations, chief financial officers can’t afford not to consider cloud computing to help meet the demands of their jobs, said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd on Tuesday at the opening of the Oracle CFO Summit held at the Hotel d’Evreux here. Most companies are boosting earnings by cutting costs rather than growing revenue, which isn’t a sustainable long-term business strategy, Hurd said....
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) PARIS—Amid shifting consumer demographics and expectations, chief financial officers can’t afford not to consider cloud computing to help meet the demands...
By Alison Weiss Institutions and technology companies focused on education and learning are seizing on a range of technology advances, from new smartphone apps...
By Alison Weiss Institutions and technology companies focused on education and learning are seizing on a range of technology advances, from new smartphone apps and website tools to massive open online courses and cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, to improve their services and rein in costs. Their goal: spend more of their tech dollars on innovations that delight and retain students and customers and less on operational maintenance. Mobile tools are...
By Alison Weiss Institutions and technology companies focused on education and learning are seizing on a range of technology advances, from new smartphone apps and website tools to massive open online...
By Jeffrey O. Henley As the managers of risk, planning, and investments in a business, chief financial officers have had two main responsibilities: manage the...
By Jeffrey O. Henley As the managers of risk, planning, and investments in a business, chief financial officers have had two main responsibilities: manage the departmental financial function and advise the company’s other business leaders on reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Today’s successful CFOs are also modernizing their departments while partnering with the CEO and line-of-business leaders to find new growth opportunities. Now, CFOs can use digital...
By Jeffrey O. Henley As the managers of risk, planning, and investments in a business, chief financial officers have had two main responsibilities: manage the departmental financial function and...
CFOs are being tasked with developing and investing in digitally-enabled business models; to execute on this new mandate they need a new breed of financial...
CFOs are being tasked with developing and investing in digitally-enabled business models; to execute on this new mandate they need a new breed of financial professional and a new strategy to leverage data for competitive advantage: runMobileCompatibilityScript('myExperience1108255207001', '640,360');
CFOs are being tasked with developing and investing in digitally-enabled business models; to execute on this new mandate they need a new breed of financial professional and a new strategy to leverage...
