(Originally published on Diginomica) The digital age has brought the finance department out from under the cover of the back office and straight into the heart...
(Originally published on Diginomica) The digital age has brought the finance department out from under the cover of the back office and straight into the heart of the modern business. To take advantage of the advances in the volume, breadth, and speed of data that businesses can now collect, finance needs to significantly broaden its expertise. David Leinweber, former Haas Fellow in Finance at the University of California at Berkeley, recently argued that: "The skill sets of...
(Originally published on Diginomica) The digital age has brought the finance department out from under the cover of the back office and straight into the heart of the modern business. To...
With more and more companies moving towards the cloud we wanted to find out how this cloud adoption impacted the success of these businesses. To do this, Oracle...
With more and more companies moving towards the cloud we wanted to find out how this cloud adoption impacted the success of these businesses. To do this, Oracle sponsored a global study, “Cloud Computing Comes of Age,” conducted by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. What did we find out? IT is not your opponent. IT and LOB share equal responsibility for cloud in high performing organizations. Move further, faster. Cloud leaders are not only more likely to use cloud...
With more and more companies moving towards the cloud we wanted to find out how this cloud adoption impacted the success of these businesses. To do this, Oracle sponsored a global study,...
What’s keeping CFOs up at night? In conversations with chief financial officers, there are a number of business issues that are common across industries and...
What’s keeping CFOs up at night? In conversations with chief financial officers, there are a number of business issues that are common across industries and geographies. One such issue—finding and retaining the best finance talent—is a topic that can dramatically impact the CFO’s effectiveness within his or her own organization. Over the past several years, the role of the CFO has evolved from someone who keeps the books, to a more visionary and advisory role. Modern CFOs...
What’s keeping CFOs up at night? In conversations with chief financial officers, there are a number of business issues that are common across industries and geographies. One such issue—finding and...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) You understand the potential benefits, you’ve made the business case, and you’ve selected a vendor. You’re ready to...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) You understand the potential benefits, you’ve made the business case, and you’ve selected a vendor. You’re ready to move your company’s suite of accounting, procurement, and project management software (also known as enterprise resource planning, or ERP) to the cloud. Now what? Much has been written recently about the benefits of moving ERP to the cloud, and CFOs are embracing the cloud in growing numbers. Yet the move also...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) You understand the potential benefits, you’ve made the business case, and you’ve selected a vendor. You’re ready to move your company’s suite...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Often segregated in antiseptic offices on their own floor at headquarters, corporate finance departments have been...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Often segregated in antiseptic offices on their own floor at headquarters, corporate finance departments have been traditionally as physically isolated from the rest of the organization as they were divorced from the day-to-day activities of the business. But finance has taken on more strategic responsibilities in many organizations, changing the very nature of the type of people who work there. While strong math and analytical...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Often segregated in antiseptic offices on their own floor at headquarters, corporate finance departments have been traditionally as physically...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Oracle Vice Chairman Jeff Henley spends a lot of time talking about cloud computing to C-level executives all over...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Oracle Vice Chairman Jeff Henley spends a lot of time talking about cloud computing to C-level executives all over the world, drawing on his own background as a CFO to add to the conversation. Not only does this help him spot cloud trends quickly, but it also gives him a birds-eye view of cloud evolution. And according to Henley, there are some interesting signals that cloud is hitting the mainstream. “It’s early days of this...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Oracle Vice Chairman Jeff Henley spends a lot of time talking about cloud computing to C-level executives all over the world, drawing on his own background...
