Stepping into the CFO role is both exciting and daunting. The first 30 days set the tone for long-term success – but with complex entities, global operations, and fragmented AP workflows, the challenges can feel overwhelming. That’s why we created Your First 30 Days as CFO: A Tactical Playbook. Inside, you’ll learn how to:• Diagnose […]
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New technology brings new opportunities. It also brings hype,”fear of missing out,” and disappointment. AI is proving to be no exception to this rule. So the questions that many of us are currently considering include “What is AI really?”, “Can it help us succeed?” and “Are we missing out?” Download this guide from author and […]
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Shift From Growth-at-All-Costs to Long-Term Profitability Today’s tech CFOs face tighter funding, lower valuations and higher pressure to stretch every dollar. In a volatile market, here’s how you can make the critical pivot from a growth-first mindset to a more long-term outlook. What’s at Stake?Investors prioritize companies with strong financial fundamentals. If you fail to […]
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The world of online selling is full of folks who thought it would be the easier, softer way to run a business. The unspoken fantasy sounds something like “I’ll work in my pajamas at home, click a few buttons, get a PayPal account, build a website in five minutes, and the money will start rolling […]
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Delivering applications to enterprise customers is a perennial challenge, but software vendors face greater demands than ever as customers expect new capabilities to be delivered on a regular basis. In May 2017, Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate adoption and usage trends of cloud-enabled operating systems among software vendors. Forrester conducted an online survey of […]
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Based on survey methodology, this second Big Data Analytics Market Study from Dresner Advisory focuses upon the combination of analytical solutions within the Hadoop ecosystem, adding some new criteria and exploring changing market dynamics and user perceptions and plans. You’ll also learn why Pentaho ranked among the top three Big Data Analytic vendors in the […]
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Are you tasked with transforming your data into true business value? Don’t miss our new data management guide: 8 Essential Checklists for Managing the Analytic Data Pipeline. Each step is a critical to ensuring your data is analytics-ready when business users need it. Use the guide to evaluate your vendor options and flag potential pitfalls […]
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Designing a data lake that meets both business and technology goals is critical, but not easy. From the great size and diversity of data within a data lake, to the need to support a wide range of interfaces, platforms, data structures, and processing methods, too often data lakes turn into a messy data swamp, and […]
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This whitepaper covers six guidelines product leaders should explore during their embedded analytics evaluation: 1) Data Access, Integration, and Management, 2) End User Analytics Functionality, 3) Embedding Analytics into the Application User Interface, 4) Deployment and Security, 5) Extensibility, Customization, and Transparency, and 6) Services, Support, and Vendor Experience. Content covers: • Key requirements and […]
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No one in business is ever truly out of touch with what is going on back at the office anymore, not unless they work hard at staying incognito. The question is whether you can engage productively in your work from a smartphone. With RingCentral Glip, you can. Glip is designed to support teamwork, and its […]
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IT departments adopt Glip because their members are trying to cut down on email and have become accustomed to a more social and mobile-friendly mode of messaging, like everyone else. But there are some specific reasons IT departments value Glip, with its mix of messaging, unified communications, and productivity tools including task management. This brief […]
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