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Solid financial reporting applications are as different from run-of-the-mill reporting tools as financial accountancy is
from bookkeeping. Organizations routinely use common reporting tools for management accounting. But financial reporting applications
can elaborate financial statements for external use (...)
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Solid financial reporting applications are as different from run-of-the-mill reporting tools as financial accountancy is from
bookkeeping. Organiz...
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2011-06-14
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an emerging portfolio of applications and methodologies with business intelligence
(BI) architectures and technologies at its core. (...)
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an emerging portfolio of applications and methodologies with business intelligence
(BI) architectures a...
Published:
2003-11-21
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With its short term ownership under Baan all but forgotten, CODA has been doing well, owing to its astute offerings tailored
to the preferences of each regional market, coupled with some recent appetizing acquisitions. (...)
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With its short term ownership under Baan all but forgotten, CODA has been doing well, owing to its astute offerings tailored
to the preferences of...
Published:
2005-11-14
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CODA's savvy accounting and financial offerings include budgeting, forecasting, scorecards, and tools that use Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets collaboratively and securely. However, CODA must defend its narrow specialist and best-of-breed approach
against larger-scale integrated enterprise system offerings. (...)
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CODA's savvy accounting and financial offerings include budgeting, forecasting, scorecards, and tools that use Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets collab...
Published:
2005-11-16
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MFST) has joined the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) committee to help launch an XML-based
standard for translating financial reports between applications. Formerly known as the Extensible Financial Reporting Markup
Language (XFRML), the language should allow companies t (...)
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... Members of the XBRL Project Committee represent financial, accounting,
software, and governmental communities from around the world. ...
Published:
2000-05-02
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This reference guide provides insight into the accounting features and functions currently available on today's market for
small to medium businesses (SMBs). It will help you determine which features your organization needs—and doesn't need. (...)
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... SMBs require that other functions (such as inventory control, manufacturing management, and financial
reporting) also integrate with their accounting system. ...
Published:
2009-09-07
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Abstract:
Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an emerging portfolio of applications and methodologies with business intelligence
(BI) architectures and technologies at its core. (...)
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Enterprise performance management (EPM) is an emerging portfolio of applications and methodologies with business intelligence
(BI) architectures a...
Published:
2003-11-21
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Analyzing static, detailed financial statements has been the modus operandi for hundreds of years. Because many business
management systems can isolate and create graphics of key performance indicators (KPI), businesses should now concentrate
on KPIs, which influence profitability. (...)
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... Introduction. Accounting systems have always had two primary goals: track information
in detail and generate financial and operational reports. ...
Published:
2008-10-31
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is not the only government regulation that enterprises must comply with. Several others make it imperative
that appropriate enterprise resource planning and financial management systems provide comprehensive sets of financials and
analytics capabilities to ensure compliance. (...)
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is not the only government regulation that enterprises must comply with. Several others make it imperative
that appropriate...
Published:
2007-02-26
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ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization's underlying business processes - accounting/financial, manufacturing,
distribution, and human resources/payroll. (...)
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ERP applications are designed to optimize an organization's underlying business processes - accounting/financial, manufacturing,
distribution, and...
Published:
2000-12-27
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I'm Larry Blitz, editor of TEC's Vendor Showdown series. Today's Showdown pits two major enterprise resource planning (ERP)
and accounting for small to midsized business (SMB) vendors against each other, head-to-head: Exact Software North America
(a division of Exact Software) and Infor. (...)
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I'm Larry Blitz, editor of TEC's Vendor Showdown series. Today's Showdown pits two major enterprise resource planning
(ERP) and accounting for sma...
Published:
2008-09-24
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Abstract:
Microsoft's Encore acquisition should bring the two former partners' complementary product offerings even closer together
and should widen opportunities within the public and nonprofit sectors under the Microsoft umbrella. The products' technologies
are quite compatible and so their integration will not (...)
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... and management capabilities, and have complex financial reporting requirements that
are quite different from commercial, for-profit financial accounting. ...
Published:
2004-07-09
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Abstract:
Many recent circumstances have rendered the nonprofit and public sector accounting markets a land of both opportunity and
challenges. (...)
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Many recent circumstances have rendered the nonprofit and public sector accounting markets a land of both opportunity and
challenges.
Published:
2004-06-26
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Solomon Software Inc., a leading provider of mid-market financial and business management systems, and SalesLogix, a leading
provider of electronic customer relationship management (eCRM), have signed a five-year, multi-million dollar OEM software
arrangement. (...)
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Solomon Software Inc., a leading provider of mid-market financial and business management systems, and SalesLogix, a leading
provider of electroni...
Published:
2000-04-28
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Deltek has focused on addressing the unique business needs of project-oriented organizations. Its product line has expanded
from applications for managing the core back-office processes to the front-office and e-business of professional services
and other project-based companies, of which many provide pr (...)
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Deltek has focused on addressing the unique business needs of project-oriented organizations. Its product line has expanded
from applications for ...
Published:
2004-01-10
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Epicor Software has been striving to complete its evolution from a vendor of financial accounting software to a provider
of holistic business performance solutions, including integrated front office, back office and e-business capabilities. (...)
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Epicor Software has been striving to complete its evolution from a vendor of financial accounting software to a provider of
holistic business perf...
Published:
2000-08-29
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Due to its late expansion into the ERP world, the company has been trailed by its reputation of a best-of-breed accounting
software vendor. While Solomon has accelerated its schedule of new functionality, it will be hard pressed with tight “time-to-market”
constraints. (...)
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Due to its late expansion into the ERP world, the company has been trailed by its reputation of a best-of-breed accounting
software vendor. While ...
Published:
2000-04-12
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Abstract:
While regulatory requirements to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may be a concern for publically
traded companies only, there are plenty of reasons why privately held entities will want to prepare to adopt IFRS as well. (...)
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While regulatory requirements to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may be a concern for publically
traded companies only, t...
Published:
2009-12-14
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Abstract:
Of all the MBS' products, Solomon is apparently the purest in terms of a standard Microsoft technology stack, and without
any proprietary additions. Furthermore, its sharp focus solely on Microsoft technology from ground up, coined in ''the power
of one'' motto (one OS platform - Windows XP/NT/2000, one (...)
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Of all the MBS' products, Solomon is apparently the purest in terms of a standard Microsoft technology stack, and without
any proprietary addition...
Published:
2003-09-05
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Abstract:
MBS' current strategy of letting extension functionality proliferate spontaneously largely resembles the current development
practice of the open source community. This can be be considered ironic, because open sourcing is something Microsoft loves
to hate. (...)
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... Hence, despite MBS' efforts to differentiate products and simplify branding (such as, the MBS Great
Plains' emphasis on financial accounting lent it well to ...
Published:
2004-07-10