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Case study: FRP Advisory deploys Cloud hosting for improved data storage

This case study looks at FRP Advisory’s requirement for rapid deployment of a bespoke IT infrastructure and operations system. This challenge included a large volume of historical files and email data to migrate, little time for that data to be sorted and FSA requirements for data retention.

Company: Exponential-e | Published: 04 April 2013 | Business Area: IT Planning and Management

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Performance reporting essentials

Reporting is a vital means of communicating internally and externally between key financiers and other stakeholders of an organisation. The ability to report timely, accurate data is an essential component to operating a successful business and ensuring that corporate objectives are achieved.

Company: Prophix Software | Published: 27 March 2013 | Business Area: Financial Reporting

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Financial Statement Reporting case study: Spotlight on British Airways

British Airways is one of the world’s largest and longest established international airlines. In response to changing accounting standards and evolving financial reporting requirements, BA needed to overhaul its external reporting processes. This case study examines BA's investment in FSR software... view abstract

Company: IBM | Published: 30 January 2013 | Business Area: Financial Reporting

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FSR product review: Managing the financial close process

The financial close process, from period-end to filing, is typically disjointed and frequently involves manual intervention. This process places a burden on staff and communications. This article looks at how firms can collaborate on financial consolidations and reduce risk.

Company: IBM | Published: 29 November 2012 | Business Area: Financial Reporting

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The single most important document: Moving annual reporting into the 21st century

Despite being so important, the process to create the annual report, the 10-K and the 10-Q is still stuck in the Middle Ages. Merging multiple sources of data from separate staff can be problematic. This paper provides advice on how to improve the annual reporting process and avoid costly mistakes.

Company: IBM | Published: 19 November 2012 | Business Area: iXBRL

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Directors Cut: Issue 3

In this issue, David Skinner takes a fresh look at pension options, Stephanie Churchill explains how larger companies may benefit from the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Steven Snaith explains how breaches of data confidentiality incidents are increasing in number and significance each year.

Company: RSM Tenon | Published: 01 November 2012 | Business Area: Corporate Pensions

How to streamline public sector financial management and reporting

Federal budgeting and reporting professionals go to extraordinary efforts to manually prepare many critical reports and documents with data from fragmented financial systems. This paper outlines how to integrate separate data sources and streamline planning, budgeting and reporting processes.

Company: IBM | Published: 01 October 2012 | Business Area: IT Products and Reviews

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Agile Business Intelligence: How to win in the 21st century business climate

Utilising Business Intelligence is the next critical step in today's world towards helping organisations reach their goals. This paper focuses on how firms can leverage BI to analyse data and outlines its abilities to grant users with immediate, self-service access to data.

Company: Deltek | Published: 29 August 2012 | Business Area: Business Intelligence

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Your practice data - a goldmine for your business

Selling more to your existing customers is one of the easiest ways to increase revenues. Can you mine the data acquired in the course of tax, accounts and company administration compliance work to reveal a wealth of opportunities? This whitepaper explores the potential for mining your practice data.

Company: IRIS Accountancy Solutions | Published: 16 August 2012 | Business Area: Project Management

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Financial Statement Reporting (FSR): a Liverpool Victoria Case Study

Rapid growth and the need to meet the rapidly changing environment that insurers and asset managers must operate in had a profound impact on Liverpool Victoria's Finance department. Following a review of its processes, LV= implemented the IBM Cognos FSR financial governance solution.

Company: IBM | Published: 11 July 2012 | Business Area: Finance and Accounting

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