Financial reporting

A new standard file format, Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), for submitting financial reports to the SEC in the United States is being mandated for June 2009. Both the creation of, and reporting from XBRL, are functions performed by the same new tool described in this paper. A new standard file format, Extensible Business

a combination of an invitation-only online survey and survey intercepts, 222 corporate financial leaders from across the U.S. participated in this study on corporate attitudes toward Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. "Powerful Validation" of Sarbanes-Oxley: 79% of Financial Execs Report Stronger Internal Controls.

Despite the high

for the protection of customers' privacy and more accountable for the substance of their financial reports.

All have a pronounced affect on corporate email.

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for improving quality in financial operations. Sarbanes-Oxley demands quality in financial reporting. While the initial costs of SOX compliance have been extraordinarily high, companies can achieve a return on investment by approaching their SOX compliance with a mindset to drive quality throughout their financial operations. AMR

corporate governance and compliance requirements for publicly held companies. Not only are reporting requirements increasing to meet this demand, but accounting standards are changing as well - the goal being transparency beyond the basic economics to better understand how businesses operate and perform. Finance and accounting

There's a focus today on regulatory compliance involving financial reporting, security and data privacy. But there are also tremendous business performance opportunities that can be fueled by the new requirements. This paper details the benefits of continuous compliance, which include reduction of risk and cost

45;regulated industry. The company was particularly concerned with new quarterly and annual financial reporting requirements. To meet these regulations, the company decided to institute a proactive data governance initiative to ensure that it was operating from the best possible data.

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interactive dashboards, full ad hoc queries, proactive intelligence and alerts, enterprise and financial reporting, real-time predictive intelligence, disconnected analytics, and more. The products in the suite are based on a proven Web service-oriented architecture that integrates with an organization's existing information technology (IT

to reduce ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs and provide quality assurance for financial operations. Oversight Systems automates the analysis and testing of auditors and fraud examiners to reduce ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs and provide quality assurance for financial operations. As a virtual auditor

Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus (OBIEE Plus) is a comprehensive suite of enterprise business intelligence (BI) products that delivers a full range of capabilities. Read this data sheet to learn more. Executives find that despite their continued investment in business intelligence (BI) technology, they

The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and

To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency

Applications for financial performance management, part of SAP® solutions for enterprise performance management, cover the full life cycle of financial management and put you in control of performance. Applications for financial performance management

to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes. In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their

of SOX compliance continues to rise: employee morale and job dissatisfaction.

Nearly half of financial executives feel the biggest issue related to SOX compliance is the need to maintain the morale of the employees responsible for compliance, according to the 2005 Oversight Systems Financial Executive Report on Sarbanes-Oxley.

The

With the addition of SAP, 3,500 ARDEC users faced three versions of the truth regarding their financial data; the SAP R/3 transaction system, the SAP Business Warehouse, and their non-SAP systems. There was no option for reports that consolidated all three sources. ARDEC needed to be able to provide accurate turn-around reports to customers.

the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business

eight regulated regional utilities. Thus, like any public company, it must handle its financial affairs efficiently and profitably and report on them to shareholders and regulatory agencies; it also has to demonstrate that its financial practices comply with an array of regulations that govern issues related to rates for service

for scams. Also, global conditions, such as the receding economy and vulnerabilities in the financial markets, are likely to have an impact on the evolution of cybercrime.

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about the future prospects and their recommendations to mitigate the impact. The global financial crisis has caught the attention of almost everybody; governments, entrepreneurs, corporations, and the common he spill over effect of recession has affected a number of geographies, industries and sectors leaving nobody untouched by its

There is a company executive with a growing influence in today's boardroom - the chief financial officer. And the role of the finance organizations that these executives lead is expanding as well.

While the advent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has focused enormous attention on the financial accountability and internal controls of

way toward selecting and designing a solution that delivers maximum business, operational, and financial benefits.

Deduplication has been more popularly deployed in target storage hardware, including virtual tape libraries (VTLs) and storage appliances; however, recent introductions by backup vendors have shifted the spotlight. How do

a survey completed by Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting that analyzes the legal, financial, and regulatory risks associated with outbound email in large enterprises. How concerned are companies about the content of email leaving their organizations? And how do companies manage the legal and financial risks associated with

South Field Financial experiences IT faults that create issues throughout the system. It is critical to South Field's success that its data center management teams quickly identify and repair data faults. CA's Spectrum can immediately detect the change in

The HFN Hedge Fund Industry Asset Flow/Performance Report is an in-depth guide to the flow of assets and performance for the hedge fund industry. This report goes into great detail delineating current asset trends, Q4 2008 hedge fund performance, and asset flows. It provides complete statistical analysis of hedge fund averages and