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Financial analytics and reporting

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Celonis process mining edges toward autonomous enterprise

  The Celonis process mining platform now has Operational Applications for accounts payable and supply chain that allow companies to take automated actions on processes.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  With Scout, Workday acquisition strategy takes shape

  Workday's planned acquisition of Scout RFP, a sourcing and procurement platform, says one thing to analysts: It is pushing to become a full-service ERP vendor.

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Beta tester imagines financial modeling software future

  The Seattle Sounders FC's finance department is testing new anomaly detection capabilities in Adaptive Insights, but it also wants to see external data used to probe anomalies.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Oracle makes its ERP financials smarter -- and talkative

  At its user conference in Las Vegas, Oracle demonstrated how voice can now be used to conduct complex business actions, including financial ERP transactions.

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Workday to acquire Adaptive Insights for $1.55 billion

  Workday says its acquisition of Adaptive Insights, a financial planning and modeling system, will save it two years of development time.

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Financial management software vendors march ahead

  Financial management software vendors FinancialForce, Vena Solutions and Model N have made recent moves to upgrade products, add third-party integrations or accelerate innovation.

• April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18

  Acquisition gives ERP public sector firm Tyler a data cloud

  Tyler Technologies, a firm solely focused on government verticals and public sector ERP, has added data-as-a-service capability by acquiring Socrata.

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  Model N revenue management software gets new capabilities

  ERP news briefs: Model N adapts its revenue management to include subscription, outcome-based, risk sharing, as well as physical product, pricing. Priority Software aims at U.S.

• November 30, 2017 30 Nov'17

  Cloud ERP provider FinancialForce integrates Salesforce's AI

  FinancialForce has made two major changes to its platform: It has turned to ADP for core HR services, and has integrated Salesforce's AI capability called Einstein.

• July 28, 2017 28 Jul'17

  Sage adds Intacct financial management software to its ERP

  Sage says the move will boost its cloud financial management software and U.S. presence. Analysts think it's a good technology move but are unsure about the market impact.

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Uncertainty about fiduciary rule changes could affect HR tech

  After the Trump administration suspended the Department of Labor fiduciary rule, uncertainty about tighter regulation of retirement plan providers could affect HR tech planning.

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Unit4 ERP aims to be the next SAP or Oracle -- eventually

  Unit4 ERP is strong in Europe, but the company wants to grow in North America with sibling FinancialForce.com. It may challenge SAP and Oracle one day, but that will take time.

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  CFOs want analysts trained in finance data science

  Analytics expertise is widespread in operational realms such as manufacturing and HR. Finance data science must be a priority for CFOs to secure a place at the planning table.

• May 31, 2016 31 May'16

  Forrester report says six emerging vendors have best business software

  Forrester flags six breakout vendors in SaaS business applications that have high growth, solid financial backing, proven technology and the ability to support large enterprises.

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  Workday gives debt collectors predictive analytics software

  Workday is providing predictive analytics to help in collection of bills and scorecards for managing employees and projects, while Zuora is upgrading with big data analytics.

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  CFOs prepare for new revenue recognition criteria

  Some finance chiefs are gearing up for revenue recognition standards. The rules have important implications for companies that sell term licenses for on-premises software.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  AAA exec: Workday financial reporting software improves accuracy

  Finance leaders at AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah are all using Workday reporting, but the office's branch managers are slow to adopt the software.

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Revenue recognition criteria could hit bottom lines

  New FASB revenue rules could mean software companies will need to record revenue earlier, and change accounting for post-contract support services.

• May 22, 2015 22 May'15

  Zuora, Cornerstone unveil new cloud analytics software

  Zuora aims to help providers better understand their subscription customers, while Cornerstone presents predictive analytics and platform as a service.

• April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15

  Host Analytics augurs well for medical device company

  Financial forecasting software from Host Analytics saves time, improves consistency and accuracy for medical device company.

• March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15

  Drug contractor transforms revenue forecasting with Changepoint software

  Changepoint PSA improves revenue forecasting and time reporting, but can be complex and challenging for some users.

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Energy company sees BI vendor as key in oil pipeline

  Phenix Energy Group says it will use Information Builders BI software for performance management, forecasting and process improvement.

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Inside the data science behind Workday Insight Applications

  In a Workday Rising Q&A, the data scientists behind Workday's new predictive analytics apps talk shop about machine learning and the challenges of categorization.

• November 03, 2014 03 Nov'14

  Best practices for financial planning and analysis

  In a Q&A, Dave Murray summarizes takeaways from a BPI Network survey that polled dozens of executives on their budgeting and forecasting challenges -- and how technology can help.

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Workday Financial Management gains integrated reporting, analytics

  Analysts impressed with how in-memory technology allows merging of real-time HR, financial and third-party data.

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Predictive analytics, cloud 2014 standouts in finance technology

  Experts expect cloud finance technology to accelerate as more CFOs get comfortable with moving financials -- even ERP -- to the cloud.

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  With HANA, SAP is disrupting business models -- including its own

  At Sapphire Now 2013, in-memory analytics and mobile app demos showed how companies can turn big data into profitable service lines.

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Rolling forecast model can improve usefulness of financial data

  At the Boston IBM Finance Forum, one expert urged finance professionals to adopt a rolling forecast model to replace slow and broken processes.

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Is ERP ready for International Financial Reporting Standards?

  Despite ERP support, experts are no longer sure U.S. firms will ever be required to meet IFRS rules.

• March 22, 2012 22 Mar'12

  Automating the financial reporting process offers streamlining, easier compliance

  Automating the financial reporting process can save companies time and money while increasing compliance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) guidelines.