This white paper outlines an approach and leading practices that companies can use to significantly improve business performance with data, analytics and metrics. The approach involves the business, IT and finance areas partnering in an ongoing collaborative process… Read More
Innovative use of data, analytics and metrics enables financial services companies to improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations while gaining advantages over their competitors. For most companies, fully implementing business intelligence and business performance management capability takes time. Read More
Even well-designed sales and marketing dashboards can be misused or ignored. Fortunately, there are simple ways to ensure that managers consult your dashboard regularly and use the information it provides. Vice President, Creighton Lang, is quoted in this Microsoft produced article. Read the full article here
During the standing advisory council of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board meeting, the room was decidedly divided about whether clauses that limit auditor liability affect how they go about their jobs. Auditors were on one side, and investor groups and audit clients were on the other. Vice President, Creighton Lang, is quoted in the February edition of Auditing News. Read the full article here
Before you can create a useful analytic application, you must first analyze the business effectively. A method of business assessment developed two decades ago can form the foundation for the most cutting edge of today's strategic IT applications. Read More
Over the last few months, we've introduced the concept of pervasive computing and talked about whether or not more information means we're more informed. But where exactly is all of this information coming from? Indeed, as the target of a number of information collection activities that now pervade our daily lives, we are the very source of the millions of bits and bytes that are constantly used to define us. Interested yet? Wondering how your favorite corporation will use the idea of pervasive computing to compete in the future? Think clickstream analysis and its more advanced cousin, Web analytics. Read More
