Unstructured processes are difficult to manage because it is unlikely that they'll be repeated exactly the same way. So how should you tackle them? Currently companies can either go with a handful of vendors that have built in unstructured management capabilities or else try their luck with business process management tools (BPM).
Confident people are more persuasive, according to a new study. While that's not surprising news, it does put finance execs in a tough place as they try to present company forecasts with confidence without overstating the case.
In this interview, Courion Vice President Kurt Johnson explains the system access risks that exist when companies do not turn off past employees' user accounts.
Specialist software firms continue to make a strong case for selective investments. Survivors of the tech freeze will be around for some time to come as the economy thaws.
Fraudulent activity across the financial industry is becoming more common, according a new report from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen). There was a double-digit increase in the percentage of suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed from 2007 to 2008 for all of the fraud categories FinCen examines.
How much of your IT infrastructure should you outsource? According to the Hackett Group, world-class companies outsource a significantly larger percentage of their IT processes than their peer group companies.
Management teams looking to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of their internal controls frameworks should ask themselves four important questions.
The U.K.'s annual Finance Bill, the omnibus legislation for changes in the tax laws, adds additional compliance requirements to the tax reporting process.
Although the typical executive search process is rigorous, the search for a member of the board of directors is relatively easy -- most nominating committees are presented with only one candidate.
Companies need to find a balance between business needs and effective and efficient internal controls if they're to weather these tough economic times.
Corporate treasurers should be on the lookout for a new report from the Department of the Treasury containing proposed changes to the U.S. financial regulatory system.
Portal technology, which finance departments have used for over a decade, is about to change. Big players like Microsoft and IBM are incorporating social networking into their new programs in an attempt to differentiate their offerings.
Budgets lose their usefulness quickly, according to a majority of participants in a Business Finance budgeting and planning survey -- most respondents expect their current budgets to be invalid by the middle of the year.
Companies that don't immediately shut down terminated workers' access rights to company systems are asking for trouble. If left with user privileges, former employees can use these "zombie accounts" to access important data or attack the system.
Although possessing, growing, and selling marijuana for recreational use isn't currently legal in California, legislators are still trying to figure out ways to tax sales of the drug.
