Reporting in the Future: Financial and Operational Reporting, Dashboards, and Analysis
This article will zoom in on what you need to know about reporting solutions and processes that will set you up for a successful future. Just like strategy and goals at most companies are often quite disconnected from the budgeting process, and the budgeting and forecasting processes themselves are still rather archaic and manual, so are many reporting processes. In other words, both areas are due for a significant overhaul for companies that want to enable world-class decisi
Top 5 Reporting Problems Faced by a CEO and Their Technology Solutions, Part 2
This article continues the discussion of the top five problems facing CEOs today in regard to corporate performance management, with a focus on reporting. In interviewing a very successful CEO and founder of a large company, he expressed the corporate performance management (CPM) issues he faced, and all of them are echoed by hundreds of other executives I have spoken with in recent years. He then explained his vision of the “ideal” solution to his issues. In summary, these w
This Is Solver: Recapping 2017 and Looking Ahead to 2018
This blog entry will discuss the achievements Solver is most proud of in 2017 – and what to look forward to from the team in 2018. Last week, Solver hosted its annual white elephant gift exchange and holiday party. Lots of laughter, plenty of interesting gifts, and a chance for this casual workplace to get dressed up and have fun outside the hijinks that go on in the office. But it also was a very simple reminder that we are at the end of the year. There’s enough to do to fin
Netflix’s Okja and Cloud Financial Reporting: The Parallels of Powerful Storytelling
This article will look at the power of modern cloud financial reporting through the lens of powerful storytelling, as delivered by Netflix’s Okja. Sometimes, a movie comes along that captures a generation and perhaps even changes the culture. But unfortunately, with the amount of content and sheer number of options to stream, view, or purchase movies, television, and other video, it’s hard for any particular movie to stand out and captivate such a wide audience. That said, I
What to Expect from the Sage Acquisition for Sage and Intacct Users
In this article, we will be discussing details about the Sage acquisition of Intacct and how that will shape financial management for both Sage and Intacct users. You heard it. On July 25th, Sage announced that it will be acquiring Intacct for $850 million, now what? Intacct currently has 11,000 customers in North America, and Sage serves 6.1 million customers worldwide. Sage and Intacct users can now expect a complete set of solutions for accounting needs of organizations of
Enterprise Technology Cloud Strategy with Reporting and Budgeting for Microsoft Dynamics
This article will discuss leveraging corporate performance management (CPM) solutions as a foundation for an enterprise technology cloud roadmap. I find myself thinking about cloud technology all the time these days. And this is particularly peculiar when I zoom out and think about how I was an English major in college. However, cloud is permeating the culture – both popular and business – and I can’t help but think about how it is changing the way we store, manage, and lever
