ISG Software Research Analyst Perspectives

A New Financial Force in the Cloud

Posted by ISG Research on 15 December 2010

One of the prominent salesforce.com partners on display at the recent Dreamforce in San Francisco was FinancialForce.com. It’s one of a growing list of providers of in-the-cloud accounting and finance packages built on the Force.com platform. Like other of these accounting vendors (such as Compiere, Intacct, Netsuite and - to some extent and eventually– Workday), it aims principally at companies... Read More

Topics: ERP, Financial Applications, Business Performance, Cloud Computing, Financial Performance, CFO, finance

Forecast: Cloudy

Posted by ISG Research on 02 December 2010

If you’ve walked past a playing TV recently, there’s a good chance you’ve noticed that Microsoft thinks it can profit from “The Cloud.” The folks in Redmond would have you store your pictures there so the family can access them, use it to collaborate over the weekend in a small business – you name it, Cloud Power can do it. The cloud is much discussed in the business arena these days as well, but... Read More

Topics: ERP, Cloud Computing, Data Integration, Uncategorized, CRM

SAP Hits Suite Spot for Financial Performance Management

Posted by Robert Kugel on 01 December 2010

Ventana Research recently completed its 2010 Financial Performance Management Value Index of the major financial performance management suites. Financial performance management (FPM) is the process of addressing the often overlapping issues around people, process, information and information technology that affect how well finance organizations operate and support the activities of the rest of... Read More

Topics: SAP, ERP, Financial Applications, Financial Performance, CFO, finance, Financial Performance Management

What is the Value of Your Financial Performance Management Software?

Posted by Robert Kugel on 28 November 2010

Ventana Research has just announced its Value Index for Financial Performance Management (FPM) for 2010. Our value indexes are user-focused assessments of how well software vendors and packages enable companies to improve their execution of core processes. This one is designed to help businesses, especially the finance organization, evaluate the FPM software suites offered by major vendors in the... Read More

Topics: ERP, Office of Finance, Financial Applications, Business Performance, Business Technology, Financial Performance, Business Planning, CFO, finance, Corporate Finance, Financial Performance Management