Buyers Guide

B2B Subscription Management 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 22 September 2025

Executive Summary B2B Subscription Management The era of subscriptions has fundamentally reshaped how businesses operate and how consumers engage with services across industries. Enterprises are moving beyond traditional ownership models, increasingly embracing digital-first sales strategies and offering digital products that complement physical goods. Customers now expect flexible options,... Read More

Topics: Subscription Management, Employees & HCM - Business & Technologies, B2B, Business & Technologies

B2C Subscription Management 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 22 September 2025

Executive Summary B2C Subscription Management The era of subscriptions has fundamentally changed how consumers access and interact with products and services. Instead of traditional ownership, people now expect flexible options such as subscriptions, pay-per-use or on-demand access, often in combination with physical goods enhanced by digital experiences. Shoppers increasingly prefer to buy... Read More

Topics: Subscription Management, Employees & HCM - Business & Technologies, B2C, Business & Technologies

Subscription Billing 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 22 September 2025

Executive Summary Subscription Billing The era of subscriptions has fundamentally reshaped billing, changing how businesses operate and how customers expect to engage with products and services. Companies are moving beyond traditional ownership models, adopting digital-first strategies and offering subscription-based access to digital products alongside physical goods. Customers now demand... Read More

Topics: Subscription Billing, Subscription Management, Employees & HCM - Business & Technologies, Business & Technologies

Master Data Management 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 19 September 2025

Executive Summary Master Data Management Despite efforts made by enterprises to be more data-driven, some of the most fundamental questions about an enterprise—such as how many customers it has—remain difficult to answer. Trust in data is foundational for an enterprise to make data-driven business decisions. The problem lies not just in being able to accurately count how many customers the... Read More

Topics: Master Data Management, Data Management, Artificial intelligence, Data Intelligence

Data Intelligence 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 19 September 2025

Executive Summary Data Intelligence Today’s enterprises seek to increase data-driven decision-making to gain competitive advantage and improve efficiency. It is ironic, however, that many enterprises lack information about when and how data is used in decision-making processes. The capabilities that provide enterprises with information about how data is generated and consumed across the... Read More

Topics: Data Management, Artificial intelligence, Data Intelligence

Data Governance 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 19 September 2025

Executive Summary Data Governance Data governance is integral to an overall data management strategy. Good data governance provides guardrails that enable enterprises to act quickly while protecting the business from risks related to regulatory requirements, data-quality issues and data-reliability concerns. It accelerates the delivery of analytics projects, providing the confidence required to... Read More

Topics: Data Governance, Data Management, Artificial intelligence, Data Intelligence

Data Quality 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 19 September 2025

Executive Summary Data Quality Maintaining data quality and trust is a perennial data-management challenge, often preventing enterprises from operating at the speed of business. As enterprises aspire to be more data-driven, trust in the data used to make decisions becomes more critical. Without data quality processes and tools, enterprises may make decisions based on old, incomplete, incorrect or... Read More

Topics: Data Quality, Data Management, Artificial intelligence, Data Intelligence

Data Management 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 19 September 2025

Executive Summary Data Management Data management combines functionality addressing data governance, data quality, master data management, data integration and data intelligence to ensure that the enterprise is collecting, storing and processing data in accordance with strategic goals and regulatory requirements. Data management has been a critical component of enterprise IT strategies for... Read More

Topics: Data Management, Artificial intelligence, Data Intelligence

Data Integration 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 19 September 2025

Executive Summary Data Integration Data integration is a fundamental enabler of a data management strategy. Analysis of individual data sources—such as customer or product data—can provide insights to improve operational efficiency. However, the combination of data from multiple sources enables enterprises to innovate, improving customer experience and revenue generation, for example, by... Read More

Topics: Data Integration, Data Management, Artificial intelligence, Data Intelligence

Record to Report 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Robert Kugel on 05 September 2025

Executive Summary Record to Report The six costliest words in managing a finance department are, “We’ve always done it this way.” The record-to-report (R2R) cycle describes the process of finalizing and summarizing financial activities of an enterprise for a specific accounting period—typically a month, quarter or fiscal year. It is important to note that R2R exclusively covers the activities... Read More

Topics: Office of Finance, Consolidate and Close Management, Business & Technologies, Record to Report