At a conference of more than 3,500 users, Splunk executives showed off their company’s latest tools. Splunk makes software for discovering, monitoring and analyzing machine data, which is often considered data exhaust since it is a by-product of computing processes and applications. But machine data is essential to a smoothly running technology infrastructure that supports business process. One advantage is that because machine data not recorded by end users, it is less subject to input error....
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Topics:
Big Data,
Operational Performance,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Customer & Contact Center,
Operational Intelligence
Most HR technology practitioners and vendors attend the annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition. One of the largest industry gatherings, it provides an indicator of their levels of investment and the hottest trends. This year’s event revealed new technologies and approaches to two key human resources processes – recruitment and retention. They included predictive analytics and big data as well mobile delivery to allow employees easier access to applications. Regarding the first two,...
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Topics:
Social Media,
Kronos,
Peoplefluent,
Recruiting,
Wearable Computing,
Fuel50,
Operational Performance,
Smart Watches,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Financial Performance,
IBM,
Oracle,
Workforce Performance,
Ceridian,
HireVue,
Saba,
HR Tech,
HR Technology Conference,
Qualtrics,
Tanner Labs
Finance transformation” refers to a longstanding objective: shifting the focus of CFOs and finance departments from transaction processing to more strategic, higher-value functions. Our upcoming Office of Finance benchmark research confirms that most of organizations want their finance department to take a more strategic role in management of the company: nine in 10 participants said that it’s important or very important. (We are using “finance” in its broadest sense, including, for example,...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Mobile,
Performance Management,
Predictive Analytics,
Social Media,
ERP,
FP&A,
Office of Finance,
Reporting,
Management,
close,
closing,
computing,
Controller,
Tax,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Financial Performance,
CFO,
finance,
Tagetik,
FPM
When applying information technology to drive better business performance, companies and the systems integrators that assist them often underestimate the importance of organizing data management around processes. For example, companies that do not execute their quote-to-cash cycle as an end-to-end process often experience a related set of issues in their sales, marketing, operations, accounting and finance functions that stem from entering the same data into multiple systems. The inability to...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Mobile,
Sales Performance,
Supply Chain Performance,
ERP,
Office of Finance,
Operations,
Management,
close,
closing,
computing,
end-to-end,
Operational Performance,
Analytics,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Data Management,
Information Applications,
Information Management,
CRM,
Data,
finance,
FPM
Qlik was an early pioneer in developing a substantial market for a visual discovery tool that enables end users to easily access and manipulate analytics and data. Its QlikView application uses an associative experience that takes an in-memory, correlation-based approach to present a simpler design and user experience for analytics than previous tools. Driven by sales of QlikView, the company’s revenue has grown to more than $.5 billion, and originating in Sweden it has a global presence.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Visualization,
QlikView,
Sales Performance,
Supply Chain Performance,
Tableau,
Operational Performance,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Customer & Contact Center,
Information Applications,
Data Discovery,
Lumira,
Qlik,
Qlik Qlik Sense
Finance and accounting departments are staffed with numbers-oriented, naturally analytical people. Strong analytic skills are essential if a finance department is to deliver deep insights into performance and visibility into emerging opportunities and challenges. The conclusions of analyses enable fast, fully informed business decisions by executives and managers. Conversely, flawed analyses undermine the performance of a company. So it was good news that in our Office of Finance benchmark...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Mobile,
Planning,
Predictive Analytics,
ERP,
FP&A,
Office of Finance,
Reporting,
Self-service,
Budgeting,
close,
closing,
computing,
Controller,
dashboard,
Tax,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Financial Performance,
CFO,
Data,
finance,
Tagetik,
Financial Performance Management,
FPM,
Microsoft Excel,
Spreadsheets
This year Oracle OpenWorld conference opened with a fiery speech by Larry Ellison, who has stepped down from his role as CEO to become Executive Chairman and CTO. Filling his rhetoric with claims of market leadership and attacks on competitors SAP and Workday, Ellison set an aggressive tone for those who followed him. In a talk relevant to my research practice, Chris Leone, senior vice president of applications development, asserted that Oracle is making progress in human capital management...
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Topics:
Mobile,
Social Media,
HCM,
Human Capital Analytics,
Human Capital Management,
Core HR,
Employee Engagement,
Platform as a service,
TM,
Wellness,
Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Mobility,
Oracle,
HRMS,
Talent Management,
Social,
PaaS
Tableau Software introduced its latest advancements in analytics and business intelligence software along with its future plan to more than 5,000 attendees at its annual user conference in its home town of Seattle. The enthusiasm of the primarily millennial-age crowd reflected not only the success of the young company but also its aspirations. The market for what Ventana Research calls visual and data discovery and Tableau have experienced rapid growth that is likely to continue.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Visualization,
Sales Performance,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Business Performance,
Customer & Contact Center,
Operational Intelligence,
Data Discovery,
Tableau Software
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Experience,
Speech Analytics,
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Customer & Contact Center,
Customer Service,
Call Center,
Contact Center,
Contact Center Analytics,
CRM,
Text Analytics
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Topics:
Microsoft,
Mobile,
SaaS,
Sales,
Sales Performance,
Salesforce.com,
Supply Chain Performance,
ERP,
HCM,
Human Capital,
Office of Finance,
Dynamics AX,
Dynamics GP,
Dynamics NAV Dynamics SL,
Kenandy,
PSA,
Sage Software,
Unit4,
Operational Performance,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Performance,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer & Contact Center,
Financial Performance,
Workforce Performance,
CFO,
FinancialForce,
HR,
Infor,
Workday,
HANA,
Plex,
Professional Services Automation