The use of blockchain distributed ledgers in business processes is now a common theme in many business software vendors’ presentations. The technology has a multitude of potential uses. However, presentations about the opportunities for digital transformation always leave me wondering: How is this magic going to happen? I wonder this because the details about how data flows from point A to point B via a blockchain are critically important to blockchain utility and therefore the pace of its adoption.
Self-Describing Data Powers B2B Blockchain Distributed Ledgers
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Robert Kugel on Feb 15, 2018 7:22:37 AM
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Topics: Planning, Continuous Planning, Integrated Business Planning, FP&A, budget, Budgeting, Forecast, forecasting, Predictive Analytics, Analytics, Reporting, consolidating, Data Management, AI, Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing
Predictive Finance Organizations Are More Valuable
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Robert Kugel on Feb 12, 2018 4:31:44 AM
Ventana Research uses the term “predictive finance” to describe a forward-looking, action-oriented finance organization that places emphasis on advising its company rather than fulfilling the traditional roles of a transactions processor and reporter. Technology is driving the shift away from the traditional bean-counting role. The cumulative evolution of software advances will substantially reduce finance and accounting workloads by automating most of the mechanical, rote functions in accounting, data preparation and reporting. (I recently summarized these in a “Robotic Finance”)
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Topics: Planning, Continuous Planning, Integrated Business Planning, FP&A, budget, Budgeting, Forecast, Predictive Analytics, Analytics, Reporting, Data Management, AI, Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing
The treasury function in finance departments doesn’t get a lot of attention, but it’s a fundamentally important one: to ensure that all funds are accounted for and that there is sufficient cash on hand each day to meet operating requirements. Keeping track of and managing cash, especially in larger organizations, can be complicated because of multiple bank accounts, complex financing requirements and various methods of receiving and making payments; the complexity deepens when more than one currency is used across multiple jurisdictions, which also can pose regulatory issues.
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Topics: CFO, controller, credit, debt, Financial Performance Management, Analytics, Office of Finance, Predictive Analytics, cash management
I recently spent time at Strata+Hadoop World 2016 in New York. I attended this event and its predecessor, Hadoop World, off and on for the past six years. This one in New York had a different feel from previous events including the most recent event in San Jose at the end of March. Perhaps because of its location in one of the financial and commercial hubs of the world, the event had much more of a business orientation. But it’s not just location. Past events have been held in New York also, and I see the business focus as a sign of the Hadoop market maturing.
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Topics: Strata+Hadoop, Big Data, Predictive Analytics
I recently attended Oracle OpenWorld for the first time in several years. The message at this year’s event was clear: Oracle is all in on the cloud. I had heard the message, but I didn’t get the full impact until I arrived at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. All signage at the event contained the word “cloud,” and Oracle issued 18 press releases in conjunction with OpenWorld related to cloud computing. I also found out that Oracle has its own definition of “cloud.”
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Topics: Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Information Management, Predictive Analytics, Big Data
