Brian Sommer's Month in Review - March 2020
A month dominated by a pandemic, but there were still other things happening in the world of enterprise tech...
Archive: Financials
Zuora FY2020 - playing a long game on subscription economy growth
The market wasn't impressed by Zuora FY2020 Q4 earnings but CEO Tien Tzuo tells us he's taking a long view of opportunity in the subscription economy
Dole picks Ivalua for a bumper crop of savings on direct procurement
The global food giant is using the cloud-based platform to transform its procurement processes and prepare for their future automation.
The challenge of upgrading finance systems - Direct Line, Skanska UK and Investec share insights
The firms share their lessons learned from upgrading their Oracle financial systems - with change management being key.
The Ultimate-Kronos merger - a marriage of equals
Two large HR/HCM players, Ultimate and Kronos, are to join in corporate matrimony. It's a story of common private equity owners, a $22 billion valuation and a big global opportunity - here’s our take
Allied Irish Banks expands its Splunk use to track customer experience pain points
Customer experience is part of the compliance and governance regime banks have to work with. Measuring that means finding, extracting and analysing vast amounts of data in real time.
Acumatica Summit 2020 - with great growth comes great responsibility
The headline takeaways from the Acumatica Summit 2020 prompt reflections on new responsibilities.
WEF 2020 - there is no 'Plan B' if time runs out on a global deal on digital services taxation, admits OECD
The OECD is the last, best hope for a global agreement around a Digital Services Tax, but time is running out fast.
France blinks first against US tariff threats, but UK insists it's still going ahead with its Digital Services Tax
The US Treasury Secretary has warned that unless the UK follows France's lead and calls off its planned Digital Services Tax, there will be consequences to be faced.
Scout RFP co-founder on the year ahead as part of Workday
We spoke to Scout RFP President Stan Garber and GM of Workday Supply Chain Tony Rizzo about what's on the cards now the two companies are one
Closing thoughts in conversation with FloQast CEO Michael Whitmire
To close the books of a moderate-sized or larger firm can be taxing, no pun intended. For decades, the work of closing hasn’t changed much but new software offerings are making this less labor-intensive, less error-prone and more automated. Here’s a quick look at the space and a conversation writeup with one of the CEO’s of these new closing software vendors.
Rising to the ASC 606 challenge – an issue subscription businesses can’t ignore
Implementing ASC 606 has been a challenge for accounting teams, especially those in subscription businesses. Sage Intacct's Laura Wiler has some tips
What ails data capital – and how to fix it
Almost every large firm pursuing digital transformation is also considering how to expand an internal data economy, says Oracle's Paul Sonderegger.
