Enterprise hits and misses (the bite-sized version) - Microsoft’s metaverse malarky and retail in absentia
Microsoft's on a land grab in the metaverse while retail action continued, some at the NRF Big Show, some not.
Financials
Salesforce's multi-year renewal provides Zuora with a big Subscription Economy proof point
A validation from his alma mater gives CEO Tien Tzuo a new validation talking point.
Sage Transform - in-person intel from the front line
In the age of COVID, an in-person user conference is definitely different. Here’s a first person take on the recent Sage Intacct Transform gathering in Las Vegas.
Adding up five modern, relevant priorities for today's CFO
What should CFOs be doing these days? Their plates are actually quite full, but change waits for no one. Here are the top five CFO priorities for those wanting to deliver great value to their shareholders.
FinancialForce adds CPQ for services, advanced resource management and multi-X accounting
Okay, FinancialForce proved one thing – their development folks have been busy this year, pandemic notwithstanding. Here’s a synopsis of some of their bigger Fall release announcements.
Perform 2021 - Imperial Dade sets its sights on continuous planning with Planful
Imperial Dade has consolidated data from multiple ERPs into Planful and is now giving finance teams better and regular insights.
Perform 2021 - LifeStance Health gets out of Excel and automates FP&A with Planful
LifeStance Health was spending too much manual time on budgets and reports and has since created a ‘single source of truth’ with Planful.
The ugly, persistent payroll issues few talk about
Whoever uttered that old phrase “The more things change; the more things stay the same”, must have been thinking of payroll software. Some thorny payroll technology problems are like bad houseguests: they won’t ever go away! Before you change your payroll or HR technology, read this!
Perform 2021 - How Specialized took workforce planning from an uphill climb to a level sprint
Speaking at Perform 21, the finance team at top cycling brand Specialized describes how they used Planful to streamline global workforce planning
ERP’s new direction - it’s coming from the outside
There is an explosion of new capabilities and opportunities possible with ERP today and many of the most innovative are coming from non-ERP vendors. All of this innovation should be making us re-think the value we are or should be getting from ERP software. Here are some ideas.
My take on continuous close - it's not as hard as you think
Many of the mechanisms and processes a finance team needs to put in place to enable continuous close are worth doing, even if you still only close once a month.
TTX escapes the “rat race of constant upgrades" with shift from SAP to Oracle apps
The rail car firm went from on prem to the cloud to speed up its finance processes.
Nashville Zoo unleashes menagerie of benefits with finance systems upgrade
With a new finance system from Sage Intacct, the US’s ninth largest zoo has weathered the pandemic and is moving back into growth mode
