FSN - Mid-Range Accounting

Big CFO or small CFO – what's better?

Scott Anthony, the author of The Little Black Book of Innovation, recently wrote in the Harvard Business Review that we’ve entered the fourth era of innovation, where start-ups and established companies alike compete for the same customers using the same low-cost online tools and global talent. They also face the same competitive pressures from global capital markets, increasingly volatile supply chains, more informed customers, and more demanding regulators. So where would you rather put your CFO skills to work – asks Gary Simon, Financial Systems News’ (FSNs) managing editor.

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UNIT4 Business Software achieves business continuity re-certification

UNIT4 Business Software, the UK subsidiary of UNIT4 the global cloud-focused business software group, has achieved recertification for business continuity management under the requirements laid out in the new ISO 22301 standards. Formal certification is sought increasingly by customers, regulators and governments who want assurance that suppliers have been audited and that their business continuity processes are deemed robust, future proof and able to cope in the event of a diverse range of incidents without causing costly disruption to a business’ everyday activity.

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Dutch Caribbean insurer purchases Coda financial management software solution from UNIT4.

ENNIA Caribe Holding, the largest local insurer in the Dutch Caribbean has purchased a Coda financial management software solution from UNIT4. With clients in most countries around the world, this is the first time UNIT4 has set foot on Caribbean soil in the history of the company. Presently, ENNIA employs more than 200 Associates divided among the offices of the Dutch Caribbean islands of Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire and St. Maarten.

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International publishing house to improve productivity and cash collection with finance system from m-hance

Michael O’Mara Books, an independent global publishing house is to increase its business efficiency and improve cash collection through implementing a financial management system from m-hance. Michael O’Mara believe the new system will also enable the company’s finance team to save up to two working days each month by streamlining a range of accounts receivable (AR) and management reporting processes.

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Confronting the Shareconomy? Lesley Meall reports from CEBIT 2013

Be prepared. Some of the technology innovations heading for business promise big improvements in collaboration and processes, but managing and exploiting them promises some big price tags too, as FSN writer Lesley Meall outlines.

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FinancialForce.com raises bar for mobility and consulting productivity with Professional Services Automation (PSA) Winter '13

FinancialForce.com, the cloud applications company, today announced the Winter ’13 release of FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA), a cloud-based solution that transforms how professional services (PS) organizations sell, resource, and deliver professional services projects. FinancialForce PSA Winter ’13 reinforces the organization’s commitment to making PS teams more effective, mobile and social.

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Chilled food distributor selects managed service from m-hance for scalable IT applications on demand

H. N. Nuttall, an independent UK based chilled food and dry goods distributor, has signed a 3 year contract with m-hance to manage its entire IT infrastructure in a private cloud environment. H. N. Nuttall hopes to benefit from secure, innovative and scalable IT applications on demand to support the business’s future growth.

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FinancialForce Accounting and CRM enables ICEF GmbH to double its revenue in 3 years.

Gary Simon, FSN’s managing editor talks to this rapidly growing international company about the visibility of the business its sales and finance personnel have enjoyed by integrating billing, financials and CRM in the Cloud.

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Gartner says worldwide mobile phone sales declined 1.7 Per Cent in 2012

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 1.75 billion units in 2012, a 1.7 per cent decline from 2011 sales, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphones continued to drive overall mobile phone sales, and the fourth quarter of 2012 saw record smartphone sales of 207.7 million units, up 38.3 per cent from the same period last year.

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Grant Thornton LLP and BlackLine Systems form strategic alliance to serve mid-size organizations

Grant Thornton LLP, one of the largest audit, tax and advisory firms in the United States, is working together with financial close software vendor BlackLine Systems to bring software and professional services to the dynamic mid-market.

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