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Financial Application Buyers Are Stuck in the Present

Financial Application Buyers Are Stuck in the Present

In making software-buying decisions, finance organizations are too focused on gaining efficiencies and not enough on future digital needs, says Gartner.

By David McCann | June 13, 2019

NetSuite Outage Idles Finance Departments

NetSuite Outage Idles Finance Departments

A NetSuite service outage left some companies without access to their ERP and other systems for as long as seven hours on Tuesday.

By Vincent Ryan | July 24, 2018

QuickBooks Online Powers Intuit Sales Surge

QuickBooks Online Powers Intuit Sales Surge

QBO subscribers rose 170,000 to 2.55 million in Q1 as Intuit capitalized on increased small business usage of the cloud.

By Matthew Heller | November 20, 2017

Intuit to Sell Pioneering Quicken Program

Intuit to Sell Pioneering Quicken Program

The financial software is also divesting QuickBase and Demandforce so it can focus on its tax preparation products.

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | August 21, 2015

FIS Buys SunGard for $9.1 Billion

FIS Buys SunGard for $9.1 Billion

SunGard's private-equity owners finally cash in on their long-held investment, one of the signature deals of the pre-recession buyout boom.

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | August 12, 2015

A CFO’s Past Shapes His Present

A CFO’s Past Shapes His Present

Mark Peek tells how his prior jobs shaped what he does today as finance chief at enterprise software maker Workday.

By David McCann | January 14, 2014

Shopping For A System

Shopping For A System

Choosing midrange financial software is becoming less a matter of platform, more a matter of features.

By John Xenakis | March 1, 1998

Software for The Millennium

Software for The Millennium

Year 2000-compliant financial software at the high end ranges from best-of-breed packages to integrated ERP systems.

By John Xenakis | February 1, 1998