Forecasting

Dashboards Can Now Gauge More Data

CFOs are expanding their use of dashboards to capture a wider range of metrics.

Analytics

Is Finance a Business Intelligence Customer Or Owner?

The answer may determine whether you play a greater or lesser role in the future of your business.

IT Value

What CIOs Want From CFOs

You can listen to your CIO, or you can ignore her. After all, how important &spamp;#8212; really &spamp;#8212; is IT to your business?

Analytics

Imagine There’s No Excel

With the rise of analytics and Big Data, replacements for Excel are proliferating and CFOs of companies large and small are beginning to pay attention.

IT Value

DIY Technology Projects: Threat or Menace?

Executives sometimes think they can meet their technology needs more efficiently by circumventing IT. That's almost always a bad idea, but killing the project can be worse.

Technology

Best of 2011: Technology

A year in which new processes, platforms, and devices demanded new rules for doing business and new roles for CFOs.

Tech

QuickBooks Today and Tomorrow

Intuit CFO Neil Williams on QuickBooks’s quick move to SaaS and mobile — and why Intuit doesn’t use QuickBooks.

Getting In with the Grid

Some companies are cutting energy costs by dealing directly with the electric grid.

IT Value

How 3 Big IT Trends Will Affect You and Your CIO in 2012

What CFOs can give their CIOs this holiday season: understanding, consideration, and attention. They're going to have a lot to deal with this coming year, and they could use your support.

Risk

Power Down

CFOs are getting cash back for reducing their companies&spamp;rsquo; energy use.

IT Value

The Data Management Imperative

As organizations collect ever greater volumes of data, who's going to be responsible for its accuracy and accessibility? Well, who consumes the most data? In most cases, the answer will be (and should be) the CFO.

Benchmarking

More, Better, Faster — But How?

A new survey helps explain why productivity is skyrocketing at so many companies.