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    Jennifer Louis: ‘Build a Culture of Cybersecurity’ in Finance Teams

    Promoting knowledge of cyber risks and security across organizations is an enterprise-wide challenge for company leadership. CFOs and senior finance leaders are being called upon to help defend against attacks, especially since many of these attacks target financial information, according to Jenn...

    By Bob Violino • June 7, 2022
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    The Excel Equation: When Is It Time to Move Away?

    Why Does Excel Survive in Finance Departments? Microsoft's spreadsheet still dominates corporate finance, for plenty of good reasons.Growing Pains: Stuck on Excel As a company scales, the spreadsheet software can impede finance’s pursuit of growth and efficiency.3 Hurdles to Moving on From Excel ...

    By CFO Editorial Staff • May 27, 2022
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    The CFO Strategy for Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial intelligence’s impact on the office of the CFO continues to evolve, and finance chiefs must be aware of the opportunities it will create for growth. 

    By CFO.com staff
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    3 Hurdles to Moving on From Excel

    Staffers often resist pivoting away from the popular spreadsheet platform.

    By Bob Violino • May 25, 2022
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    Finance Teams Can Apply Algorithms to Aid Employee Retention

    Working in tandem with fellow executives, CFOs have every reason to find the most effective employee retention measures. Advances in data analytics can provide large employers with more sophisticated insights into which workers may be poised to quit. And here’s the good news: many companies alrea...

    By Tim Glowa and Eric Gonzaga • May 19, 2022
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    Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Need Addressing

    Cybersecurity breaches still make headline news almost daily, though companies spend more money than ever on people and defensive technologies. This existential crisis cannot be eliminated, but it can be much better managed.Bad actors come in many forms, from well-funded nation-states to undertra...

    By Craig Callé • May 17, 2022
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    Growing Pains: Stuck on Excel

    Finance staffers might think every business decision requires an Excel spreadsheet, just as to a person with a hammer, everything is a nail. The so-called “law of the instrument” refers to using one familiar tool for all purposes, even when it’s not the best solution.  For CFOs, it’s a reminder. ...

    By • May 12, 2022
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    Why does Excel survive in finance departments?

    Microsoft’s spreadsheet still dominates corporate finance, for plenty of good reasons.

    By Bob Violino • April 12, 2022
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    How ERP Projects Vary in Approach

    Implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a major undertaking that produces great results for some companies, so-so outcomes for others, and disasters worthy of business school study for an unfortunate few.Despite ERPs being around for a while, companies still see them as essen...

    By • March 25, 2022
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    Using Automation to Supercharge FP&A Teams

    Automated systems for finance and accounting teams can take repetitive and time and resource-intensive tasks and put them on autopilot, freeing up work hours and bandwidth.Determining whether automation is the next step for your business may mean you’re already behind. The pandemic has caused wor...

    By Michael Poveda • March 10, 2022
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    Data Centralization Provides Operational Insights

    In our data-driven economy, the need for better data strategies, more advanced data centralization, and effective data consolidation practices keeps growing. For both individual businesses and private equity sponsors, finding synergies across internal units or a portfolio of companies is a must, ...

    By Steven Lee and Joey Baruch • Feb. 10, 2022
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    Take-Two Buys Zynga in $11B Mobile Play

    Grand Theft Auto maker Take-Two Interactive said Monday it had agreed to acquire Zynga for about $11 billion in a blockbuster move to grab a big chunk of the fast-growing mobile gaming market.The deal will give Take-Two access to Zynga titles including the best-selling Farmville series. But accor...

    By Matthew Heller • Jan. 10, 2022
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    The Most-Read CFO Stories of 2021

    Which of the more than 700 stories we published in 2021 are worth a second read? The following 10 definitely fit into that category. Dealing with everything from FP&A and remote work to cloud costs and CFO job-hopping, they were our most popular articles of the past 12 months.CFOs Want FP&...

    By • Dec. 20, 2021
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    Some Kronos Customers Face Payroll, Scheduling Disruptions From Hack

    A ransomware attack on HR management software provider Ultimate Kronos Group could knock offline for weeks the cloud-based solutions that customers use to manage payroll and employee scheduling.UKG has disclosed it became aware on December 11 of “unusual activity” affecting its Kronos Private Clo...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 15, 2021
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    Workiva Buys AuditNet to Add Content

    Four months after making its first acquisition, compliance management software firm Workiva said Tuesday it is buying AuditNet to add the first online portal for the global audit community to its offerings.AuditNet enables audit practitioners to access and share content, resources, and audit prog...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 14, 2021
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    Central Banks See DeFi Decentralization as ‘Illusion’

    Banking regulators may be able to address the vulnerabilities of decentralized finance even though it does not operate through traditional middlemen such as banks and exchanges, according to the Bank for International Settlements.In a report, the umbrella group for central banks said that “the ma...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 9, 2021
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    U.K. Regulator Orders Facebook to Sell Giphy

    In what appears to be an unprecedented decision, the British government has ruled that Facebook parent Meta must undo its acquisition of Giphy to protect social media users and promote competition in the animated image market.Facebook bought Giphy for $315 million in May 2020 to integrate the sea...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 1, 2021
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    HashiCorp IPO Could Value Startup at $13B

    Cloud infrastructure startup HashiCorp has set terms for the latest initial public offering to test investor enthusiasm for high-growth software companies.In an updated prospectus, HashiCorp said Monday that it would sell 15.3 million shares at $68 to $72 each, giving it a valuation of up to $13 ...

    By Matthew Heller • Nov. 30, 2021
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    Expensify Shares Pop 52% in Market Debut

    Expense management software firm Expensify made a big splash on Wall Street in its trading debut after raising $262.7 million in another big tech IPO.The Portland, Ore.-based startup sold 9.73 million shares priced at $27 each in its initial public offering. In trading Wednesday, the stock opened...

    By Matthew Heller • Nov. 17, 2021
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    The ABCs of CPM Software

    This is the first of two columns on corporate performance management tools. The second article, Dispelling the Myths About CPM Implementations, was published on November 15.Finance chiefs are under pressure to leverage more sophisticated technologies to professionalize and modernize their operati...

    By CFO Editorial Staff • Nov. 10, 2021
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    IBM Spinoff Kyndryl Launches With Cloud Hopes

    IT services provider Kyndryl made its stock market debut on Thursday amid hopes that its separation from IBM will enable it to reverse a decline in revenue.A day after IBM completed the long-planned spinoff, Kyndryl shares fell 6.6% to $26.38. IBM shareholders received one share of Kyndryl for ev...

    By Matthew Heller • Nov. 5, 2021
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    Regulators Urge Tougher Oversight of Stablecoins

    The federal government’s top financial regulators have called for stricter oversight of stablecoins, citing concerns over market integrity, investor protection and illicit finance.In a much-awaited report released on Monday, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) said stablecoin...

    By Matthew Heller • Nov. 2, 2021
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    Microsoft Warns Against Russian Hackers

    Microsoft admitted the Russian nation-state actor Nobelium, the hacking group infamous for the SolarWinds hack, has engaged in jeopardizing global networks by targeting the tech supply chain, including resellers and providers of cloud technology.Microsoft informed over 140 technology service prov...

    By • Oct. 25, 2021
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    Tesla and Square Are Up On Their Bitcoin Purchases

    Electric vehicle giant Tesla made headlines in February when it was unveiled the company bought $1.5 billion in Bitcoin.With Bitcoin hitting all-time highs Wednesday, here’s a look at how much Tesla’s Bitcoin purchase is up.What Happened: Tesla announced a $1.5 billion purchase of Bitcoin in the ...

    By • Oct. 21, 2021
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    How to Survive a Ransomware Attack

    What should a company do when cyber criminals attack its systems and demand a ransom? Unfortunately, the increase in ransomware incidents forces a growing number of businesses to answer that question.How organizations handle the minutes, hours, and days following a ransomware attack determines ho...

    By Bob Violino • Oct. 19, 2021
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    SeatGeek Going Public Via SPAC

    A leading ticketing marketplace announced a SPAC merger Wednesday.SeatGeek announced a SPAC merger with RedBall Acquisition (RBAC). The deal gives the company an enterprise value of $1.35 billion.Executives involved in the deal have experience across all four major U.S. professional sports — the ...

    By • Oct. 14, 2021