In a direct challenge to IBM’s dominance, Oracle announced its plan to pay $8.5 billion for long sought-after BEA to beef up its middleware offerings for enterprise resource planning (ERP) interfaces

With finance organizations increasingly focusing on the quality and not the quantity of data, data cleansing has become a prime focus of business intelligence (BI) software providers. Now, BI software leader Cognos Inc., based in Ottowa, Ont., has announced an expansion of its nine-year partnership with Redwood City, Calif.-based Informatica Corp., a leading developer of data cleansing software.

While few would argue with employers’ desires to contain healthcare costs and get the greatest value for their dollars, just how to achieve those results is a matter of debate.

The mantra at treasuries today is, "One format, one pipe" to make payments anywhere on the globe, and banks and treasury technology companies are trying their best to comply

Corporate resistance to EIPP is fading as CFOs recognize its value and vendors rise to the occasion. Now, companies can Receive up t0 95% of invoices electronically regardless of how they are delivered

FiREapps is slated to release a new version of its foreign exchange management tool in September that addresses a treasurer’s need to forecast FX exposures months, and even years, out

Staying on the right side of a contract is a central governance issue for finance and legal at major corporations. Open Text now offers a tool that creates a contract and then helps you live up to it

Distress over data quality and information integrity has jumped to the top of the list of IT concerns for the CFO, as companies recognize the impact that data quality has on shareholder value

Applix Inc., a $52.2 million business intelligence and performance management software provider based in Westborough, Mass., has released Applix 9.1 Unicode in simplified Chinese, thus allowing global companies to perform business analytics across operations and finance.

Expense report filing just got a whole lot easier. Concur Technologies Travel 2.0 Smart Expense Tool lets business travelers electronically collect receipts and automate expense report procedures on the go, according to the Boston-based provider of on-demand Employee Speed Management services.

Maxager 7.5 lets executives get granular when it comes to profit velocity, telling them which products produce profits fastest

After years of customer demands for technology systems that play nicely together, vendors are finally rising to the occasion

A software-as-a-service update now makes it easier to manage foreign exchange esposure and maintain better practices.

While the prompt payment act may in theory require government agencies to pay promptly, in practice it’s a very different story. Now, there’s a service that can help clear up government debts faster

Too much of anything is never a good thing, even when it comes to information. As corporate dashboards get ever more sophisticated, executives are wrestling with when to cut back on the data feed

Midsize companies like Fellowes are seizing the initiative when it comes to building sophisticated treasury operations not typically seen at middle market companies. No longer willing to settle for low-tech solutions to meet global challenges, these middle-weight trendsetters are using cutting-edge products and services intended for much larger multinationals. And banking and software vendors, who once ignored them, are now more than ready to push the best technology into skilled midsize hands and let them run with it.

Farsighted treasuries take no risks when it comes to applying the latest identity authentication technologies

Treasury consultant Craig jeffery discusses the menu of Technology for the middle market and pitfalls to avoid when ordering