Oversight Systems Inc. introduced version 4.5 of its Web-based continuous monitoring and auditing software, featuring important enhancements to its Workbench application for managing control exceptions

OpenPages Inc. has launched Version 5.5 of its governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform, which lets risk managers throughout an enterprise easily access specific information that is critical to the decisions they make each day

Reval.com Inc. has launched Version 8.0 of HedgeRx, its web-based derivatives hedging and risk management application, including upgrades to the FAS 157 module

Keane BRMS has unveiled SCORE 3.3, featuring enhancements to the controls, self-assessment and internal audit modules of the web-based GRC application

Sap offers a suite of solutions that GRC experts say is the closest thing to an all-in-one tool that links risk management to strategy, planning and even performance management

As the SEC presses for accelerated acceptance of IFRS as a GAAP alternative, many financial executives fear a hasty move could be as problematic as the rush to adopt SOX . But not United Technologies

If executives think the switch to IFRS will hurt, one surefire pain reliever would be conversion to XBRL

Once an implement of the corner office crowd, dashboards are now being designed to not only drill deeper but provide more task-specific analytics making them perfect for managers toiling rungs down

Business Objects, an SAP division, has announced a major upgrade to its flagship business intelligence (BI) platform that moves BI from the purview of a select group of managers to a global audience of employees, suppliers and customers.

RiskMetrics Group has as added new features to its CreditManager solution that it says helps quantify overall credit risks, in the first in a series of scheduled product enhancements that extend the boundaries of credit risk software.

Compliance Spectrum is moving into the financial reporting arena by adding a risk component and real-time reporting functions to its Spectra automated compliance solution.

The marriage of Cognos and Applix has produced its first offsprings, and while the initial announcement is mostly about rebranding, the real integration will start in earnest next year

The recent software buying spree by SAP and Oracle is changing the ERP landscape, threatening the existence of best of breed vendors and forcing others—such as IBM and Microsoft—to rethink BI strategies

OpenPages Inc. has expanded its suite of enterprise risk management (ERM) and compliance products with the introduction of OpenPages Audit, a fully integrated solution for internal audit.

Containing travel and expenses (T&E) costs is a top priority for most finance departments.

Open Text Corp., a provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software and solutions, has released a new version of its vendor invoice management (VIM) product, Livelink-ECM, which it says accelerates return-on-investment by streamlining accounts payable processes.

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.

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

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

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