Over the past few years finance has played an increasingly strategic role within the wider organization, becoming the go-to team for actionable insights. Now longer a siloed unit, your finance team has been saddled with the unenviable task of navigating the organization through rough waters. Constant market changes have increased pressure on faster, more accurate forecasting and reporting to inform rapid decision-making. You now must connect organizational data and enable agility across all relevant stakeholders if you hope to achieve profitability. Knowing this, your financial planning and an ..read more

Today’s finance teams are under more pressure than ever before. Finance is responsible not only for comprehensive financial and operational reporting, but also for accurate data analytics and precise accounting. Unfortunately, a shortage of qualified talent means that finance teams are struggling to fulfill this role in a timely manner. More than 40% of finance leaders report that skills shortages are a major challenge to their productivity and efficiency. This shortage exacerbates the challenges faced in disclosure management, where accuracy, compliance, and timeliness are paramount. Disclosu ..read more

Unified budgeting and planning solution enables creation of more accurate, timely plans within a familiar application, delivering more impactful analysis across the organization RALEIGH, N.C. – April 10, 2024 – insightsoftware, the most comprehensive provider of solutions for the Office of the CFO, today announced the launch of Power ON’s Budget Planner, a complete budgeting and planning solution that helps organizations create unified and structured budgets within Microsoft Power BI. Budget Planner consolidates the entire budgeting process into a single, centralized hub, eliminating the need ..read more

Over the past several years, many organizations have shifted their technology focus to the cloud. From a technical perspective, that has required a delicate balancing act, managing tradeoffs between the old and the new. Business leaders have sought to minimize the level of disruption their teams face while modernizing business applications, increasing integration, and adding important new functionality. At some point, though, that process reaches its natural end. Modernizing legacy applications requires significant investment, with diminishing returns. To accomplish the key technical objective ..read more

The results are in – Logi Symphony by insightsoftware has been named as a top business intelligence (BI) solution in Info-Tech’s latest Data Quadrant Report. The report names the top seven BI providers for midmarket and enterprise businesses. This year, Info-Tech has turned its focus to BI solutions that implement artificial intelligence (AI) to drive informed decision-making. The report includes data from 4,241 end-user reviews to find the top BI software providers of 2024. The Impact of AI on Business Intelligence In recent years, developers have turned to AI to provide a clear vision of the ..read more

So, you’ve decided to move from an on-premises ERP system to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC). That’s great news! Believe it or not, the hardest part of your cloud migration is now complete. For many businesses, there’s a belief that the process of implementing a new ERP system is the most challenging part of the process, but it’s really the process of choosing your new ERP. Choosing the right cloud ERP requires significant research and vetting. The task of weeding through all the cloud ERP solutions available to you is a daunting one, and you may choose to work with a technol ..read more

In the ever-evolving realm of financial and tax management, the age of automation has dawned, and spreadsheets and ledgers alone no longer suffice. Automation is the key, but navigating the vast sea of available technology can be daunting. To build a flourishing ecosystem that seamlessly connects your tax department to finance and wider company, you need to make sure all aspects of your process are functioning to the best of their ability. Surprisingly, most organizations lag in harnessing the full potential of automation, with only 11% obtaining high-value insights from their Enterprise Perfo ..read more

Qlik is a vital and powerful analytics tool that’s used by companies across every sector, including gaming giant SEGA, and the company continues to improve its offerings, from SaaS to cloud solutions. With an ever-growing collection of capabilities, there are bound to be a few features that even the most expert Qlik users may not utilize. That’s why we’ve put together a list of the most underrated Qlik capabilities that every data master (and junior!) should know. Qlik’s powerful associative analytics engine The first capability we’re exploring is Qlik’s powerful associative engine – technolog ..read more

In today’s dynamic business landscape, data is king. Your finance team is under pressure to make data-driven decisions that optimize financial health and fuel strategic growth. But a hidden roadblock can impede your progress: report generation. Traditional reporting methods often require technical skills to build queries and wrangle data, creating a bottleneck for finance teams who lack in-house expertise. This reliance on IT for reports can lead to delays and frustration, hindering your team’s ability to be agile and responsive. The Price of Manual: How Lack of Technical Skills Hinders Financ ..read more

Microsoft recently introduced a comprehensive analytics solution for its enterprise customers, Microsoft Fabric. The solution offers data movement, data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence within a single platform. Microsoft Fabric offers a unified platform for data engineering, science, and analytics, integrating data from Power BI, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Factory, and using open storage for accessibility and portability. However, the hype surrounding Fabric can be overwhelming, and it’s essential to cut through the marketing noise to understand the product’s true ca ..read more