Most controls carried out by internal auditors are manual, but companies could save time and improve efficiency by automating the process, argues Marc Jackson.
Web-based finance and ERP applications are "on the financial radar" in spite of residual resistence to "Cloudification", according to LSE professor Leslie Willcocks.
SAP is opening up to its customers and listening more, but there's still work to be done on satisfying the user base over pricing and licensing, reports Stuart Lauchlan.
SAP has come under consistent fire from rivals who claim it lacks the intent to move into the Cloud market, but that's not a view that the firm's co-CEO Jim Hagemann-Snabe is ready to accept.
Many organisations are implementing cost reduction strategies, but a lack of understanding about the broader implications of these decisions is jeopardising many businesses.
With budgets under pressure and your CIO knocking on your door with a wish list of spending, what are the 'must have' items on the technology agenda for 2011?
"If Mr Cable had his way, all the big banks would be broken up and bonuses would be virtually eliminated - a sure-fire way in my view of guaranteeing an end to the UK’s ability to compete as an international financial centre. Let’s not forget that this is a man who is on record as saying that everyone who works in a bank has an ‘aristocratic lifestyle’ clearly demonstrating his lack of understanding of the sector." A tough line on bankers’ bonuses could make a brain drain of financial talent a distinct possibility, warns Paul Marsden. Read more