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Providing you with the latest perspectives in Finance, including research, articles and leading-edge points of view to
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Preparing for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
John Ingold, IBM Global Business Services
IFRS, the accounting framework used by most companies in the world
today, is likely to be adopted soon in the U.S. Most companies will require a significant investment of time and resources
to address the strategic, business and technology related issues that will arise in a conversion to IFRS. An IFRS preparation
checklist includes many items, including embedding the new rules into operations and transactional systems. Companies can
utilize technology to support this transition with an automated and auditable system of record for financial consolidation
and reporting.
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What are the Latest Trends and Best Practices Impacting the CFO's Decision on IT Funding and Investment Today?
IDC Webinar
For IT organizations worldwide, the new economic reality means intense pressure on every aspect
of a CFO's business operations to curtail capital spending and reduce operating expenses. The current budget squeeze has
been especially difficult given the need to support on-going operations while enabling new growth and cost-containment
initiatives.
In this webinar, Joseph Pucciarelli, whose research is published principally within IDC's Technology
Financing Strategies and Technology Valuation Services, and Industry Insights' IT Executive Strategies; and Dan Ransdell,
General Manager IGF Client Financing, explore strategies and best practices for organizations evaluating, employing or striving
to optimize an IT funding and financing strategy.
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How Are BPO Providers Bringing Innovation to Customer Relationships?
An Interview with John Lutz, General Manager, IBM Global Technology Services
Historically, CFOs seeking to improve
processes had to choose between two "doors" or service options. One of the doors was marked “cost cutting,”
and the other “transformation.” Each of these doors was seen as a discreet choice, with specific benefits and
deficits. In this article, John Lutz, General Manager, Managed Business Process Services, describes what he calls "the
middle way" -- an approach to process services that provides for both quick return on investment and process innovation
to drive enhancements, quality and productivity gains over the long-term.
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Video: Business Finance Magazine Video
Bill Fuessler, Global Leader, IBM Global Services, Financial Management Practice, explains how companies can better apply
business analytics to their business decision-making. Watch the video
Video: World Class Treasury
Robert Eimers, Associate
Partner, IBM Global Services discusses leading trends in enabling technologies to create a world class treasury.
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the video
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News: Outsourcing Finance & Administration in an Economic Crisis
By Christine Gattenio, Vice President, IBM Global Technology Services
Companies tempted to gravitate towards
seemingly "lowest-cost" sourcing solutions to curb spending may regret this decision later. Finding an F&A
outsourcing provider whose track record delivers not only operational cost savings, but broader business benefits that help
to strengthen the balance sheet, is the best way to build a sustainable strategy and competitive advantage.
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A Note from Bill Fuessler
Welcome to the SECOND IdeaWatch CFO, Business Perspectives for Finance. In this issue, learn what you can do to
prepare for the change to IFRS, listen to an IDC webinar on trends and best practices impacting CFO decisions on IT investments,
and read about the innovation that BPO providers are bringing to customer relationships to prepare their organizations for
the future.
Continuing the discussion on the economic environment, read about outsourcing Finance and Administration.
You'll also find two short videos, one on 'World Class Treasury' and another on the use of 'Analytics in Decision-Making.'
I trust you will find this edition of interest and if you would like us to focus on any specific topics in future
editions, or would like to have letters to the editor posted, please click on the feedback button below.
William
Fuessler
WW Financial Management Leader
IBM Global Services
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