Leaving Behind On-Premise Solutions
By Nick Ezzo, from: http://www.hostanalytics.com/infographics/leaving-behind-on-premise-solutions
The Role of Cloud-based EPM in M&As
At a recent CFO Leadership Council event that Host Analytics sponsored in New York City, an interesting panel discussion was held on the topic of “Post M&A Integration.” The panel included senior executives with M&A integration experience from Radius, Randstad Staffing, KPMG, and Pine Hill Group. Here’s a quick summary of the key points that…
CFOs Responsibilities Don’t Change Because of the Cloud
Just because vendors decided to focus on planning in the cloud first, it does not mean you need to compromise. The responsibilities of the CFO have not changed.
Is it Time to Move Your Financial Consolidations to the Cloud?
With adoption of cloud-based financials and corporate performance management (CPM)applications gaining speed, it appears that Finance executives have become more comfortable with the notion of trusting their sensitive financial data to cloud-based applications. In the CPMarena, budgeting & planning has been the front-runner in terms of cloud adoption but there’s increasing interest in cloud-based financial…
Confusing Value Propositions: Cloud Platforms and Hosted Applications
When a service provider is in the business of selling computing resources – like bandwidth, processors and memory, and disk storage – it makes a lot of sense to also leverage the value of software products and systems which drive consumption of computing resources.
Can a CPM software vendor be credible if they say, “cloud is just a fad”?
An interesting white paper came across my desk the other day. Authored by another Corporate Performance Management (CPM) provider, the paper dismisses cloud-based applications as a fad, part of a hype cycle generated by analysts, investors, and “the media.” Almost like a conspiracy theory….
A Spark for Analytics
A couple of months ago, one of my partners sent me a link to an interesting blog post by Cloudera Board Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Mike Olson. Olson’s article had to do with the emergence of Apache Spark as the preferred analytics development platform for Hadoop.
Ongoing maintenance: a costly oversight for many when looking for a CPM solution
When my son was 7 he very badly wanted a Transformers action figure, Optimus Prime, for his birthday. We, of course, bought it for him and watched with anticipation as he opened it and went to transform Optimus into a truck…
Avoid the Aftertaste…QuickBooks Desktop Hosting Comes in Many Flavors
While some people do adopt a fondness for a particular “flavor” of technology or approach, the reality is that a quality user experience coupled with a useful and reliable system means much more to the business.
Where Do We Go From Here? The SMB SaaS Migration
Forests are a great renewable resource. You may cut them down, but you can replant and grow new ones to cut down again later. I suppose it’s sort of like that for software vendors who provide small business solutions. While many small businesses fail and close every year, lots and lots of them start up…