Financial reporting requirements for publicly-held companies are changing and getting more complex. With the upcoming convergence of US GAAP and IFRS, demand for more detailed non-financial disclosures, and the SEC mandate for XBRL financial executives are under pressure to ensure they have the right systems in place to support current and future reporting requirements. [...]
Historically, the market has viewed Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) as separate processes and solutions. But these two worlds are coming together – in fact industry analyst firms such as AMR Research believe that by the end of 2009, risk management will be part of every EPM discussion. [...]
Most of you may have heard about Cisco’s announcement around its Motion approach to mobility and Mobility Services Engine product. Oracle along with Cisco collaborated for the next generation buiness mobility and pervasive solution for enterprises.
The approach is really in tune with our vision of Convergence of pervasive technologies as the enablers to streamline and [...]
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There are few things like predictions to spark some discussion, and I found a set of predictions about what everyday technology we won’t be using in a decade on TechRadar (h/t Digg) that I’m sure will produce some discussion.
If nothing else, it’ll get you thinking about [...]
Remember 2006? Things were starting to fall into place for IT management integration and automation:
SDD was already on its way to cleanly describe/package/manage the lifecycle of simple and composite applications alike,
the first version of SML came out to capture all the relevant constraints of complex and composite systems and open the door to “desired-state [...]
Oracle’s acquisition of Hyperion is representative of a shift in customer requirements driving the convergence of Business Intelligence tools, Analytic applications, and Performance Management. Tobin Gilman, Sr. Director of Hyperion Product Marketing, discusses this evolution, how customers are already using these products together, and how Hyperion fits with Oracle Business Intelligence.
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Senior Director Product Management Duncan Mills tells us his favorite new Oracle Developer 11g features and reveals the paths of convergence for JDeveloper, Workshop, and Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse.
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