Oracle | Finance Update | Issue 1 | June - August 2005
Oracle | Finance Update

Welcome
Welcome to Oracle's Quarterly Finance Update.

In this issue, we look at the need to ensure sustainable compliance and the techniques and technologies that are helping organizations like yours to achieve it.
 
Sustainable compliance: are you there yet?
According to Gartner Research, the growing complexity of the global economy means that companies will have to comply with more demands for compliance in the future, rather than fewer. Read our guide to implementing sustainable compliance initiatives for your organization. Click here for the full story.
 
Building a compliance foundation with Oracle ICM
First year Sarbanes-Oxley compliance turned out to be much more expensive than expected, according to Financial Executives International. We look at some organizations that have taken a cost-effective, sustainable approach to ensuring compliance. Click here for the full story.
 
Good-bye manual consolidation, hello sustainable compliance
Rather than face a repeat of all the costly, time-consuming efforts associated with ongoing regulatory mandates, smart CFOs are moving to automate and standardize processes around financial control and reporting to achieve a single source of truth for all their compliance initiatives. Click here for the full story.
 
Oracle introduces Project Portfolio Planning
Oracle has launched a new Project Portfolio Planning software module, enabling project-centric businesses and departments to plan, execute and control their portfolios of projects more easily. Click here for the full story.
 
NEW: PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management 8.9
New from Oracle, PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management 8.9 helps managers formulate strategies for profitable growth, align strategies with operational plans, actively monitor day-to-day operations and collaborate across the enterprise. Click here for the full story.
 
Expert Viewpoint: IT Governance Best Practice
Oracle's new Chief Information Officer, David Thompson, talks to us about how the company's IT controls are ensuring sustainable compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulatory requirements. Click here for the full story.
 
Industry Focus: Financial Services
Financial institutions have traditionally been early adopters of information technology, but this has left them with a patchwork of applications, each dedicated to a different product. Now, moves are afoot to simplify IT systems for greater efficiency. Click here for the full story.
 
Compliance In Action
Visit the Oracle Web site to learn how Silicon Image and Loral Space & Communications are achieving sustainable compliance.
 
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