Business intelligence has matured as a technology. But it is not just about the technology. It is about recognising that a company's data is an important strategic asset and can yield management information that can be used to improve decision making
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Peter Simons
CIMA |
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Putting more intelligence into business intelligence: traditional business intelligence systems analyse data to inform business decision-making, but they are only as effective as their users.
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Ryan Shuttleworth
CTO of
Future Route |
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Corporate ID theft
More than 100,000 people are affected by this crime in the UK annually, costing the British economy over £1.3 billion, according to official figures and it is the fastest growing white-collar crime in the UK, said to be increasing at nearly 500% a year. So how vulnerable are organisations to internal ID crime?
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Martin Nimmo
Head of Policy & Plans
CIMA |
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PII and security
Why securing personally identifiable information (PII) needs to be a top concern facing finance executives. The cost of losing or compromising the integrity of PII is also leading to a renewed focus on information security. So how can the finance director help?
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Greg Grocholski
Senior Finance Director
Dow Chemical
Anthony Noble
Vice President of IT audit
Viacom |
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The top security challenges for business with Web 2.0
As businesses worldwide seek new ways to engage customers and partners, the proliferation of Web 2.0 services raise legitimate security concerns. So what do you need to know about web and enterprise 2.0 security?
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Dr. Chenxi Wang
Principal Analyst
Forrester Research |
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The risks of business use of web 2.0 technologies
Are business’s use of Web 2.0 applications opening them up to new risks?
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Louise Ross
CIMA |
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Data theft
Nearly one in two accountancy staff in the UK are thought to be at risk from data theft at work, because they are using an out of date web browser. So how can a "best before" date, similar to the food industry, be introduced to browsers, helping to educate companies about the need to "refresh" their browser? What are the key advantages to accountants?
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Stefan Frei
Swiss Institute of Technology |
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What CFOs need to know about compliance and risk
In light of the recent FSA fines to Nationwide and Norwich Union and breaches by the HMRC, NHS and MoD, why both the commercial sector and government departments need to be held accountable for lapses in data security and not adhering to DPA requirements.
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Alan Calder
author of
IT Governance |
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