Robert Kugel

53 Articles

Managing Details in Long-Range Planning

Ventana Research recently completed an in-depth benchmark research project on long-range planning. As I…

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7 Min Read

SAP’s New Fraud Management Analytical Application

SAP recently announced its new Fraud Management analytic applications. Currently in “controlled” (limited) release, it’s…

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12 Min Read

Long-Range Planning Does Not Work in Isolation

Ventana Research completed an in-depth benchmark research project on long-range planning recently. As I define…

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8 Min Read

Spreadsheets: Use Them, Don’t Abuse Them

I’ve been using electronic spreadsheets for more than 30 years. I consider…

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10 Min Read

IBM to Acquire Star Analytics for Financial Data Integration

IBM this week announced its pending acquisition of the Star Analytics product portfolio. Star…

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Desktop Spreadsheet Alternatives to Know

The electronic spreadsheet is among the top five most important advances in…

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7 Min Read

Saving Microseconds with Informatica’s Ultra Messaging

Increasingly, global financial markets compete on speed, so much so that high-speed…

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5 Min Read

Using the Close as a Finance Department Diagnostic

Earlier this year we published our Trends in Developing the Fast, Clean Close benchmark…

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7 Min Read

What Every CEO Needs to Know About Key Supporting Technologies

I recently started a series of blog posts on what CEOs (and…

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10 Min Read

What Every CEO Needs to Know About IT

The business/IT divide is a barrier that prevents most companies from achieving…

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