By Steffen Wittmer, Senior Software Engineer and GPU Team Lead at Jedox

In today’s global competition, agility is essential. Speed matters. Data volumes expand and response time is increasingly critical to the performance of Enterprise Planning and Business Intelligence (BI) applications.

Many organisations are confronted with poor performance of their BI systems. The result: untapped business potential; drawn out preparation of essential forecasts, simulations, and reports; and slow decision-making in markets that demand increasingly rapid responses.

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By Danielle Dahlstrom, Domain Principal at Anaplan

A rolling forecast is a differentiating planning concept that can help organisations find opportunities amid intense competition. In finance, rolling forecasts are an approach to planning that evaluates key business drivers on a continual basis throughout the year. For many organisations, it can provide an advantageous approach to budgeting—with some businesses using a rolling forecast to replace their traditional annual budget entirely.

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By Jason Ambrose, Vice President, Strategic Business Transformation at Anaplan

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently published an article that explored a compelling opportunity in corporate financial planning. With firsthand insight gleaned from finance chiefs from a variety of industries, the article—titled “Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs”—delved into some of the reasons why CFOs are directing their teams to leave spreadsheets behind in favour of cloud-based planning platforms.

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