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  • Blog
    November 3, 2023
    Seven Best Practices for 2024 Budgeting and Planning Sessions
    Amid a highly uncertain current and future business climate, 2024 is shaping up to be a doozy, particularly for CFOs and finance leaders as they plan and budget for the coming year. A complex global landscape: The ripple effects of wars, upcoming elections, inflation, central bank policies, trade wars and other disruptions are further complicating planning and budgeting activities. What you…
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    November 29, 2023
    Podcast | Build Your Own Quantum Hardware Platform— with OpenQuantum
    We’ve done plenty of episodes where there is a piece of software or cloud platform users can try, usually for the purposes of making coding or algorithmic development easier. Coding naturally seems to be the quickest way to get involved in quantum computing, but we’ve never discussed actually building quantum hardware at home! Find out how to start learning the engineering side of quantum…
  • Blog
    September 9, 2016
    50 Business Problems I've Addressed with Predictive Analytics, Data Science, and Advanced Analytics
    I was reading Vincent Granville's recent blog post and thought I might add a few of the problems I've addressed in my career. While these are not all data science they do fall within advanced analytics. Estimating hybrid yields and crop characteristics across multiple geographies, soil types, climates, and ecosystems based on performance of limited field trials. Estimating the same for…
  • Blog
    November 28, 2023
    Securing the Manufacturing Floor: Protect IoT Devices and Networks
    The big picture: Whenever we write about cybersecurity, news of the day ensures we are never scrambling for examples of cyber attacks, data breaches and other events that create major problems for organizations. The points of vulnerability are many, including, for manufacturing organizations, IoT-connected devices. For these companies, it is critical to secure these devices. Because…
  • Blog
    November 27, 2023
    Properly Prepping Data for SAP S/4HANA
    The big picture: During an organization’s SAP S/4HANA journey, the lack of attention paid to data can be an all-too-common pitfall. Why it matters: If data preparation and data conversion are addressed and well planned prior to the start of the project, then one of the key risk areas for most projects will be largely mitigated before resource bandwidth is stretched thin.   During an…
  • Blog
    November 16, 2023
    Cashless Countries, Digital Dollars, Privacy in Peril? New Protiviti-Oxford Global Executive Survey
    What we found: Eighty-five percent of executives expect a cashless society as soon as 2028 and are preparing to embrace a new, digital currency future, according to the results of a new global survey, Executive Outlook on the Future of Money, 2033 and Beyond, which Protiviti conducted in collaboration with the University of Oxford. Why it matters: The survey, part of VISION by Protiviti’s …
  • Blog
    November 20, 2023
    What the SEC’s SolarWinds Charges Mean for CFOs and Their Peers — 8 Steps to Forge a Chain of Accountability
    The SEC’s disclosure-related charges against software company SolarWinds and its CISO are a game-changer. Why it matters: The enforcement action signals that the SEC espouses a broader view of accountability, one that extends beyond the certifying officers — namely, the CEO and CFO — to the rest of the C-suite and other senior leaders possessing and providing information and insights affecting…
  • Blog
    August 29, 2022
    Protiviti-Oxford survey shows North America ‘enthusiasm gap’ about ESG’s future impact
    Only 25% of North American executives say ESG will be extremely important to business success by 2032, lagging significantly behind Asia-Pacific (71%) and Europe (58%).Most executives in Europe (81%) and Asia-Pacific (88%) believe their corporate greenhouse gas emissions will decline by 2032, but only 37% of North American executives share that view.A vast majority of global executives (78%)…
  • Blog
    September 28, 2022
    Taking a stand: Protiviti MD offers a way forward for firms when neutrality is not an option
    Extremely contentious global political environments, the power and ease of use of social media, and heightened attention to the customer and employee experience are forcing executives to choose sides on issues.Many organizations have historically avoided taking stands on social issues, either because they didn’t view doing so as their place or because of fear of blowback. Increasingly, though,…
  • Blog
    June 9, 2016
    Creating Repository Roles in SAP HANA Studio
    What are Repository Roles? Repository roles are roles that are created as development artifacts within the SAP HANA system. They start as design-time objects and become runtime objects upon activation. They can be utilized within a security model just like database roles. However, they offer numerous advantages over catalog or database roles. Why Should I Use Repository Roles? The definition…
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