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    November 11, 2014
    A Conversation with the Authors of "Implementing SAP HANA"
    During Reporting & Analytics 2014 in Atlanta, we got the chance to catch-up with most of the authors of "Implementing SAP HANA", an SAP Press best seller. The authors are currently working on the 2nd Edition which should be out in Jan 2015. Check out what they had to say about HANA including top questions such as: What BusinessObjects tools work with HANA? What are customers most excited…
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    November 24, 2014
    Analyzing and Predicting Hospital Readmission Rates
    For the 2014 Data Geek Challenge, I decided to build an analysis to look at one of the most costly issues resulting from a surgical procedure: complications requiring re-admission to the hospital.  In my dataset, I track a set of patients that were successfully discharged from Smalltown Hospital after a routine medical procedure and determine whether they were re-admitted to the hospital…
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    August 31, 2021
    Future of Transaction Monitoring: Chasing the Holy Grail
    The current and future state of suspicious activity monitoring and reporting is being transformed by technology and the use of data, analytics and robotics. In the latest episode of Protiviti's Risk Transformation podcast series, Mark Highton, Managing Director leading Protiviti’s Financial Crimes Consulting practice, interviews Vishal Ranjane, Head of Global AML Strategies, Solutions and…
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    September 1, 2021
    On Risky Women Radio: Workplace Transformation and the Future of Audit
    As the host of a recent episode on Risky Women Radio, a podcast series, I had the pleasure to speak with Sophie Krynauw, Director of Transformation at Zurich Insurance company. Ms. Krynauw is responsible for designing Zurich’s future audit strategy, focusing on the interplay between customer outcomes and science-based methods, while balancing the need to digitalize and transform skills…
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    September 2, 2021
    Achieve Diversity or Explain Yourself: SEC Adopts Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule
    On August 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Nasdaq’s proposal to hold companies listed on the exchange accountable for board diversity. The new Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule sets a baseline requirement for diverse board membership and specifies a consistent set of disclosures so stakeholders can evaluate the  current board compositions of listed companies. Nasdaq…
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    September 10, 2021
    Podcast: Today’s Challenges and Trends for Utilities
    Like organizations in virtually every industry today, utilities are addressing a number of critical challenges and trends in the market, from infrastructure demands, to calls to improve the customer experience, to talent demands, and much more. How will the future for utilities evolve? In this informative podcast, Peter Tumminello and Claire Gotham offer a number of interesting insights into…
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    September 15, 2021
    CFOs and Finance Leaders Face Growing Responsibilities, Including ESG Reporting, According to New Protiviti Survey  
    Organizations look to CFOs and VPs of finance for additional actions and data that, until recently, were considered outside their purview. Results from a just released Protiviti Finance Trends Survey reveal that these leaders are increasingly relied on as a go-to source for insights required by companies to address fast-moving drivers of change: CFOs and VPs of finance are informing and shaping…
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    February 14, 2022
    Protiviti-Oxford Survey Finds Global Business Leaders Share Optimistic View of Cities’ Future
    Nearly two-thirds (64%) of C-suite and board members agree that the role of cities for business will only increase during the next decade. That’s just one key finding from a recent University of Oxford-Protiviti survey, in which 200 global business leaders shared their perspectives on how cities fit into their business strategy looking out to 2030 and beyond. Most business leaders view cities as…
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    March 1, 2022
    The ‘Goldilocks Zone’ of Compliance and How to Face a Regulatory Audit With Confidence
    Frequent headlines of compliance breaches — and the likely morass of costly fines and penalties — are common in Australia’s regulatory environment. Meanwhile, executives are held personally liable, finding themselves on the monetary chopping block and facing potentially career-ending outcomes and/or criminal sanctions. Being on the wrong end of an audit by the Australian Securities &…
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    March 1, 2022
    Blog What's new in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 SP7
    Mining Social Media data for customer feedback is perhaps one of the greatest untapped opportunities for customer analysis in many organizations today. Social Media data is freely available and allows organizations to personally identify and interact directly with customers to resolve any potential dissatisfaction. In today's blog post, I'll discuss using SAP Data Services, SAP HANA, and SAP…
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