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Data

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Opinion

Coping with the data deluge

The deluge of data relating to our businesses has the potential to keep us from seeing the wood for the trees, says Steve O'Neill, CFO EMEA North, EMC Corporation

12 Apr 2012

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Feature

Spreadsheet risk: The devil is in the data

Companies have to accept that spreadsheets need to be used but they must know when and where they are being used, writes Ralph Baxter

26 Mar 2012

Feature

Spy hard

In many organisations, data leakage is a disaster waiting to happen, warns John Walker

06 Jan 2012

Opinion

EU data protection laws on horizon

Sweeping reforms to data protection legislation could cause significant pain to businesses that fall foul of the law, warns Grant Taylor

04 Jan 2012

Column

Cloud strife

In the cloud environment, security is no longer a static or isolated activity, writes Peter Cochrane

01 Sep 2011

Feature

Predicting the present

The use of price information from the internet could be a huge resource for businesses to get ahead of the official data, writes Phil Thornton

01 Sep 2011

Research

KPMG Survey: Auditing the upside

Risk is out: FDs are looking for auditors that provide more advice about business performance, finds KPMG’s audit relationship survey

01 Sep 2011

Opinion

Playing roulette with IT security

It’s amazing how many organisations continue to play IT security Russian roulette with their business. Calum MacLeod highlights the questions you might want to ask your risk managers

05 Aug 2011

Opinion

Data breaches more likely to come from within

Data losses suffered by some online traders have put hackers front of mind but disgruntled insiders remain the bigger threat

20 May 2011

Opinion

Truth 1.0

If you do not have a standard approach to data, whether as shiny systems or a single spreadsheet, you need one now

15 Apr 2011

Opinion

Green datacentres are good, but big capex projects are not

Overhauling datacentres benefits the bottom line - but it comes at a cost

18 Feb 2011

News

CIPD conference slams growing FD influence

HR academic tells delegates not to get "sucked into the finance director's agenda"

16 Nov 2010

News

Reliable data key to business valuation

The lack of reliable data on which to base M&A valuations is driving FDs to use more micro-level methods

27 Sep 2010

Analysis

Outsourcing data processing has its risks

Finance directors must arrange sound protection and reporting of company data processing even when it is outsourced

27 Sep 2010

Analysis

Regulator to impose data breach fine

New powers will see financial penalties in an effort to reduce serious data breaches. Neil Hodge reports

24 Mar 2010

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Latest Opinion

Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

Large injections of liquidity by the major central banks have played a key role in underpinning recent bouts of optimism, but danger is still lurking in the shadows

Latest Analysis

Practical implications of a GAAR

The lack of certainty may inhibit many arrangements which are currently felt to be part of everyday planning, writes Owen Clutton

IAS 39 problems flare up again

Pirc is advising shareholders to vote against Barclays’ annual report. Richard Crump finds out why

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