Dating back to the days of the mainframe, general ledgers have grown steadily flabbier as companies have piled more and more detail into their chart of accounts. The result: slow, inefficient, redundant financial systems. A white paper from ISA Consulting points to a way out.

Behind the SEC's recent mandate sits not another hefty compliance challenge, but perhaps one of the biggest accounting breakthroughs in years.

Sarbanes-Oxley was a wake-up call, but few companies had the time to get methodical about spreadsheet risk management. Now they’re coming back to the problem with robust methodologies and new software tools.

As companies' concerns around security and control recede, software as a service (SaaS) vendors of mission-critical systems are poised for the plunge into the mainstream.

Companies still rely heavily on their ERP systems to navigate the minefield of transaction taxes.

An open, multi-vendor environment, collaborative workspaces, profitability and cost management tools -- the ERP giant's latest foray into the enterprise performance management space offers plenty to interest finance users.

They're everywhere, and everybody knows they're a risk. But what to do about it?

Undaunted by a cooling economic climate that makes software initiatives a tougher sell, niche providers continue to set the pace of innovation.

People have been talking about the "fast, clean close" for years. It's time to make that a reality.

Barcodes for financial reports? Authors Peter Weverka and Wilson S. So explain the basics and the benefits of eXtensible business reporting language in a new book.