Chief Financial Officers are eager to improve business processes by investing in technologies that support business intelligence (BI) and analytics, according to a new joint study by Gartner and the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF). The survey found that 15 of the top 19 business processes identified by CFOs as requiring improved technology support can [...]
Smartphones are being used more and more to conduct financial transactions, yet only a small percentage of smartphone owners use an application to secure their personal, business and financial data, according to a new survey by analyst firm Andrew Seybold, Inc. The Seybold firm surveyed 669 U.S. smartphone users aged 18-and-up and found that 81 [...]
Many consumers who conduct business online are interested in alternatives to usernames and passwords for identity authentication, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute. The industry research group surveyed nearly 2,000 consumers in the U.S., U.K. and Germany to gauge their attitudes toward the use of usernames and passwords, and alternatives for establishing [...]
Proven success with finance and accounting business process outsourcing (F&A BPO) arrangements is helping to drive growth in the sector, according to a new study from KPMG and HfS Research. Spending on these services is forecast to grow beyond $25 billion globally in 2013, and will enjoy an annual compound growth rate of eight percent [...]
Medscape’s Physician Compensation Report for 2013 provides a good look at how doctors are faring today, and sheds light on the future of healthcare to come (hint–more paperwork). Overall, incomes are on the rise. Eight of the 25 specialties surveyed each pulled in a mean of over $300,000 annually. The top three earning specialties were [...]
The trucking industry’s driver-shortage problem–with an estimated deficit of 100,000 drivers by 2014–isn’t going to get better anytime soon, according to a new report by IBISWorld. A number of barriers are discouraging potential driving candidates from pursuing careers in trucking according to the industry analyst, which recently released a report on trends affecting truck driving [...]
Data in an organization grows and grows. So what’s the answer? Buy more disc space? That’s what one Georgia county is having to do, because it hasn’t yet created a policy for document destruction or long-term archiving of data. Forsyth County, Georgia, home to about 175,000 residents, may have to spend another $76,000 on extra [...]
The rapid growth of Big Data combined with a lack of mathematicians, statisticians and other experts means companies will have to turn to third-party outsourcing for business analytics, according to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC). The market intelligence firm has produced its Worldwide Business Analytics Services 2013-2016 Forecast, which predicts the global business [...]
Emily Friedman, a health policy and ethics analyst based in Chicago, has written an excellent article about the healthcare industry’s reluctance in adopting systems for Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and other technologies that could potentially benefit hospitals, clinics and physicians. After corralling many interesting and useful statistics on the adoption of e-prescribing and EHR systems, [...]
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Freight Transportation Services Index is up 20 percent since the 2009 recession, and has reached its highest point since Dec. 2011. The steady increase in activity has ratcheted up competitive pressure in the for-hire shipping industry, and top freight companies are gaining an advantage by letting specialists handle the processing [...]
