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    Emerging Legal Risks: How Privacy and ESG Obligations Can Lead to Class-Action Litigation
    Often attributed to Mark Twain, the phrase “the only two certainties in life are death and taxes” actually originated in a 1789 letter from Benjamin Franklin to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, a prominent French Scientist. When it comes to issues among corporations, one might add a third certainty: you are going to be sued. A betting person knows that a lawsuit (or regulatory inquiry) is going to: seek…
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    ARMing Up for a Paradigm Shift
    In the near future, we expect to see a potential disruption in computing due to a switch in computer architectures as traditional architecture begins to reach its upper limits, and newer alternate architectures currently used in mobile phones and low-power devices become more prominent and powerful. Computing has been dominated by the x86-64 architecture for the better part of the last 40 years…
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    How To Build And Maintain A Sustainable Workday Foundational Data Model
    For many organizations, shifting methodologies for processing financial transactions is easier said than done. Adopting and tailoring the Workday Financial Management Foundational Data Model (FDM) to record financial transactions can be overwhelming when migrating over from a more traditional “chart of accounts” (COA). We explain key concepts and share best practices to enable financial…
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    How to Build Effective FinOps Capabilities in Cloud
    Financial operations (FinOps) professionals around the world are generally unflappable, and they need to be. Moving finances to cloud, essentially transferring the spend from CapEx to OpEx, is proving to be a struggle. Organizations are seeing mixed success as they attempt to adopt new FinOps methodologies and are finding it difficult to control spend as development teams and engineers are…
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    Controls and Automation for Finance: SAP’s Game Changers Podcast
    Between the accelerating momentum of digitization and shifts in geopolitical and financial landscapes, enterprises all over the world face increasing cybersecurity threats. As a result, companies are focusing on internal controls and corporate resilience in both finance and cybersecurity. In addition to the disruptions cyberattacks inflict on operations, they also undermine the reliability of…
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    Why Now is the Best Time to Move to HANA 2.0 - Part 1: The Advantages
    In this two-part series, we explore the factors organizations should consider before making the decision to upgrade to SAP HANA 2.0. In Part 1, we review what can be gained from the move. Part 2 will cover the migration itself.  With a new release of SAP HANA on the horizon, many of our customers have been faced with pressure to upgrade their existing HANA 1.0 systems to a…
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    Nikunj Chadha
    Nikunj is a Director and Practice Lead for the Enterprise Data and Analytics practice in the UK. He has over 17 years of experience in managing large and complex insights and data engagements across various sectors.
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    Tech Leaders Rephrase the Conversation to Proactively Detect Sensitive Data and Apply Controls
    In the technology world, it’s common to hear leaders talk about the three-legged stool to success: people, process and technology. But we often see CISOs and CIOs – tasked with protecting sensitive organizational data – focus most of their attention on the latter, not giving enough attention to the people and process pieces of the puzzle. Protecting data is hardly a new…
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    2020 Privacy Wrap-Up for the European Union and the United States
    In a year rife with setbacks around the globe, due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, November was a fairly busy month for the global advancement of data protection, which will bring real short- and long-term consequences for global organizations.    Key Privacy Developments in the United States   California Consumer…
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    Three Steps to Build an Effective Industrial Control Systems Security Program
    If the year 2020 taught us anything, it was to expect the unexpected. During this unique time, we saw companies adapt to a new reality brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, making significant investments to ready their organizations to weather the next storm. We also saw substantial change in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security environments,…
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