Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog January 23, 2023 Sustainable Cloud Computing Organizations have grown more productive by embracing the scalability and performance of cloud computing. As they’ve become more sensitive to matters of sustainability, however, organizations will place greater focus on the sustainability of cloud computing models from an overall environmental, social and governance (ESG) standpoint. This is true globally, whether ESG goals are driven by… Blog January 25, 2023 Finance Trends Survey: Inflation Emerges as A Top Issue for SAP Leaders Every year, Protiviti conducts its Global Finance Trends Survey to learn finance leaders’ priorities for the next twelve months and beyond. Sharing the results enables readers to learn from one another’s thinking about the future of the finance function. The findings provide an overview of trends and priorities that are relevant not only to finance leaders, but to technology leaders as well.… Blog January 30, 2023 How to Achieve Data Modernization Agility, Innovation with Microsoft’s Intelligent Data Platform Digital transformation is changing the way organizations view their data – at least it should be. Which is why data modernization is critical to a successful transformation. Every organization collects, stores and manages data. We are seeing a shift in all industries, as smart devices and newer technologies are starting to be introduced within the enterprise. Data will not be accessed in… Blog January 31, 2023 3 Steps to Understanding IAM Challenges in Securing the DevSecOps Ecosystem DevSecOps is an organizational software engineering culture and practice that aims at unifying software development (Dev), application security (Sec), and operations (Ops). The main characteristic of DevSecOps is to monitor and apply security at all phases of the software lifecycle: Planning, development, integration, delivery, deployment and production. Looking at DevSecOps through an IT… Blog February 1, 2023 How SAP Central Finance Benefits Manufacturers Manufacturers often have heterogenous systems to accommodate different processes in a manufacturing cycle. From procurement and inventory management to calculating overhead, these systems carry critical financial data and information that are necessary to determine profitability, establish product cost and drive productivity of finance operations. With rising costs of disparate manufacturing ERP… Blog February 7, 2023 Migrating Security from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management (D365 F&SCM) publishes security changes with new code releases. These changes are automatically applied to out-of-the-box security roles, duties and privileges when the code is upgraded in a given environment. However, manual migrations between development, test and production environments are required when maintaining a… Blog January 18, 2023 The CFO’s Strategic Contributions Keep Expanding As the CFO’s strategic star continues to rise, Hubble’s theory of an expanding universe also seems to apply to the broadening purview — and workload — of finance executives. Protiviti’s latest global survey of CFOs and finance leaders shows that the top overall priorities for these leaders continue to proliferate. Their realms of responsibility include burnishing leadership skills and shaping… Blog January 30, 2023 As Internal Audit Evolves, CAEs Must Make Talent Management Core to Strategic Planning The global pandemic changed the worldwide labor market. One trend, which began in early 2021, is the aptly named “Great Resignation.” Amid perceived wage stagnation, excessive stress, limited opportunities for career advancement and inflexible remote work policies, workers began quitting their jobs voluntarily — and by the millions. The “Great Reevaluation” came next, starting in early 2022.… Blog February 6, 2023 Sustainable Operations: How Leaders Can Achieve ESG Goals With Waste Reduction Solutions Part 3: Waste This blog post is the final entry in a 3-part series on energy, water and waste optimization in commercial facility management and industrial operations. Subscribe to The Protiviti View to follow sustainability topics. Energy, water and waste form a triad of concerns for organizations seeking more sustainable operations. As with energy and water, waste management links to… Blog February 7, 2023 M&A in 2023: 4 Actions to Win the Race for Returns Throughout most of the past two years, acquisitive companies turbo-charged their due diligence processes as mergers and acquisitions (M&A) values topped the record highs set in 2015 ($3.96 trillion) and 2007 ($3.67 trillion), per data from White & Case. After the pace of dealmaking decreased in late 2022, the need for speed has shifted to the time it takes a deal to achieve its projected… Load More