For those of you who don’t know me, most of my time is spent justifying why moving to Big Data and/or a Business Intelligence platform is a worthwhile investment
1 Comment - We need ways to evaluate the cost effectiveness of Big Data applications. This need is even higher among the small/medium businesses who don't know whether to invest or just stay in the same-old same-old mentality
Become the Gatekeepers of Big Data Posted on August 18, 2015 by imaleadership [Republished with permission from IMA's Moments that Matter blog] More financial professionals working in business are using Big Data in their decision-making process
At the Rutgers Business School 38th World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium on November 4 th & 5 th 2016 on the Rutgers campus in Newark, NJ.; a panel discussed the Rutgers AICPA Data Analytics Research Initiative (RADAR) . The three components of the project are: ...
1 Comment - These are great initiatives leveraging on the application of Big Data Analytics in the area of Audit; will also help in complementing good corporate Governance Practices too
The table below summarizes the multitude of technology related sessions for conference attendees to immerse themselves in the latest developments. Topics like big data, advanced analytics, integrated reporting, XBRL, and cloud are covered, and so much more
TechTalk Blog – How Accounting is Evolving in the Cloud & Trends Great article in PC Magazine with CEO of AccountantsWorld about how accounting is moving into the cloud – especially in the SME marketplace. Cloud accounting is helping both accountants and businesses grow more...
According to InvestmentNews -- regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) are cracking down on companies that fail to incorporate and use technology to stay in compliance with regulatory mandates. Citigroup...
It means that with the cost of data analytics and storage expenses of Big Data declining -- we are going to see better technology enhancements to auditing and analytics of data used for crowdfunding and the opportunity of the management accountant to move up the consulting to management pyramid
According to CNBC, banks could be using bitcoin by the end of next year based on the development with the adoption of new cloud-based ledger technology called “blockchain”. According to a report by TABB research -- “Capital markets could adopt the technology behind bitcoin as early as next...
Interesting story in Reuters today about how EU Regulators are backing-off regulating BLOCKCHAIN for NOW. Late last month Christopher Giancarlo, a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) , said that regulators should "DO NO HARM" and allow blockchain to flourish. In...
McGuire, the SEC has new tools such as the its Corporate Issuer Risk Assessment tool (“CIRA”), which through “Big Data” technology, allows the SEC to review more than 100 different accounting methods and metrics to examine whether “things look funny” or not, “at the click of a mouse.”