DecisionPoint Software Improves Enterprise Compliance Auditability with Release 11.1; New Release Expands Packaged Analytic Content, and Ensures Data Integrity between Financial Performance Warehouse and ERP Systems.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. -- DecisionPoint Software (www.decisionpointsw.com), a provider of financial performance management solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Release 11.1 of its Financial Performance Management suite. With this release, Global 1000 companies can now deliver reports, analytics and dashboards on a trusted financial performance platform with the confidence that the data will stand up to the audit scrutiny triggered by regulatory compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). . Addressing the need for tighter, automated internal controls around data integrity and security under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act See SOX. Section 404, DecisionPoint 11.1 includes the industry's first packaged Load Integrity Validation function, which automatically verifies that the data in an enterprise's Financial Performance Warehouse is consistent with the results found in the sourced ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems such as Oracle(R), PeopleSoft(R) and SAP(R). In addition, Release 11.1 also features new ERP security integration, allowing customers to apply the same ERP security definitions to the Financial Performance Warehouse. "Companies are being asked to put in tighter internal controls around data integrity and access, yet also provide greater information access to all classes of users across all functions," said Barton Foster, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DecisionPoint Software. "DecisionPoint addresses that challenge head on with our data validation In computer science, data validation is the process of ensuring that a program operates on clean, correct and useful data. It uses routines, often called validation rules, that check for correctness or meaningfulness of data that are input to the system. and security improvements -- delivering a trusted platform that accurately reflects an enterprise's system of record and stands up to stringent audit scrutiny." DecisionPoint 11.1 also extends the analytic content in the Financial Performance Warehouse with a new Property Management Business Domain, a set of nine analytic models that help companies better report, analyze and manage corporate and commercial real estate and improve the returns on real estate investments. Tightly integrated with the other analytic models in DecisionPoint's Financial Performance Warehouse, Property Management enables corporate real estate managers and CFOs to turn real estate from a cost into a profit center. "DecisionPoint's new Property Management Business Domain will give us unprecedented access to the detailed information we use to tightly manage our real estate portfolios," said Kim Autrey, Senior Vice President -- Business Systems of Trustreet Properties, Inc. "We've already gained significant efficiencies and deeper insights into the financial performance of our operations with DecisionPoint. With the integrated Property Management Business Domain, we will be able to extend the value to our portfolio mangers and company executives by giving them access to the operational and financial data, with the ability to easily drill down to the details they need to stay on top of property and portfolio performance." DecisionPoint's Financial Performance Management solution automatically and intelligently sources finance and operational data across leading ERP systems such as Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and integrates it into a pre-built, finance-centric data warehouse with over 90 data models across Finance, HR, Manufacturing and Distribution. The DecisionPoint platform provides all classes of users with access to the transaction details behind summary reports at a fraction of the time and cost it takes to implement other business intelligence, business performance management and data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse solutions. About DecisionPoint Software DecisionPoint Software provides financial performance management software that helps organizations monitor, analyze and report on financial performance throughout the enterprise. DecisionPoint's solution centralizes both financial data and finance-centric operational data to improve decision-making across the full range of business functions including finance, distribution, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and manufacturing. Using intelligent sourcing, a finance-centric data warehouse and an integrated analytic and reporting environment, DecisionPoint can get companies up and running with a strategic business intelligence solution in eight weeks or less. In 2004 DecisionPoint Software won honors from the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal (Top 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies), DM Review (2004 DM Review 100 Award Winner), San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Business Times (Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies), and Start magazine (Hottest Companies of the Year). Global 2000 companies using DecisionPoint include Albertsons, British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , Sony, Stanford University and Quantum. Founded in 1996, DecisionPoint is headquartered in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. with international headquarters in Maidenhead Maidenhead, city (1991 pop. 59,809), Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England, on the Thames River. It is a residential town with brewing and milling industries as well as a resort. The 13th-century stone bridge was rebuilt in the 1770s. , United Kingdom. Editor's note: All product and company names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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