What's the difference between EDW- Centric and ERP-Centric architecture?

Let's first define each idea.

An EDW-Centric architecture makes the data warehouse the focal point for analytics and detailed reporting. While the ERP system still serves as...

Healthcare organizations, both payers and providers, are going through a transformation. Aging finance IT infrastructures, ACA-driven regulatory changes, Electronic Health Record initiatives and a strong M&A environment mean data volumes and...

Deloitte's Global CFO Signals (Deloitte) Summary:  Deloitte has released their Q4 2015 Signals Report.  It includes results from “pulse surveys” intended to provide CFOs with quarterly information regarding their CFO peers’ thinking across a variety...

A leading global insurance company was challenged with a financial operations environment that was fragmented and opaque. Information was coming from 140+ source systems and passed through legacy aggregation systems. Transaction detail was lost and...

Like most of Aptitude Software’s customers, Santa had been struggling with a significant increase in his business transaction volumes and the complexity of evolving regulatory requirements.  Growth in population and the number of data sources,...

This large, independent mail and logistics services company has evolved significantly since their inception 40 years ago. In recent years, their business experienced significant growth as a result of increasing Internet sales, and they wanted to...

In finance and accounting departments in companies across the world, shortening the monthly/quarterly/yearly close cycle is a constant goal that often seems to be a moving target.

Updated 30 October 2015 - (article originally appeared June 2015)

Recently, I had the chance to attend the Operations & Technology in Financial Services Conference in London. The Conference brought together over 200 attendees including C-Suite, Directors, Heads and Managers of IT, Operations, Technology, Strategy,...