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What We Know About Spreadsheet Errors
Flat Chance
As companies keep IT spending in check, executives have to make some hard choices about what they can live without.
XLerant's BudgetPak named Editor's Choice
Accounting-Payroll-Software.Org identifies top budgeting and planning software
Cummins Northwest Signs with XLerant, Inc.
XLerant, Inc., announced that Cummins Northwest has selected BudgetPak™ to control the budget process, and manage revenue and costs.
Russell Sigler Signs with XLerant, Inc.
XLerant, Inc., announced that Russell Sigler has selected BudgetPak™ to control the budget process, and manage revenue and costs.
Quinnipiac University Signs with XLerant, Inc.
XLerant, Inc., announced that Quinnipiac has selected BudgetPak™ to manage their budgeting and forecasting needs.
UBM Global Trade Signs with XLerant, Inc.
XLerant, Inc., announced that UBM Global has selected BudgetPak™ to control the budget process, and manage revenue and costs.
Colleges find creative ways to save money
XLerant's 2009 User Survey results for BudgetPak
Best Practices – Self Service Budgeting
It’s all about building accountability and ownership of the numbers.
7 Steps to a Better Budget
Find out how you can improve your budget process, shorten the cycle time, and win over your internal customers.
To Forecast Or Not To Forecast?
Beware firms that refuse to issue annual financial targets
Up & Away
Companies are feeling less trapped by spreadsheets these days
CFO Magazine - Buttonwood Group Survey on Budgeting Software Usability
Survey on the usability of budgeting and planning applications
APQC Best Practices in Planning Podcast. Founded in 1977, APQC is a member-based nonprofit that provides benchmarking and best-practice research for approximately 500 organizations worldwide in all industries.
November, 2008
BAE Systems Land and Armaments Selects XLerant’s BudgetPak to Transform the Budgeting and Planning Process
October 10, 2008
XLerant Recognized in CT Top
100
Best Practices in Budgeting... And How to Deliver Them
SNL Video Short on Budgeting
This one is just for fun (you deserve a break). As off the wall as Saturday Night Live can be, this video short featuring Rainn Wilson (from The Office) is timeless.
Planning to Win: The Best Way to Predict the Future
The Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance
Sloppy Spreadsheets: Readers Speak Out
Readers make some pointed additions to CFO.com's "worst practices" list.
Staying on Course
It's hard to weather an economic slowdown without a sound budget to steer by.
Easing Budget Fears
Article on XLerant from the Stamford Advocate
BPM Magazine: Why Front Ends Are Failing
Article explaining why Finance professionals love an Excel like interface for budgeting; while non-finance professionals don't.
CFO Magazine: Why is it still so hard to engage line managers in budgeting?
Article explaining why the Finance department is still having so much trouble getting willing participants in the budget process.
Business Performance Solutions: The Market Heats Up
An overview of the marketplace by a leading industry analyst.
The 3 Worst Practice Traps of Budgeting... And How to Avoid Them
Learn how you can avoid the three most deadly traps in your budgeting process
Planning to Win: The best way to predict the future is to create it
Form the Journal of Accountancy & Finance
Craig Schiff, co-founder of OutlookSoft, gives his take on
XLerant.