As demand for data scientists in audit/Governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), and industry in general, outpaces supply, data science in a b...
As demand for data scientists in audit/Governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), and industry in general, outpaces supply, data science in a b...
When you mention robots, most people think of Star Wars or those car-manufacturing assembly lines where giant, agile machines move heavy parts, make s...
What does that mean? Leading analyst firm Gartner recognized Oversight as a “Cool Vendor” in the Procurement and Sourcing Technology report. Of course...
More frequently we read news alerts about cyber attacks. The scary notion is that the cyber world has become a dangerous arena where most anything goe...
Ever heard of the project management triangle? It basically states that whenever you’re building something it can either be two of these three things ...
Given that we provide technology for ensuring Fortune 500 company’s T&E programs are FCPA compliant, we like to stay abreast of the latest news in the...
FCPA – we’re talking about it all month long. If you keep up with FCPA news (like we do) you’ll know that creating a culture of compliance is more imp...
Writing about FCPA compliance and the reduction of FCPA risk is well tread territory on the Oversight blog. It’s also a big topic in the news and on s...
For a long time, Oversight did things quite differently when it came to helping others monitor their T&E spending for fraud, waste, and misuse. Previo...
On June 23rd I had the pleasure of co-hosting a webinar with Eric A. Sohn, Director of Business Product for Dow Jones Risk and Compliance. The webinar...
Google the phrase “travel manager” or “travel and expense” and a variety of news articles come up on any given day. It seems like in the last two year...
We hear a lot about “Compliance 2.0” in our industry, but what does this really mean?
I love LinkedIn. I think the reason I love the platform the most is because it provides access to groups full of like-minded individuals in the data a...
I recently uncovered a super interesting article about an investigation into Pentagon employee’s spending a reported $950,000 at casinos and close to ...
As the CEO of Oversight Systems, I particularly loved this post on Click Travel about “6 Things Your CEO Wants to Know About Business Travel.” Since O...
Recently, I read an article on the Wall Street journal about an SEC official giving a talk on how an effective compliance program can limit FCPA risk ...
Tnooz recently republished a great infographic by Carson Wagonlit Travel compiling priorities within the TMC world from over 1300 respondents. While O...
I recently conducted an interview with The Company Dime on the value of data management and it reminded me of a story I wanted to share with you. For ...
I just read a great article from FCPAblog.com about how transaction monitoring (what we here at Oversight specialize in) is the new “must have” item f...
I recently read a great article from CFO.com about how Chief Financial Officers can generate more value in their offices. The article gives great tact...
I recently uncovered a great Entrepreneur article on five ways to reduce expense fraud. Although we have extensively covered this topic in a few of ou...
Have you ever looked at the dashboards in your business intelligence tool and thought….what stunning conclusion am I supposed to see?
Last week, (October 22nd and 23rd) Oversight had the opportunity to present at Venture Atlanta. Venture Atlanta, for those who don’t know, is Georgia’...
Expenses software giant Concur is always looking for ways to grow their partner network (Oversight is a partner and offers a connector for Concur cust...
If you keep up with the Oversight Blog, you know there are two things we cite regularly: The Hawthorne Effect, or the phenomenon that employees improv...
Enjoyed this blog post by Julien Rio, about his recent presentation at The Big Data and Innovation Conference that small and medium enterprises can, i...
Concur recently released a survey on the state of T&E spend (conducted in conjunction with Forrester Research.) We at Oversight are very excited about...
I really enjoyed this piece from the FCPA Blog about how compliance should report more directly to a corporate board, namely through the use of a Chie...
I recently read a great blog on GTI Travel about how strict travel policies are absolutely necessary in order to save money and prevent waste and abus...
I enjoyed this article from Robert Kugel, and thoroughly agree with its premise: that big data and analytics can be leveraged to make better business ...
Did you know it is National Fraud Prevention month? Since preventing fraud, misuse, and compliance violations in T&E, P-Card and AP programs is a main...
CFO raises a compelling question: What is the Role of Intuition in a World of Big Data?
I recently spoke with Dann Anthony Maurno at Compliance Week on the gaining popularity of on-demand transaction monitoring and analysis. As a culture ...
I recently was asked to write an article for Data Informed on the widespread adoption of purchasing cards and how companies can reap the benefits whil...
A recent InFocus blog post, “Business Analytics: Moving from Descriptive to Predictive Analytics”, by data analytics expert William Schmarzo intrigued...
The Future of CIO blog hit the nail on the head with the posting “Predictive Analytics vs. Prescriptive Analytics”, when it raised the key question on...
A recent CFO article detailed how CFOs can stay ahead of the game by monitoring specific areas for employee fraud. Among the top 5 areas where employe...
An equally entertaining and informational blog post shared by Tom Fox on his FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog correlates the story of the Charlie Brown...
Earlier this week, Reuters issued a daunting report on the Pentagon’s accounting practices and inability to properly track expenses. Certainly sheddin...
The Beat recently published an opinion-based article entitled, The Business Reality of Open Booking that I thought presented a good opportunity for de...
I enjoy reading New York Times technology columnist David Pogue’s blog posts on the latest happenings in technology. His October 10th post discusses T...
Oversight Systems is thrilled to teaming up with The Network to host an event this week to help companies strengthen their Foreign Corrupt Practices A...
The recent article “How to Make Expense Reports Cool” in Fortune Magazine highlighted insights from the Concur CEO Steve Singh on the future of travel...
There’s an important cultural dimension companies should consider for Open Bookings. Do we have (or do we want to encourage) an empowerment culture? O...
A recent survey of U.S. office workers revealed that a concept known as “maverick spending” is costing employers tens of thousands of dollars (and in ...
In an article published in Ethisphere Magazine, Thomas Fox analyzes recent FCPA related cases and makes the case for Transaction Monitoring as a best ...
Thomas Fox recently shared this thought-provoking analogy on his blog: You can fine tune a piano, but you can't ‘tuna fish’; and offered advice on fin...
I recently read a LinkedIn discussion in the Gartner Business Intelligence & Information Management (Xchange) group that was started by analyst Doug L...
Travel Market Report recently reported on how open booking demands a shift in the thinking of TMCs. With open bookings, travelers have more discretion...
A recent Fast Company article by Kim Goodwin forecasted what business travel will look like in 2014. The writer keenly noted: “One trend that was abun...
In a new report available from GigaOM research highlights Operational Intelligence Platforms such as Oversight as the needed prescription for transfor...
Sandhill.com recently published a good Q&A article interviewing SumoLogic’s Christian Beedgen and discussing big data analysis and cloud trends. Altho...
As it pertains to the recent InformationWeek article “Big Data ROI Still Tough to Measure,” we appreciate the attention to the need to make big data a...
In a recent ZD Net article entitled “Data Scientists Don’t Scale”, author Andrew Brust makes some very compelling points supporting the notion that an...
The recent Harvard Business Review article “The Value of Big Data Isn't the Data” generated interesting points and counterpoints in comments left betw...
It’s been a very busy month here at Oversight. We announced updates to our Operations Analysis Platform – all aimed at bridging the gap between the ha...
In the recent Forbes article, Mobility and Real-Time Dashboards Will Make Business Intelligence More Pervasive in 2013, it was cited that by 2015, ove...
After reading Tech Journal’s recent article “Big Data Comes with Big Obstacles for Some CIOs,” my advice to CIOs looking at Big Data as a challenge is...
On the subject of industry analyst Dr. Robin Bloor’s blog “Operational Intelligence – Is This the End Game for Big Data?”, I would offer that “Busines...
As it regards to the recent Smart Data Collective piece, “Big Data Analytics, Business Intelligence and the Mind of Sherlock Holmes”, whether we’re ta...
The election is long over but I find it interesting to look at some of the ways that the Obama Campaign successfully leveraged data. The real trick to...
Gartner analyst Svetlana Sicular recently wrote on the topic “Big Data is Falling into the Trough of Disillusionment.” It provided much food for big d...
SearchBusinessAnalytics recently published a very timely piece entitled, “Real-time analytics brings BI data directly into business operations”. The a...
The IDC /SAP whitepaper, “Big Data: Trends, Strategies, and SAP Technology". presents a solid case around the emerging shift from the information econ...
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