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If you have installed the preview version of  Citrix Receiver from the Windows Store, you have likely already been notified of the update. If you installed the very first Preview version, you might not be notified but can  Click here to install the Preview update. Before trying the Preview, you should ask your IT department if it can be used in your environment.  The Preview version let you access enterprise files, applications, and desktops if Access Gateway Enterprise Edition and StoreFront have been deployed.

In our view, companies are best served when they take an integrated approach to build an IFRS framework. Toward that end, they need a fully integrated solution ideal for supporting the IFRS adoption. A key element is the ability of enterprise applications to work in conjunction with financial management ones to meet a wide range of accounting requirements and processes mandated by the International Financial Reporting Standards. 

Just a quick reminder, in our previous blog entry, we have discussed about step 1 and 2 of the 5 steps. In this article, we continue to talk about the remaining steps that complete this circle of customer value management.

Before the global financial crisis back in 2007-2008, risk reporting may not have been on the plate for many companies and organisations around the world. However, since then, there has been “increased attention to the formalisation of risk management” (CGMA, 2012). But is that enough for Vietnamese businesses, given the fact that many have gone bankrupt or been caught up in legal entanglements?

In the third part of a 4-part series Better Virtualisation with Citrix — Addressing the challenges of application and desktop virtualization (part 1) — we have discussed how XenSever helps ultilising hardware performance and simplify management process. In this final part, we will see how the combination of Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop and XenSever can makes virtualization simple and economically feasible.

Following our ethical articles, this week we will discuss an ethical dilemma in which you are put in an awkward situation.

In the second part of a 4-part series Better Virtualisation with Citrix —The challenges of application and desktop virtualization — we pointed out the common challenges of application virtualization such as supporting legacy applications, quickly responding to changing IT needs and ensuring protection against failures and disasters. In this part, we will examine some solutions to optimize system's hardware performance.

When Aberdeen Group conducted a study in 2011, they identified three classes of performance in corporate financial planning, budgeting and forecasting: Best-in-class, industry average and laggard. The research group outlined steps to help companies improve their performance, regardless of their current class.

Adopting IFRS alongside VAS requires technical, strategic, and operational changes. There also will be an unavoidable impact on information technology (IT) systems, as companies change the way they manage and report on numerous business activities. Hence, companies should employ a methodical approach when building the IFRS framework.

Customer relationship management has become a central focus to all organisations. Nowadays, companies have gradually recognised the significant costs caused by losing a customer and have worked hard to better understand, measure, manage, and improve customer retention. A study suggests that “for each existing customer that left, the company needed to bring in 1.2 new customers at an approximately 20 percent lower price to replace the lost revenue, and two to three new customers to replace the lost margin“ (Karl Stark and Bill Stewart in “The Hidden Costs of Customer Attrition”). To help companies address customer value creation issues, this article provides a systematic approach to set up a customer value management cycle.