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Establishing a Business Case for Fleet Management Technology

FLEET management represents both an expense to the business and an investment. Chief financial officers therefore need to establish a business case that demonstrates a sound rationale for investing in fleet management technology and in car, truck and van fleets themselves. However, the very fact that such propositions are both an expense and an investment means that they need to find a balance between the two sides of the coin – particularly as the main barrier to investing in fleets falls heavily down to what it costs to procure the vehicles, to maintain and manage them throughout their lifespan.

Find out more about how to establish a business case for fleet management technology...

Give Me a Tax Break: The Benefits of Green Fleet Management

ACCORDING to the European Commission cars create 12% of the total European Union emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the main greenhouse gas. EU legislation has therefore set its sights on improving the fuel economy of cars with similar targets being set for vans. For example, by 2021 its target is to reduce CO2 emissions by 40%. By then the emissions target for all news cars will be 95 grams of CO2 per kilometre (1.6 miles), with a fuel consumption target of around 4.1 l/100 km of petrol or 3.6 l/100 km of diesel compared to the 2015 target of an average of 130 grams of CO2 per kilometre.

Discover more about the benefits of having a green fleet management strategy, read what they can do for your company.

By Graham Jarvis. Published by Financial Director magazine on 26/09/2016. Publisher: Contentive.

Anything You Can Do, AI Can Do Better: Making Infrastructure Smarter

Data flows and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the globalised supply chain by sending data around the world. Using the cloud as the data transport method requires more efficient data acceleration. AI is infiltrating many places, and it’s not just about replicating human performance and taking jobs, or streamlining processes. It also helps make technology smarter.

Find out how to make your infrastructure smarter and faster, read how with AI you can do better and be smarter...

By Graham Jarvis. Published by CloudTech on 22nd September 2016. Client: Luminous P.R and Bridgeworks

How to Address The Lack of Cloud Skills

Sarah K. White reported for CIO magazine in July 2016 that “Cloud services are becoming the cornerstone of an enterprise’s IT infrastructure. However, IT leadersare finding it difficult to not only plan for and implement cloud technology, but also to hire qualified candidates. Part of that struggle, according to a recent study from Softchoice of 250 line of business managers and 250 IT decision makers, is a lack of qualified candidates as well as a general misunderstanding of how to create a successful cloud strategy.” This issue is putting many organisations’ IT security in jeopardy. Read on here: http://www.cloudcomputingintelligence.com/images/CCi-PDF-Template-Lack-of-cloud-skills.pdf.

By Graham Jarvis. Published by Cloud Computing Intelligence circa. September 2016.

Data Resilience: Why CEOs and CFOs Need to Understand the CIO Agenda

The CIO agenda changes each year, albeit not drastically. In 2015 part of their focus was on hybrid cloud spending, but this year in 2016 research and analyst firm Gartner says that it’s now about how they enhance the power of digital platforms. Graham Jarvis finds out more here. 

Publication: Storage Network Solutions. Clients: Luminous P.R and Bridgeworks. Published in May/June 2016. 

Rise of the machine: Robotics and the finance function

The very nature of robotic process automation raises questions about whether the robots are coming for your job in finance and accounting, writes Graham Jarvis.

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Published: 14th October 2015. Published by: Financial Director magazine. 

Managing Risk with Crowdfunding Due Diligence

Crowdfunding is both a very popular alternative to gaining access to equity and loans, and it is a very diverse industry. It is fast becoming a key alternative to traditional financial services organisations as there are equity finance platforms such as Crowdcube, Seedrs and Syndicate Room; and there are business-to-business and consumer peer-to-peer lending platforms such as Zopa, Funding Circle, and Ratesetter. Crowdfunding is moving into the commercial and home buying mortgage market too.

Read Graham Jarvis' complete article on Crowdfundingwebsites. Published circa 26th June 2015.

What To Do If The CFO Says No

Graham Jarvis looks at how to get the finance officer on your side and to make the move to the cloud a tick-box solution The traditional view of chief financial officers (CFOs) is that they are ...

Read the complete article at Cloud Computing Intelligence, published on 24th April 2015.

ACA, ACCA or CIMA: How to choose

Each accountancy qualification on the market has its own strengths and weaknesses in terms of course structure and career focus.

Graham Jarvis explores the options in his article for City A.M. Published on 12th February 2015.

How Can Cloud Help New Banking Players?

The banking and financial services industry is fast embracing digital technology as the impact of digitisation changes the way customers interact with their banks and how

those organisations deliver new products, services and processes. For instance, it’s not out of the norm for customers to demand access to their bank accounts no matter where they are – without having to go into a branch to check their balance or how much they are spending on various household outgoings.

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Bylined to Travers Clarke-Walker, Managing Director for EMEA at Fiserv. Original author: Graham Jarvis. Client: Lansons B2B P.R. Agency. Published by: Cloud Computing World. Edition: December 2014.