In This Issue

Welcome to Softrax News, the publication offering expert advice and insights exclusively for revenue
management professionals.
We have just finalized a new report based on a survey of senior financial executives from 578 companies. Best Practices in Revenue Reporting finds that fewer than half of these companies are able to finalize revenue numbers within their normal close processes.
Compliance Week recently published an article that discusses the need to supplement ERP systems with software for revenue management. The article features Softrax Revenue Manager.
Finally, have you played the Revenue Recognition Challenge game yet? Thousands of people have put their revenue recognition and strategic business skills to the test.
Live Executive Webcast: Revenue Recognition and Your "Go-to-Market" Strategy
On March 26th Lynne Triplett and Craig Miller, Partners in Grant Thornton’s Accounting Principles and Assurance Groups, will discuss critical revenue recognition pitfalls, and how to avoid them. They’ll discuss the ramifications of revenue recognition requirements, as well as provide insights you can leverage in your own recognition processes.
Majority of Public Companies Unable to Finalize Revenue Numbers on Time
A RevenueRecognition.com/IDC survey finds that the majority of public companies are unable to finalize revenue numbers on time. The recent survey of senior financial executives from 578 companies, found that fewer than half are able to manage revenue reporting within their normal monthly close process. 
Adding Revenue Compliance
to your ERP Systems
Compliance Week, the leading resource on corporate compliance and governance for U.S. public companies, took a recent look at enterprise resource planning software vis-à-vis its ability to satisfy a company’s financial reporting requirements, such as those mandated under Sarbanes-Oxley.
RevenueRecognition.com: Revenue Management Resources Dedicated to Finance Professionals
Have you registered on this site and added it to your bookmarks? RevenueRecognition.com is the online
destination for finance professionals seeking revenue management information.
White-Hot Whitepaper SOP 97-2: Current Issues in VSOE Accounting
Finance managers in software companies know that establishing Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (VSOE) can literally be a show-stopper.
Automating Complex Billing and Revenue Recognition
A Softrax Customer Perspective
Air2Web, a leading Mobile Marketing service provider, is a dynamic company that experienced many of the challenges
to their financial operations that inevitably accompany success. Managing rapid growth, very complicated pricing, acquisitions and changes to their business model required them to automate many financial functions and eliminate manual accounting processes.
The New and Improved Sox 404
On-Demand Webcast Available Now
Four years into the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance journey, there is more guidance available than ever. But what do these
developments mean and how can you leverage them to improve compliance, minimize risk and create business value?
Can An Online Game Make Accounting Fun?
New Game from RevenueRecognition.com: Seen in CFO Magazine and Recommended by SoftwareCEO.com
You are the new CFO of Worldwide Faulty Enterprises, dealing with super models, rock bands, a “visionary” CEO and — as
the name suggests — Murphy’s Law.