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The craving for information is driven by companies' aggressive liquidity management in the face of tight credit as well as credit concerns around counterparties and supply chains.

By Richard Gamble | Updated on September 01, 2009

The efficiency of straight-through processing (STP) has taken a back seat to business survival that requires smart decision support (SDS) as alert treasuries are aggressively turning to tools that can help them make sharper judgments.

“The financial market crisis has shown everyone the value of having comprehensive, real-time information,” says Google treasurer Brent Callinicos. “In the past 18 months, Google treasury has gone live with three FX systems, a new cash management workstation, a new portfolio analytics system, a risk management system and numerous analytical and market-linked tools. This has enabled us to scale our activities in every area, improving our hedging and investment performance and gaining virtually instantaneous, on-demand visibility into our worldwide cash.”

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