Host Analytics Teams With Forrester Research on Webinar Discussing Growing Impact of the Cloud on Corporate Finance

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 15, 2012) - Host Analytics, the leader in cloud corporate performance management (CPM), today announced it will host a free webinar on Thursday, August 23, at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET featuring Paul Hamerman, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. 

The "Growing Impact of the Cloud on Corporate Finance" webinar will offer Mr. Hamerman's perspective on how technology, including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), is changing how financial management applications are delivered and maintained today. With a convergence of new technologies altering the way companies buy and use business applications, this webinar will offer guidelines in analyzing and selecting modern technologies for planning, financial reporting and accounting.

Attendees will learn:

• How to analyze trends in technology that are changing the way companies buy and use business applications;
• How to explore the differences between SaaS, cloud hosting and on-premise delivery models, and the cost-of-ownership considerations for each;
• How to assess the impact of SaaS in finance and accounting, and the key drivers for adoption.

Who:
Paul Hamerman, VP and Principal Analyst of Forrester Research
Kelly Battles, CFO of Host Analytics

When:
Thursday, August 23
11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET

Where:
To register for this free webinar, go to: ow.ly/cTj8Z
A replay will be available following the live event at: ow.ly/cTji2

Host Analytics is one of Silicon Valley's fastest growing cloud companies. The company delivers the first and only complete suite of cloud CPM and business analytics applications to help finance executives drive faster and smarter decisions throughout their organizations. Host Analytics' technology covers planning, budgeting, scorecarding, financial consolidation and reporting.

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About Host Analytics
Host Analytics is the #1 cloud corporate performance management company, providing the only complete suite for finance. Host Analytics helps organizations make better operational and financial decisions by streamlining and automating their consolidations, planning and reporting processes.

Over the span of a decade, Host Analytics has gone from pioneer to leader with their deep product functionality, world-class team and broad partner ecosystem. Thanks to the cloud, customers enjoy low costs, low risk and fast results that give them an edge and helps Finance gain greater influence in setting business strategy and operational priorities. Host Analytics is:

• 1st cloud corporate performance management solution;
• 1st to deliver external data integration;
• 1st to deliver a business analytics application built for finance in the cloud.

Host Analytics serves midsize to large customer organizations, including AT&T, Groupon, Crocs, Thule, Otis Spunkmeyer and Schumacher. The company has received on-going industry recognition and was most recently recognized by AlwaysOn for the OnDemand 100 and Global 250 Top Private Companies Awards and by Network Products Guide for its Hot Company Award.

For additional information, visit http://www.hostanalytics.com or join the conversation at www.twitter.com/host_analytics.