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On the 27th and 28th February 2020 Financial Managers, Financial Accountants, IT Managers, and Financial Administrators from a wide range of companies, industries, and countries will gather in Cape Town for two full days of conferencing at the 11th Annual IDU User Conference 2020. The conference will again be held at the Marriott Hotel, Crystal Towers, Century City. The theme for the conference is Empowerment, as this is one of our core values at IDU. We believe in empowering

On the 28th February and 1st March 2019 Financial Managers, Financial Accountants, IT Managers and Financial Administrators from a wide range of companies, industries and countries will again gather for two full days of conferencing at the 10th Annual IDU User Conference 2019. The conference will be held at the Marriott Hotel, Crystal Towers, Century City, and we expect a record turn out to this event. Attendees will be introduced to exciting new features and modules of idu-C

IDU is recognised by top industry experts for its award-winning Budgeting and Reporting Solution for the second year in a row. “Gartner, the world’s leading research and advisory company have published their 2018 Market Guide for Corporate Financial Planning Applications, and we are proud to be included”, says Kevin Phillips, CEO of IDU Holdings. The Gartner Market Guide is independent and insightful, it highlights the rapid development of financial analytics technology, and

IDU users can now harness the power of Microsoft Power BI through the idu-Concept Reporting Module. Microsoft Power BI is a suite of business analytics tools that allow users to analyse data, visualise it, and then share insights in new intuitive ways. Users are able to create personalised dashboards, and view and share reports with other people in the organisation easily and quickly. Power BI dashboards provide a 360-degree view of the data within the IDU database, putting t

The difference between visionary corporate performance management and mere management often boils down to just one thing: having the right tools for the job. True vision is founded in reality. To create such a vision and carry it through, you need to know what’s going on in every aspect of your business… you need quality information. The bigger your business is, the more difficult it is to find that information, and to know that what you’re getting is accurate. Implementing a

Our User Conference is an annual highlight for us at idu, and for many of our clients as well. The event held last month was an incredible success. 80 CFOs, Financial Directors, Financial Managers, Financial Accountants, IT managers and other key financial role-players travelled from as far away as New Zealand, giving the event an overall approval rating of over 90%. The number of attendees has increased steadily every year, along with the conference approval ratings. Our goa

Welcome back to our mini-series of tips, tricks and special features available in idu-Concept Version 5. Knowing that Excel is the base that most people are familiar with, Version 5 has been updated with familiar Excel functionality in keeping with our goal of simplifying our software for non-financial users. In Budget views, you can select which columns you need to display per view and rearrange the order. We have added an “Export Page” icon that can export any data as per y

Cape Union Mart Group is based in Cape Town and currently houses 5 major local brands – Cape Union Mart, South Africa’s favourite outdoor store and the group’s flagship brand; K-Way, an extremely popular technical range of outdoor clothing and gear; Old Khaki, a casual fashion brand available in over a dozen stand-alone stores; Sparks and Ellis, a uniform company and the latest addition Poetry, an eclectic lifestyle concept store for women. Stocking everything one needs for o