ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- Audit
- An examination of systems, programming and datacenter procedures in order to determine the efficiency of computer operations.
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- Splunk adds change-management and Windows support to IT search software
- IT search company Splunk today added to its arsenal of tools for IT managers with the launch of Splunk for Change Management, an application to audit and detect configuration and changes, and Splunk for Windows, which indexes all data generated by Windows servers and applications. The San...
- Tags: Service Desk, Application, Audit, Information Technology, Splunk, Microsoft Windows, Change Management, Podcasts, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Internet, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Microsoft's End to End trust vision: Can this identity, trusted stack thing work?
- Microsoft unveiled its "End to End Trust" security vision and now the real work begins: Will anyone buy into it? At RSA, Microsoft rolled out a whitepaper that at the very least is quite the conversation piece. Reading through the whitepaper--something I encourage everyone...
- Tags: Software, Audit, Privacy, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Identity, Accountability, Audit Data, Internet, Financial Accounting, Security, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- PC Inventory Advisor (exe)
- PC Inventory Advisor makes software and hardware audit more efficient and time-saving. It has everything you need for effective network inventory. PC Inventory Advisor queries all computers on your network and builds clear reports with details about OS and hotfixes, installed software and hardware, preventive alerts and network inventory information....
- Tags: Audit, Network, PC, Advisor, ClearApps Software, PC Inventory Advisor, Desktops, Financial Accounting, Networking, Hardware, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-03-31
- 10 things you should do to prepare for the Audit bogeyman
- An audit can be a harrowing exercise, particularly if your organization is flying by the seat of its pants. The more time you can invest in defining policies and procedures and documenting adherence to them, separating duties, updating your equipment inventory, and performing all those other mundane tasks that tend...
- Tags: Audit, Ramon Padilla, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Download resources 2008-03-12
- XL Audit Commander (exe)
- Command language software - used for audits of: audit identification of duplicates, gaps, audit for outliers, population summaries, data classification and stratification, univariate statistics, audit sample size computations, percentiles/quartiles, federal holiday dates, and histograms, testing Benford's law, cumulative monetary amount sampling for audits, interval sampling, cross tabulations, account ageing, and...
- Tags: Audit, EZ-R Stats, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-03-12
- ViewWise Supports Audit Trail for Manufacturing Companies
- Executives come to the realization that their companies need an Electronic Document Management solution from many different angles. Some see Document Management software as the way to resolve overflowing filing cabinets. Some think Document Management software will save them if the need should arise for disaster recovery such as a...
- Tags: Audit, Manufacturing, Computhink, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Audits and self-promotion
- Audits and self-promotionGo Flake!Maybe we'll get an intelligible response for once.Remember, on the Internet, no one knows you are a dog!My Policy is MeAn talented person with that policy will make a near perfect professional employee if the employer establishing strong link between the benefit the employee provides the company...
- Tags: Benefits, Malamute, benefit, incentive, audit
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- Motel Ace (exe)
- This is a full featured Hotel software application. Handle check inns, check outs, reservations, audit reports, client histories, direct billing, accounts payable, advanced calendar view modules, and much more. Version 5.2 includes new reservations features and enhanced guest folio controls.
- Tags: Reservation, Audit, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Management
- Software downloads 2008-02-04
- OmniAudit (exe)
- OmniAudit allows you to automatically and transparently track changes to any column of any table in your Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or 2000 databases. Simply select the tables and columns you want to audit, and OmniAudit does everything for you. OmniAudit not only captures before and after values for each...
- Tags: Audit, OmniAudit, Financial Accounting, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-01-25
- Small Business Internal Audit (exe)
- Small Business Internal Audit is an all-in-one software program that provides you with the tools needed perform your own internal audit. The program uses a simple step-by-step process so that you can easily perform a small business internal audit. After you have audited your business, Small Business Internal Audit provides...
- Tags: Audit, Small Business, Small Business Internal Audit, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-01-24
- TextPipe Standard (exe)
- TextPipe Standard is a powerful text-processing tool that combines more than 100 translation, conversion and filtering operations on multiple binary files or text files. Update text using search and replace, which supports perl pattern matching, sounds-like matching, edit-distance matching and search/replace lists. Convert files from foreign computer systems between mainframe...
- Tags: Audit, File, TextPipe Standard, Financial Accounting, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Finance, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-01-22
- Phishing for your tax return
- Phishing for your tax returnThat was my first thought as well. (nt)(nt)RE: 2-6 business days?????Quote: [i]that it's not the IRS. They need to change it to state 6-8 weeks.[/i]Should that [b]not[/b] be: [i]"that it's not the IRS. They need to change it to state 6-8 [b]years.[/b]"[/i](snicker)2-6 business days. dead giveawaythat...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, audit, phishing, Internal Revenue Service, tax, tax return
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Should HIPAA compliance be outsourced?
- CynergisTek, a computing and security consultant, reported on its blog recently that HIPAA compliance audits will be increased this year, thanks to a contract the government signed with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. I admit that the significance of this went right by me at first. Then I went, "whaah?" ...
- Tags: Audit, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Compliance, Outsource, Assumption, Nothing, Government, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Vertical Industries, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Healthcare, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- EMCO Remote Audit (zip)
- EMCO RemoteAudit is a useful application that will generate hardware and software inventory for Microsoft Network LAN. It finds Installed Software using administrator rights on remote computers. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Software, Audit, EMCO RemoteAudit, Tools & Techniques, LANs, Financial Accounting, Management, Networking, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-01-08
- Pismo File Mount Audit Package (exe)
- Enables access to ZIP, ISO, Private Folder files from any application. Pismo File Mount Audit Package was designed to be a Windows system extension that will give users access to contents of ZIP, ISO, and Private Folder files by any application. Supported file formats can be mounted as folders in...
- Tags: Audit, File System, ISO, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2008-01-08
- Colorado decertifies voting machines
- Coming quick on the heels of a scathing voting machine report from the Ohio Secretary of State (see Larry Dignan for details), the machines have been decertified for use in parts of Colorado. According to The Denver Channel: Secretary of State Mike Coffman cited security or...
- Tags: Colorado, Audit, Ballot, Financial Accounting, Scanners, Finance, Hardware, Peripherals, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Proventsure Self Scanner (exe)
- The Proventsure Sensitive Information Assessor is a fully functional PII audit application. It scans computers to discover legally protected sensitive information. A recent IDC report found the average $500 Million/year organization is subject to 35 to 40 regulations. Most people - from CSO's to Security Engineers - are surprised to...
- Tags: Algorithm, Audit, Proventsure Sensitive Information Assessor, Proventsure Self-assessor, Engineering, Scanners, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Biotechnology, Hardware, Peripherals, Finance
- Software downloads 2007-12-11
- SBS Quality Database (zip)
- The Quality Database is a simple, inexpensive ISO 9000 compliant program that allows small businesses to efficiency manage the Quality System. The database tracks corrective and preventive actions, internal audit tracking, safety improvement, supplier corrective actions, continual improvement projects. Compile and analyze Customer Survey results. Document QMS review meetings and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Database, Audit, Small Business, Quality Database, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Quality, Business Operations, Finance
- Software downloads 2007-12-04
- QualityNet (zip)
- QualityNet is a simple database software used to manage all the quality control, quality assurance, audit analysis, and factory evaluation report for your company. Chinese/English Bilingual interface, more applicable for multi-national company with China operation. Allow QC inspector to fill in individual order QC result. Create a professional QC report...
- Tags: Audit, QualityNet, Financial Accounting, Remote Access, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-12-04
- On the Trail of Trust: Transactional Integrity, Secure Audit Logging and Compliance
- Secure audit logging can be used by companies of any size to increase their competitiveness, raise corporate confidence in the use of new business models such as Web 2.0 information sharing and collaborative technology while ensuring individual accountability, transaction integrity and reduced compliance costs. This document...
- Tags: Audit, Compliance
- White papers 2007-12-01
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