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- Best Practices Under Audit Standard 5
- With the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX in 2002, companies have had to dramatically ramp up regulatory compliance efforts. Based on the guidance they received, companies began factoring a compliance check list into almost every process. Controls were designed to cover every possible source of financial reporting fraud. As...
- Tags: Financial Reporting, Audit, Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Oversight Systems, Best Practice, Regulatory Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Government, Finance
- White papers 2007-10-23
- Privileged User Monitoring and Audit (PUMA)
- Striking the right balance between operational necessity, potential user misuse and fraud, and the costs associated with regulatory guidelines like SOX and OMB Circular A-123, can be the difference between a profitable quarter and staff layoffs. To achieve the most effective and least costly solution, organizations need a risk-based approach...
- Tags: Audit, Oversight Systems, Monitoring, Financial Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Strategy, Finance, Regulations, Government, Management
- White papers 2007-05-18
- Segregation of Duties in the Real World: Risk-Based SoD Management With Continuous Monitoring Lowers Compliance Costs
- Segregation of duties in the real world demands top-down management that eliminates financial risk without adding overhead costs or extinguishing ERP-fueled efficiency gains of the last decade. Fortunately, auditors and government regulators are moving beyond simple checklists of mandates to advocate a risk-based approach to SOX compliance and internal controls....
- Tags: Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Oversight Systems, Compliance, Monitoring, SOX Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2006-08-09
- A Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Program That Saves Cash: Link Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements to Business Improvement
- Successful quality - and compliance - is a continuous improvement process that demands a closed-loop control structure. Technology-enabled quality in the "Financial data factory" provides a significant ROI. Sarbanes-Oxley compliance becomes a dimension of overall quality. Continuous inspection solutions from Oversight Systems provide precise results and a leveraged environment for...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Oversight Systems, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2006-07-25
- The 2005 Oversight Systems Report on Corporate Fraud
- From the conviction of former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers to the acquittal of HealthSouth's Richard Scrushy, corporate fraud continues to make headlines. Four years after Enron's collapse, financial integrity remains a key issue for corporate America. This paper surveys certified fraud examiners to report the trends, risks and major concerns...
- Tags: Oversight Systems, Fraud, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Litigation, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations
- White papers 2005-10-20
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- Zvox Z-Base 575
- Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 575Sound bars feel like they've been around forever now, but they're still a relatively new product; consider that the groundbreaking Yamaha YSP-1 debuted back at CES 2005. Since then, the exterior design of the units hasn't changed much, with the vast majority still consisting of a long...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 575, HDTV, TV
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- Zvox Z-Base 525
- Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 525Surround sound and its accouterments tend to dominate a living room, requiring an AV receiver, several speakers, stands, and wires to make the whole thing work. That's why many people choose to skip surround sound, opting instead for the tinny acoustics of their TV speakers. Single-speaker solutions...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 525, speaker, HDTV, TV
- Product reviews 2009-11-11
- Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect
- The fault lies with MS and Driver manufacturersWe don't criticize macs because they are a package deal, with a price premium to match so they generally work just fine. We don't call for witch hunts of Linux distro's because we expect to have problems and tweaks with Linux, plus it's...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, COMPANIES, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Linux Distro, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disaster
- LOL! And some said you were covering this up.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=70257&messageID=1348275&tag=content;col1RE: Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disasterMy money goes to TMobile, not Microsoft. This should fall 100% on the shoulders of TMobile!RE: Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disasterWell who-ever is respossible for this stupid act(upgrade without backups? wtf...)...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Storage, Microsoft Corp., Sidekick/Danger disaster, Sidekick/Danger, Microsoft Needs, Hitachi Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Would you march for Internet privacy?
- We've seen it alreadyRemember the recent outcry from the right about "President Obama trying to take control of the internet"? With, I might add, assurances from the left that it's not so. No different really than the left's alarmism at President Bush trying to "personally eavesdrop on every telephone conversation...
- Tags: Internet privacy, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- DOJ requests more info on Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
- DOJ?Why does DOJ put its nose everywhere. this deal will create a company that will have half the market share as its competitor, let the market and shareholders take the decision.becuase.....why should one company which has 90% of the desk market have the same control over the Internet?It is good...
- Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo Search, Exchange 14, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Scientific Conservation technology fights "energy drift"
- Scientific Conservation sits at the intersection of green IT and green technology for more energy-efficient building management. Founded in 2007, the company offers a software platform called SCIwatch for what it has dubbed Automated Continuous Commissioning. In laymen's terms, this means the application will keep tabs on...
- Tags: Software, HVAC, Monitoring, Conservation Technology Ltd., Construction, Tools & Techniques, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- OIN outmanuevers Microsoft, buys Linux patents
- The Open Invention Network seems to have one upped Microsoft. Â Or has Microsoft one upped OIN? Either way, it's win-win for Linux. Yesterday, OIN, whose mission is to defend Linux and open source from patent trolls, purchased 22 Linux related patents Microsoft recently sold...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Patent Troll, Open Invention Network, OIN, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- VMFS-3, How Do I Despise Thee
- Sounds bad... How about Red Hat's new stuff?A nasty experience... Have a glass of fine cognac to recover. No ice (the horror!), no mixing barbaric, at the perfect temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. Cheers. :-)How about Red Hat's new virtualization stuff in RHEL 5.4? Is that a better alternative?http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=1234Salut, Pjotr.RE:...
- Tags: Virtualization, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, UNIX, Operating systems, KVM, VMFS-3, vSphere, VMware Inc., RHEL 5.4, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Panasonic SC-BT200
- Photo gallery:Panasonic SC-BT200Although the technology debuted in 2006, for many consumers Blu-ray still feels like brand-new tech. That's why a home-theater-in-a-box HTIB system like the Panasonic SC-BT200 feels like such an incredible deal--with a street price as low as $450, you get a 7.1 speaker system plus a slimline AV...
- Tags: center channel, sub, Panasonic SC-BT200, speaker, Panasonic
- Product reviews 2009-07-31
- Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?
- Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?Yup it's time to do soI have disabled flash in both firefox and IE and only enable them when opening youtube. Unlike flash, Silverlight runs in a sand boxed environment. Remember Vista was hacked last year in that hacking contest? Vista was hacked...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Is It Time, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash, Novell AppArmor, Adobe Systems Inc., IS IT, IE8
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Haier America Ibiza Trainer (2GB, blue)
- MP3 players fulfill many roles for the people who use them. For some, a portable audio device is true to form as an essential commuter companion; others turn their players into home audio systems by attaching them to speakers. But one of the most popular uses for an MP3 player...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, pedometer, Ibiza Trainer, Haier America, MP3, MP3 player
- Product reviews 2009-07-16
- 8 Things to Know About Using ECM for Regulatory Compliance
- I’m here to talk some more about that fun little acronym I know you all are so fond of: ECM. Enterprise Content Management can be a great tool to meet the compliance requirements of your business, but like all things, you need to understand it to do it right. I’m...
- Tags: Audit, Compliance, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Content Management, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Doc
- Sponsored content 2009-06-29
- Senate IT oversight bill: Detailed analysis
- Senate IT oversight bill: Detailed analysisDon't Preclude Agile, Consider LegacyI agree with most of these comments, but I must note that they primarily apply to waterfall projects which can be specified in advance. An agile project design may not fit the legislation and may be precluded or denigrated when...
- Tags: Senate IT oversight, Senate IT, U.S. Senate, information technology, analysis
- Discussion threads 2009-06-11
- Mobile OS wars: Apple, RIM surge; Symbian still dominant
- Mobile OS wars: Apple, RIM surge; Symbian still dominantA slight difference of opinion perhaps?http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_090504.htmlGo Nokia. Yehhh BabyyyyyyyNokia S60 phone owners,If you haven't done so, download:http://get.skyfire.comIt will make your day!Not really....The NPD Group is simply retarded, that's all it is. They neglected to count Nokia in their survey numbers... More than...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile OS, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., mobile, operating system, Symbian Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
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