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Pearson Gains Real-Time Enterprise Performance Insight With Standardized Reporting and Planning: Pearson wanted to cut monthly close times by standardizing and consolidating financial reporting for three major global businesses and reduce software licensing and management costs. The challenge was to build transparent, consistent, agile financial management and planning infrastructure to gain real-time enterprise performance visibility and increase competitive advantage and ensure...; Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Oracle Corp., Performance, Financial Management, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Accounting, Investment, Regulatory Compliance, Performance Management, Financial Planning, Finance, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Workforce Management; Case studies 2009-08-01
Sustaining SOX Compliance: Best Practices to Mitigate Risk, Automate Compliance, and Reduce Costs: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX has significant information security implications for companies governed by the regulation. Sections 302, 404 and 409 of SOX, and corresponding SEC Rules and Regulations, have tremendous ramifications for Information Technology IT in the areas of control internal controls, evaluation (governance, measurement and record keeping), and disclosure...; Tags: Internal Control, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, SOX Compliance, Best Practice, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2009-07-20
Sustainable change or SOX 2.0?: I had not intended riffing on my colleague Vinnie Mirchandani's piece: How ERP vendors can change the world. Seriously. We'd discussed the topic over the phone earlier in the week and at the time it was clear he had a solid position which Larry Dignan duly picks up. But there...; Tags: Strategy, Sustainability, Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Consulting, Vinnie Mirchandani, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Outsourcing, Operational Accounting, Regulations, Financial Services, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2009-06-02
Chartered Semiconductor Avoids Expensive Audit and Remediation, Resolves Segregation-of-Duty Conflicts: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing wanted to implement a solution to address a lack of Segregation-Of-Duties SOD controls within the organization and enable senior managers to proactively resolve conflicting access rights. The challenge was to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing engaged Oracle Certified Advantage Partner Deloitte & Touche Enterprise Risk...; Tags: Audit, Oracle Corp., Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Semiconductor, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Operational Accounting, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Software; Case studies 2009-06-01
The Impact of SARBANES-OXLEY, BASEL II and Other Regulations on Corporate IT Security Strategies: An Overview: Corporations of the 21st century must face up to the growing challenge of compliance. Governments worldwide are regulating information management and security with increasing amounts of legislation. Legislation that is written in an ambiguous legal language which may require small hordes of legal experts to decipher. These experts may understand...; Tags: IT Security, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Information Technology, Compliance, SECUDE, Basel II, Government, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations, Security, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2009-05-22

Goodbye, SOX?: Keep your eye on this one: the US Supreme Court has just decided to review the constitutionality of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. According to today's news, the Supremes said they would consider a legal challenge to the law, on the basis that it "violates the constitutionally...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Information Technology, Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2009-05-18
Dear Facebook: If Rosetta Stone can go public so can you: Facebook is reportedly in the market for more funding at a valuation of either $2 billion or $4 billion and neither is all that palatable when you did a Microsoft deal valuing the social networking company at $15 billion.Â Perhaps Facebook should just skip this round and...; Tags: Facebook, Wilson, IPO, Investment, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Planning, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-04-16
The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let go? Should he?: IBM's acquisition of Sun Microsystems was shot down as its board split into two camps---one for the deal led by CEO Jonathan Schwartz and one against led by Chairman Scott McNealy---and the consensus appears to be that McNealy has a bad case of Yahoo-itis. Meanwhile, McNealy is also bordering on...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Scott McNealy, IBM Corp., Scott, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Sarbanes-Oxley, Corporate Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-04-06
RAE Systems Facilitates Global Growth With Single Instance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12: RAE Systems wanted to integrate enterprise resource planning systems across five global offices onto a single platform to standardize processes and extend visibility and automate internal financial controls and facilitate completing monthly financial closes in one week to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley SOX and global taxation requirements. The challenge was...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Oracle E-Business Suite, ERP, RAE Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Software, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Software, Regulations, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Case studies 2009-04-01
Bloor Research Case Study: SenSage at O2 Ireland: O2 is a part of Telefónica, which was originally established as Companiia Telefónica Nacional de Espana in 1924 as the Spanish subsidiary of AT&T. It needed to meet the requirements of the EU Data Retention Directive, to meet the demands of other compliance requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley SOX and the...; Tags: Compliance, O2 Plc., SenSage, Bloor Research, Event Data Warehouse, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Case studies 2009-04-01
Findings From the 'Compliance and Risk' Research Community: Use Auditor Demands to Get the Controls You Want: Many auditors are making unnecessary demands on IT organizations for effective, long term Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. The key is to ensure that technology initiatives for audit remediation deliver material business benefits and process improvements. To address auditor-driven requirements, most IT organizations are spending money and time on solutions that have little...; Tags: Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Gartner Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Accounting, Regulations, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2009-03-09
K. Hovnanian Homes Deploys Portal to Facilitate Internal and External Communication and Collaboration: K. Hovnanian Homes wanted to support rapid growth with an intranet to unify the company across all divisions and states and extend reach to trade partners vendors by providing a unified portal for access to all data, including accounts payable. K. Hovnanian Homes implemented Oracle WebCenter Suite's WebCenter Interaction to...; Tags: Collaboration, Oracle Corp., Portals, Web Technology, Sarbanes-Oxley, Internet, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance; Case studies 2009-03-01
Landry's Restaurants, Inc. Unifies Administrative Systems for Diverse Restaurant Properties: Landry's Restaurants, Inc. wanted to coordinate administrative processes for hundreds of individually-managed restaurants and unify on a single system for greater efficiency and streamline human resources and payroll for an employee base that is spread across 28 states and has high turnover rates. Landry's Restaurants, Inc. worked with Oracle Partners...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Landry's Restaurants Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Case studies 2009-03-01
Siemens, bribery & SarbOx: How much money can you fit in a briefcase? The Economist, 12/20/2008, reported that Siemens pleaded guilty to bribery and corruption charges. They also agreed to pay fines of $800 million USD in the US and an additional 395 million Euros in Germany. ...; Tags: Siemens AG, Bribery, Taxes, Free Trade, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Planning, Finance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Brian Sommer; Blog posts 2009-01-04
SOX Sec 404 Compliance in a Heterogeneous UNIX/Linux Environment: This document demonstrates how Symark PowerBroker and PowerPassword work in tandem to protect the integrity of data across heterogeneous UNIX/Linux systems to help bring your IT systems into compliance with the SOX section 404 requirements as outlined by various over site boards such as COBIT, ISACA, ISO and the Guide...; Tags: Symark Software, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Environment, Sarbanes-Oxley, Linux, Regulatory Compliance, UNIX, Regulations, Operating Systems, Open Source, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2009-01-01
SecReport 1.2.1.1 (Windows): SecReport is one of the top tools developed by Smart-X Software Solutions expert team in an effort to optimize your everyday work. Core Configurator helps you manage your system efficiently, effortlessly and productively. Features: Get a clue who can access which data on your public folders; Generate reports from the...; Tags: Smart-X, SecReport, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Team Management, Microsoft Windows, Regulations, Productivity, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Management, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-12-13
Sarbanes Oxley 1 (Mobile): Title 15 chapter 98 of the U.S. code, in an easy-to-browse, fully searchable version that fits in the palm of your hand. Perfect for lawyers, accountants, law students and corporate officers and board members, this version of the Act requires no network connection, so it's always available wherever you are....; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Mobile, Board, Network Connection, Cliff Maier, Corporate Governance, E-mail, Sarbanes-Oxley, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance; Software downloads 2008-11-24
GRC in the current economy: Interview with OpenPages executive Gordon Burnes A couple of weeks ago, I ran a blog post concerning the recent Wall Street crisis and the role that compliance legislation like Sarbanes-Oxley had to play in preventing it. I contended that Sarbanes-Oxley failed and that the problem could be...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Risk Management, Openpages Inc., GRC, Gordon, Sarbanes-Oxley, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Management, Brian Sommer; Blog posts 2008-11-03
Ikanos Communications Inc. Minimizes Time to Market and Achieves Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Ikanos Communications, Inc. wanted to minimize time-to-market for products and gain information systems that support the niche semiconductor industry with flexible processes. The challenge was to meet Sarbanes-Oxley SOX compliance in time for the company's initial public offering, in just 90 days. Ikanos Communications implemented Oracle E-Business Suite On Demand...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Ikanos Communications Inc., Oracle Corp., Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Case studies 2008-11-01
Secure Remote Access for the Distributed Business: Challenges, Trends, and Considerations: Businesses today are defined by a wide variety of distributed work locations, and a diversity of worker types with differing information requirements. At the same time, a number of new information security and privacy regulations-such as PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm Leach Bliley and HIPAA-are being phased in and toughened. These new...; Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Worker, Remote Access, Sarbanes-Oxley, Telecommunications, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2008-09-12