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- Pulte Mortgage Builds a Strong IT Foundation With Tripwire Enterprise
- Pulte Mortgage, LLC has been helping homebuyers turn their dreams of owning a home into reality for over 33 years. The challenge was to satisfy change control demands of SOX regulations, to improve methods for verifying configuration changes and to track change success rates to evaluate staff effectiveness. Tripwire Enterprise...
- Tags: Information Technology, Tripwire, Tripwire Enterprise, Change Management, Mortgages, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Tools & Techniques, Management, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Government, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- Case studies 2009-09-19
- 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
- How Varonis Can Help With Efforts Toward Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
- This paper provides a brief overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (Sections 302 and 404), the impact of SOX on IT Departments, and the Varonis Data Governance solution for critical portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Varonis Systems, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2009-07-28
- Sustaining SOX Compliance: Best Practices to Mitigate Risk, Automate Compliance, and Reduce Costs
- To successfully sustain SOX compliance, organizations must implement best practices to ensure IT systems not only achieve a known and trusted state but they also maintain that state. Management must be more accountable and aware of the need for a continuous and proactive operational risk management environment that recognizes the...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, SOX Compliance, Best Practice, Tripwire, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2009-07-20
- Making Sense of Message Archiving Requirements
- There are many regulations that cover Message Archiving and the overall category of Electronic Media. Some of these are industry specific such as Sarbanes-Oxley SOX, SEC regulation 17, NASD 3010, 21CFR part 11 and HIPAA. While many businesses feel like they are not required to adhere to these standards, they...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Archiving, Perimeter eSecurity, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Hipaa, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Healthcare
- White papers 2009-06-11
- 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
- Using Qualysguard to Meet Sox Compliance & IT Control Objectives
- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has fundamentally changed the business and regulatory landscape for all companies publically traded in the US. SOX is intended to instill confidence back into the investor community after several corporate scandals resulted in the loss of billions of dollars in invested capital. SOX does this...
- Tags: Business Process, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Qualys Inc., SOX Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Governance, Regulations, Corporate Law, Operational Planning, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations
- White papers 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. 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
- A Risk-Based Approach to Segregation of Duties: An Executive Primer
- Segregation of Duties SoD is a hot topic of conversation among a range of professionals, from compliance managers to executive-level officers. The outpouring of interest in SoD is due, in part, to the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley SOX in the US and other similar control-driven regulations worldwide. However, there is another...
- Tags: Ernst & Young LLP, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Segregation Of Duties, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2009-01-27
- A Risk-Based Approach to Segregation of Duties
- Segregation of Duties SoD remains elusive for many organizations even though its operating principle is quite simple: no individual should have excessive system access that allows them to commit fraud or materially impact the financial statements. The challenge lies primarily in the complexity of the interconnected systems and processes that...
- Tags: Ernst & Young LLP, Financial Statements, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Litigation, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Finance, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations, Sales
- White papers 2009-01-27
- 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
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