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404: not founded in reality?

Sarbanes-Oxley has proven itself to be a terrific money maker for the accounting andlegal industries in the United States, but the evidence on its effectiveness as aninformation equaliser in the capital markets is ambiguous at best.Here's the soxlaw.com section 404 summary: Issuers are required to publish information in their...

Tags: General, Enterprise Policy

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Connecting the dots with SOX

First a brief summary of the Sarbane-Oxley Act. This law was passed by Congress in reaction to the exposed frauds at publicly traded companies that resulted in large losses for stockholders and the failures of many companies. Enron was the most visible of these cases. The purpose of the law...

Tags: financial reporting, financial, Section 404

Blog posts 2005-08-04

Section 404 kicks in and rocks SOX readers

With all the hubbub about Sarbanes-Oxley, we turned to BT Trax to see how the news has been playing out over the last 12 months. As you can see in the SOX news interest graph, there is a low-level of interest but key developments spike interestto new highs, and none...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Blog posts 2005-03-04

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: The 'Section' of Unintended Consequences and Its Impact on Small Business

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act the Act is having a devastating impact on AeA's small and medium-sized member companies. Skyrocketing implementation costs have put high-tech companies in the position of having to delay major projects at a time when many are struggling to compete with low-cost competition from Asia....

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, American Electronics Association, Small Business, Section 404, Section 404 Implementation, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2005-02-01

Sarbanes-Oxley - More Than Just Section 404

SOX is more than just 404 documentation. From proper retention, retrieval and disposition of audit data to corporate responsibility for financial reports to real-time disclosure, SOX places a comprehensive compliance burden on public companies. Because of the sheer scope of the law, there is no "SOX-in-a-box" solution. Equally important, as...

Tags: DM Review, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2004-11-01

The Use of Spreadsheets: Considerations for Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Many companies rely on spreadsheets as a key tool in their financial reporting and operational processes. As a result, the use of spreadsheets is an integral part of the information and decision-making framework for these companies. In developing and using spreadsheets, companies need to balance their ease and flexibility against...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404, Spreadsheet, Productivity, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance

White papers 2004-07-01

Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Section 404 - Practical Guidance for Management

This paper is designed to assist management in its efforts to satisfy its responsibilities established by the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002. The paper is based on rule-making and guidance available as of July 2, 2004; accordingly, as new rules or modifications or interpretations to...

Tags: Guidance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Section 404, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Financial Services, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2004-07-01

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) Section 404: Ensuring Data Integrity and Availability for Compliance and Attestation

Now is the time to examine and improve your IT processes and systems for SOA compliance. Success depends upon the ability to initiate and maintain a disciplined methodology that reflects an institution's needs for IT controls as they relate to information availability and integrity. You should begin the process with...

Tags: SunGard Data Systems Inc., Data Integrity, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Success, SOA, Section 404, Sarbanes-Oxley, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2003-12-22

Internal Control Reports Under SOX Section 404

Although many public companies have already begun to prepare for compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 SOX, others may be just at the threshold. Whether or not the corporate accounting function has commenced this work, management and directors beyond the audit committee may not be clear...

Tags: Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2003-12-15

Case Study: Continuously Monitoring Controls Implemented to Comply With Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

A major U.S. manufacturing company found that after successfully completing Sarbanes-Oxley reporting and control requirements in 2004, it was faced with the time, cost, and complexity nightmare of periodically testing some 500 controls implemented to comply with Section 404 of the act. The solution was Memento QuickMetrics Suite. QuickMetrics enables...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Control, Monitoring, Section 404, QuickMetrics, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

Case studies

Sarbanes-Oxley: Strategies for Complying With the Final Section 404 Rules

Many corporate financial executives have questions regarding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This webcast explains what the new rule changes mean for you and your business, which strategies other companies are using to comply, and why and what options and timelines you need to consider immediately.

Tags: Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Management

Webcasts

Section 404 and Its Impact: The Evolving Role of Internal Audit

This webcast discusses the classic role of internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley's impact on internal audit and the fundamental changes to the role of internal audit.

Tags: Audit, Section 404, KPMG International, Financial Accounting, Finance

Webcasts

Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) and Section 404 Compliance

This webcast explains Business Transformation Outsourcing BTO and Section 404 Compliance.

Tags: Section 404, KPMG International, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance

Webcasts

IT Considerations for Compliance to Section 404

This webcast explains IT considerations for compliance to section 404.

Tags: Information Technology, Compliance, Section 404, KPMG International, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance

Webcasts

Corporate Requirements for Audit Committee Members Relative to Section 404

This webcast discusses the corporate requirements for audit committees. The webcast answers many of the memberships questions on corporate governance and standards.

Tags: Audit, Webcast, Section 404, KPMG International, Corporate Governance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Accounting, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Regulations, Government, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts

Additional Resources

Rumor Mill: iPhone to get copy, paste and better navi in firmware 2.1

The most exciting thing around the watercooler today is the rumor that Apple has seeded iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers. MacNN sources tell them that they've found references to cut, copy and paste in the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj. Woot! According to the story the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Apple Inc., Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience

Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot

News items 2008-07-23

Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games

Taking a page from Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console. SEATTLE--Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types...

Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox

News items 2008-07-23

TTProtect (zip)

TTProtect is an advanced software protection tool, it protect software against cracker. It absorb the advantages of the other protections, and adding own characteristics, use of a unique anti-tracking methods, make it difficult to debug protected application. TTprotect features Debugger Detection, Anti-Attached, Drx decoding, Code Chaos and confusion, Virtual Machine...

Tags: Software, TTProtect, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-23

Acer P241W

The Acer P241w can be found for as cheap as $380--a very fair price for a 24-inch LCD--and boasts a unique look and very bright image. Of the five 24-inch displays we've reviewed this year, we'd rank it fourth, but it still does some things better than its higher ranked...

Tags: foot stand, display, Acer P241W, Acer Inc., OSD, bezel

Product reviews 2008-07-22