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- Network Solutions Leader Projects $1.5 Million Savings with Switch to New ERP
- Founded in 1983, Network Equipment Technologies NET is a leader in providing network and voice exchange solutions for government and enterprise customers worldwide. To increase its operational efficiency, cut costs, and improve government reporting and compliance capabilities, NET needed to implement a new enterprise resource planning system. For nearly a...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Network Solutions Inc., Compliance, Leader, Network Equipment Technologies Inc., ERP, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Government, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-11-07
- 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
- MSDN Webcast: Addressing Compliance With SQL Server 2008 (Level 300)
- The presenter of this webcast shows some of the new features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and it describe how they can be used to help an organization address their compliance needs. This webcast illustrates Identity management, Data protection, Separation of duties, Auditing and reporting and Policy-based management.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Compliance, Microsoft Corp.
- Webcasts 2008-10-22
- Security for virtual environments from the Catbird Seat
- Alright, the title is a bit of a stretch. What can I say, I love bad puns. I spoke with my friends from Catbird after VMworld and have only now found the time to post something about that conversation. Bad Analyst! Go to your room! ...
- Tags: Network, Compliance, Virtual Environment, Catbird, V-Security 2.0, TrustZones, Catbird Control Center, Security, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Entellium's lost millions
- Larry Dignan outlines the main points of the Entellium fraud. Regardless of the final outcome, there are three glaring questions: How did the CFO and CEO overstate revenues across THREE financial years by a factor of four to five times without someone noticing the obvious problem of...
- Tags: Entellium, Board, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Privileged Account Management. Recognize and mitigate Unix/Linux security risks.
- Learn how to protect heterogeneous Unix systems from the threat of external attackers, as well as abuse and misuse from trusted internal users. This document, "Privileged Account Management-Learn How to Secure your Assets and Control Your Costs," discusses the dangers of Unix/Linux security and compliance issues, and how to mitigate...
- Tags: Compliance, Account Management, Quest Software Inc., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Software
- White papers 2008-10-01
- Secure Email and Workflow Automation: The Five Critical Questions Financial Institutions Must Ask
- Are financial institutions failing their customers? Phishing & fraud have become an industry of their own. Are financial institutions protecting consumers when they exchange information with them or share their private data with partners? Or are they just crossing their fingers? These simple, practical questions can help...
- Tags: Compliance, Financial Company, E-mail, Automation, Financial Services
- White papers 2008-10-01
- IBM stresses the green-ification of product design and management
- About a week ago, I mentioned an alliance between Autodesk and Sustainable Minds aimed at helping designers reate greener products from the drawing board stage. Now, IBM Global Business Services has introduced a set of product lifecycle services intended to help companies apply that sort of thinking not just...
- Tags: Product Lifecycle, Product Design, Compliance, Product Lifecycle Management, IBM Corp., IBM Environmental Product Lifecycle Management Service, Hittner, Design, Product Marketing, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Creating Value and Driving Performance for Finance Professionals (Level 100)
- Finance professionals can gain more relevant business insights, simplify compliance processes, drive more consistent and accurate reporting, and get more value from their technology investments using Microsoft performance management and Enterprise Resource Planning ERP financial management solutions. Microsoft applications help make business information more accessible and meaningful to the people...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Webcast, Performance, Compliance, Microsoft Corp., Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance
- Webcasts 2008-09-23
- Financial cesspits and compliance
- Financial cesspits and complianceA true oxymoron......business ethics."Whatever regulation comes out of this mess, it needs to be rooted in a genuine sense of ethical business activity."On Wall Street? Yea right...and I bet you still believe in the Tooth Fairy.The fat-cats who created this mess will walk away with millions in...
- Tags: Business ethics, compliance, financial
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Financial cesspits and compliance
- Governance risk and compliance are not the most popular of topics. Until there is a monumental screw up that is. Then everyone with a GRC solution emails to remind me they have the solution that could have avoided last week's mayhem in the financial markets,which will fix the ongoing situation...
- Tags: Trader, Financial, Compliance, Investment Banking, GRC, Government, Financial Accounting, Litigation, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Webcast: PCI DSS Therapy for the Smaller Retailer
- Meeting the PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard requirement is particularly important for smaller retailers because few of them can afford the type of fines and operational restrictions the credit card industry has already imposed on many companies for non-compliance. But what can smaller retailers do to avoid...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Webcast, Compliance, PCI, Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-09-11
- Tripwire PCI DSS Solutions: Automated, Continuous Compliance
- The credit card industry has stepped up its pressure for banks, merchants and other service providers to increase data security. But now, compliance is no longer voluntary; it is a requirement, and failure to meet PCI DSS standards can result in monetary penalties. Fortunately, these standards amount to best practices,...
- Tags: Compliance, Decision Support System, Tripwire, Credit Card Industry, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-09-11
- Effective Security with a Continuous Approach to ISO 27001 Compliance
- The Tripwire Enterprise solution provides organizations with powerful configuration control through its configuration assessment and change auditing capabilities. In this white paper, learn how, with Tripwire Enterprise, organizations can quickly achieve IT configuration integrity by proactively assessing how their current configurations measure up to specifications as given in ISO 27001....
- Tags: Security, Compliance, ISO, Tripwire, Tripwire Enterprise Solution, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-09-10
- Media bias and vaccine compliance
- Media bias and vaccine complianceOne problem is.......vaccines are made and administered by humans and humans make mistakes. In the mid 80's, I worked at a school for autistic students. No "mild to moderate", only "severe & profound". Of the approximately 90 students there, I recall at least...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Autism, vaccine, compliance, Wakefield
- Discussion threads 2008-09-07
- Media bias and vaccine compliance
- Reporters have been hyping a 1998 study by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, claiming a link between vaccines and autism. Pediatrics found a direct link between the hype and non-compliance. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Vaccine, Media, Compliance, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-09-07
- 7 Key Criteria for Choosing a Managed File Transfer Solution
- Sending presentations, audio, video, or graphics files can jeopardize your network's security. Now learn why you should never use FTP or conventional email to send oversize files; how managed file transfer can make your network safer; 7 key criteria to look for when selecting a solution; and how to avoid...
- Tags: Compliance, YouSendIt Inc., FTP, E-mail, Security, Online Communications
- White papers 2008-09-01
- Total Endpoint Protection: Lower Costs and Increase Compliance
- It's not easy to keep your business safe: Cyber criminals have more ways to gain access to your data. Compliance regulations demand new and stronger safeguards. The growing number of disparate point products increases management costs and security complexities. So how do...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Compliance, Security
- Webcasts 2008-08-30
- KnowledgeTree Community Edition (exe)
- Designed to work the way you work, KnowledgeTree securely stores, tracks, organizes, and retrieves all your critical company documents to promote productivity, collaboration and compliance amongst geographically dispersed teams and businesses. KnowledgeTree solves: lost document and version nightmares; central document storage, security and accessibility issues; compliance challenges; business process redundancies;...
- Tags: Business Process, Collaboration, Compliance, KnowledgeTree, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Excel and Basic Accounting Error
- Just how bad are "power users" from both an IT and auditor standpoint? A fiairly good academic study of 3,744 disclosure documents admitting error concludes that only about 8% of companies can do financial statements directly from their financial systems, with the rest massaging the data in spreadsheets - unauditable,...
- Tags: Revenue, Accounting, Restatement, Compliance, Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet, Operational Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Productivity, Financial Services, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
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