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Sarbanes-Oxley: The Role of Technology
Sarbanes-Oxley does not regulate technology; however, using technology effectively can reduce the cost, time and risk of an enterprise's compliance activities.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Demands IS Involvement
Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley will require IS departments to work closely with other enterprise departments. If this is not occurring in your enterprise, you will risk being noncompliant.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Affects Owning ERP/Financial Applications
Installations or modifications to enterprise financial reporting applications are subject to mandatory quarterly reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Failure to report may result in violations.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Readiness Study: Preliminary Results
The preliminary results from Gartner's benchmark Sarbanes-Oxley compliance reveal significant client challenges and debunks some of the beliefs fueling market and vendor hype around compliance requirements.
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Use Crisis and Contract Management for 409 Compliance
Something unexpected happening to a customer or a supplier may constitute a material event. Sarbanes-Oxley compliance plans need to detail how such external events will be assessed; crisis and contract management can help.
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How CIOs Should Prepare for Sarbanes-Oxley
Sarbanes-Oxley is the most sweeping legislation to affect publicly traded companies since the reforms during the Great Depression. CIOs should follow Gartner's four-phase approach to meet compliance requirements.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Vendor Evaluation Framework
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has resulted in a frenzy of vendor activity. Use this framework to match specific solutions to your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issues.
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You'll Have to Spend to Attain Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Large and midsize enterprises will spend $2 million through 2005 to become compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. Smart enterprises will use that money to build the beginnings of a compliance platform.
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Compliance Legislation Hits the Storage and Records Management Vendors
Old and new laws are driving storage and records management technology and defining the market.
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Deloitte's Value-Based Approach to Sarbanes-Oxley
Although other providers focus on the compliance burden of Sarbanes-Oxley, the global accounting, tax and consulting firm Deloitte believes the act may be a catalyst to drive business and technology change.
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Sarbanes-Oxley-Compliant 'Whistle-Blower' Tools
The Section 301 "whistle-blower" protection requirements of the U.S. Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 for publicly traded companies should be universal best practices.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Requires Trust and Cash
The compliance burden for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is misaligned with enterprise value. The cheapest applications are sought, as funds are squandered on consulting fees. This is a risky and avoidable practice for all companies.
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Use an E-Learning LMS to Ensure Regulation Compliance
To ensure that organizational procedures, processes and training are accomplished, learning management systems are a top priority.
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Demand Is Growing for a Chief Governance Officer
The increase in regulatory scrutiny on several fronts is pushing companies to consider the appointment of a CGO. The CGO is an executive with the accountability to inculcate best practices toward compliance.
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PPM Applications Can Aid Compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley
Although project portfolio management applications and processes provide tools to aid corporate compliance to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, they should not be treated or purchased as compliance solutions.
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Don't Let Sarbanes-Oxley Lead to an Information Dark Age
The U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act is intended to make corporate governance more transparent, but could result in data protectionism by many companies. They would do better to foster a culture of information sharing.
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Compliance Management Reduces Regulatory Burdens
Reduce the impact of constantly changing government regulations by leveraging established and new technologies in a compliance management architecture.
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Free Your Company From the Sarbanes-Oxley Hype Cycle
Appropriate IT investments prevent excessive burdens on workers involved in compliance and internal controls activities. Analyzing the Hype Cycle illustrates the best timing for IT investments.
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