Using software to perform compliance tasks that would otherwise be done by hand may be an obvious way to drive down the costs of regulatory compliance. Less obvious, however, is what that software must do to maximize those savings — continuously monitor the source data of primary business applications.
The new year promises to be full of regulatory reform, especially financial reform. It’s a top-tier issue for the incoming Obama administration, and it will almost certainly be embraced by the 111th Congress. So what does that mean for those of us in corporate America? It means that in 2009, we should resolve to comply without complaining.
SAP's Business Objects unit sees business intelligence, governance, risk, compliance and enterprise performance management tools all converging, and Tuesday it rolled out some products that it hopes shows it is best poised to deliver all three.
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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Resolution for 2009: Comply without Complaint
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