Compliance

You are here: silicon.com > Research > Special Reports > Compliance

Compliance

EMC touts technology to tap compliance needs

Simple but true: good compliance needs good IT

By Tony Hallett

Published: 7 June 2004 12:16 GMT

EMC has announced initiatives and a version of its Centera content technology aimed at aligning the storage vendor closely with companies' compliance needs.

While user organisations face extra work from modern-day regulations surrounding risk and accountability, many vendors are presenting Basel II, International Accounting Standards, Sarbanes-Oxley and more as opportunities to overhaul IT processes and make organisations more efficient.

John Gubernat, director of global solutions for compliance and enterprise content solutions at EMC, said: "You have to be looking at making compliance an integral part of overall IT strategy. You can't do compliance without good information management and solid IT."

As such, EMC is touting email archiving using Legato storage software and content archiving and retrieval from partner Mobius as well as its Documentum division.

In line with its mantra about being 'solutions focused' - as opposed to a mere seller of storage boxes - EMC is offering updated services and new software functionality for its Centera line of content addressed storage, which typically handles fixed content such as email archives or historical documents.

The latter, said Gubernat, is important not just for retrieval. For example, within the European Union data-retention laws call for certain classes of information to be expunged after a given time. Software from EMC and other vendors now allows 'auto-delete' functionality but, crucially, records are 'tombstoned' so organisations can work out what kind of data had been recorded and when.

Financial securities company Adirondack Electronics Markets has used EMC for compliance and claims its time to produce three months of archived email has fallen from days to minutes.

Separately, at the end of last week EMC announced a storage alliance for its mid-range Clariion products with Samsung in Asia.

  1. Zones
  2. Management
  3. Networks
  4. Software
  5. IT Services
  6. Hardware
  1. Verticals
  2. Public Sector
  3. Financial Services
  4. Retail & Leisure
Compliance News

Decision on Microsoft antitrust fine to take "weeks"
€2m-per-day penalty on hold

Are compliance headaches only just beginning?
Financial services IT managers, get ready...

Gartner: SOX is boosting IT spend
'Budgets to increase by 10 to 15 per cent next year'

CIO Agenda, part 1: The 2006 IT shopping list
IT governance and compliance steal security's top spot

IT the key to cutting SOX costs
The compliance work isn't over yet...

Compliance Extra

Stories from around the web...

Relief from Sarbanes-Oxley on the way? CNET News.com

Chief risk officer: A valuable addition to the C-suite Globe and Mail

IT complexity confounds financial sector compliance Accounting and Finance 365 - registration required

The secret to success LegalWeek

Sarbox: The appliance of compliance Accountancy Age

RELATED RESEARCH

Make your voice heard

silicon.com and the Bathwick Group have created an opportunity for business and IT executives to share their experience with each other and thus enhance their knowledge of the IT marketplace.

Join our research panel, and you'll be asked to participate in short surveys - and then will be privy to the answers of all your colleagues, as we send you tailored versions of the results.

For more about the Research Panel and how to join, click here



Quick Sitemap Links: