compliance
RSS complianceMicrosoft: 'We're simple'
News When it comes to keeping systems secure, 'Sir' Bill said the software giant has two main messages - get a firewall and keep your software updated - but admitted it is up to Microsoft to play its part, adding that ensuring 90 per cent... [26 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Governance checklist, back-up for utility computing and Nauticus
Comment By common consent, regulatory compliance will be an important application area for 2004. Organisations will need to maintain detailed records of the activities carried out by compliance processes.... [25 Jan 2004]
Microsoft 'not living up to antitrust agreement'
News Microsoft said in its own statement, filed jointly with the government's, that it "has made full compliance with its obligations under the final judgments a top priority of the company, and the company continues to... [19 Jan 2004]
Microsoft loosens XP stranglehold on browser
News In a notice filed with the federal judge who is overseeing Microsoft's compliance with its antitrust settlement, the Justice Department said it had concluded that XP's Shop for Music Online feature unreasonably invokes... [16 Jan 2004]
Oracle-PeopleSoft - deal could be cleared in March
News Oracle, which last month announced it had certified its "substantial compliance" with the DoJ in turning over requested documents and information, updated that information in a filing in Alameda County Superior Court,... [12 Jan 2004]
Basel II rush to drive $4bn banking IT spree
News The deadline for the IAS is 2005, with Basel II compliance set for 2007. The last minute rush by European banks struggling to comply with the new Basel II risk management regulations will drive almost $4bn of technology... [08 Jan 2004]
5 years ago: Small firms warned over IT abuse
News The Institute for Software Compliance's (iSC) Continuous Compliance Programme can so far count Action 2000 and several leading law firms and standards bodies among its supporters. 06.014.04: An... [06 Jan 2004]
IT budgets up in 2004, says IDC
News Regulatory compliance will prompt demand. Tech spending will increase, IBM will indemnify customers in the SCO suit, and information technology services provided to US customers through offshoring will double in 2004,... [05 Dec 2003]
Google cuts off drug dealers' supply chain
News Krane wrote in an email: "We are planning on verifying sensitive pharmaceutical ads using a third party to ensure compliance with our policies. Search giant Google said it will no longer allow unlicensed drug dealers to... [02 Dec 2003]
IR35: who's interested? Not silicon.com readers...
News He told silicon.com that due to the way the law is designed all the emphasis is on the contractor to ensure compliance - the employer escapes scot-free. A recent poll of silicon.com readers on IR35 - a piece of tax... [27 Nov 2003]
Government websites fail on accessibility
News Furthermore, only four of the sites tested passed tests for compliance with the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines. Ranking alongside it with 100 per cent compliance were the government's... [26 Nov 2003]
BMC pushes ID management software
News BMC said its new software will allow companies to better register and manage user accounts and passwords, and to audit compliance with internal security regulations. BMC Software plans to extend its identity management... [24 Nov 2003]
IT governance could be industry's biggest challenge yet
News With the threat of jail sentences hanging over CEOs or CFOs whose companies don't comply with IT governance, execs want to be seen to be doing the right thing - and have landed their CIOs with the job of sorting out the... [19 Nov 2003]
CIOs must be 'politicians and diplomats'
News Topics at the bootcamp included outsourcing and offshoring, security, compliance, presenting return on investment calculations to the "suits" and managing the real-time enterprise. Today's CIOs must have the skills of a... [18 Nov 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: The CSO, UK slamming and presence for voice calls
Comment But risk management is becoming a hot topic in Europe as well - especially among financial services companies that must upgrade their technology and business processes to more effectively handle risk in compliance with... [17 Nov 2003]
