PricewaterhouseCoopers
India: Low-cost, high-tech hub
News Ravi Bhamidipati, executive director of performance improvement at PricewaterhouseCoopers India, said in a phone interview: "From plain and simple cost arbitrage, India is today offering tremendous value arbitrage. [06 Aug 2008]
Best Practices for Recruitment One Stop
White Paper The vision for Recruitment One Stop is to provide seamless, one-stop recruiting for all Federal jobs. The goals are to implement a single application point for Federal job seekers, to include vacancy information and basic job application submission... [03 Jul 2008]
Significant Changes to Medicare/Medicaid Programs Announced
White Paper Pharmaceutical manufacturers that are considering providing a Medicare-Endorsed Prescription Drug Card Assistance program should be aware that, for the purposes of this initiative only, their designation under HIPAA could change to that of a... [03 Jul 2008]
Does Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Affect Acquisitions?: What Director's Need to Know
White Paper CEOs and CFOs of public companies are getting ready to meet another Sarbanes-Oxley deadline. For each fiscal year ending on or after November 15, 2004, management must assess and report on - and external auditors must independently assess and... [03 Jul 2008]
Conducting Fraud Risk Assessments
White Paper Fraud risk assessments are a critical component of antifraud programs and controls - how can a company develop antifraud controls without first identifying its fraud risks? Internal Audit conducted the fraud risk assessment separately from the... [03 Jul 2008]
Finding the Silver Lining: How Private Companies Can Bene?t From the New Governance and Disclosure Standards
White Paper While currently the provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley are directed at public companies, their impact on the overall business environment is becoming dramatically more far reaching. In fact, Sarbanes-Oxley is gradually transforming the way all companies... [03 Jul 2008]
Designing & Implementing Codes of Ethics & Whistleblower Hotlines
White Paper It has long been considered a best practice for public companies to adopt a strong code of ethics, to maintain a confidential reporting channel for employees to report wrongdoing, and to ensure that such employees are protected from retaliation. [03 Jul 2008]
Management's Responsibility for Assessing the Effectiveness of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
White Paper Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("Section 404") requires management to report on the effectiveness of the company's internal control over financial reporting based on its assessment as of the end of the fiscal year. [03 Jul 2008]
The BBC & Enterprise Portals
White Paper In April 2001 the BBC with the assistance of its implementation partner MedAS (a joint venture between PricewaterhouseCoopers and EDS) went live with SAP R/3. Prior to the implementation of SAP R/3, the BBC had multiple, old and inefficient systems... [03 Jul 2008]
What to Look for in a High-Speed Internet Access Provider
White Paper In today's hospitality market, high-speed Internet access is becoming one of the most sought-after amenities around: PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts the number of hotel rooms with high-speed Internet access (HSIA) will increase 80% by the end of... [03 Jul 2008]
Wireless Enterprise Infrastructure: A 5-Tier Architecture Model
White Paper This paper, written by Infowave CTO, Sal Visca, is based on material developed for the PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Forecast: 2001-2003 and explains the 5-Tier architecture model employed by Infowave. [03 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News These were a management and process review by chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Kieran Poynter, a review of staff by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and an unsuccessful search to recover the missing CDs by the Metropolitan... [26 Jun 2008]
Need for "radical change" in gov't data handling
News The justice minister's comments were made in light of a number of reports on government data losses published on Wednesday, including a review of the HMRC loss of 25 million child-benefit claimant details by PricewaterhouseCoopers chair Kieran... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The HMRC faces action following damning reports by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and by chairman of PriceWaterhouseCoopers Kieran Poynter into HMRC losing two data discs containing 25 million people's details. [25 Jun 2008]
Graham Knight
CIO Profile Knight has always worked in IT across a wide range of industry sectors, including senior roles at AXA/PPP Healthcare, BDO Stoy Hayward, Coopers & Lybrand, Lloyds TSB and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. As CIO of General Healthcare Group - the largest... [11 Jun 2008]
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