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July 2, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission Focuses on Informing Investors

In an open meeting Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve three changes:   A proposal to require companies receiving federal money from the Troubled Asset Relief Pr... More >

Compliant Transcription from LegaLock

When I spoke to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin about the president's BlackBerry and the security issues it raised, he stressed that information classified in the government syst... More >

June 30, 2009

Swedish Gaming Company Buys Pirate Bay

In April, a Swedish judge convicted the founders of the Pirate Bay file sharing site of anti-piracy violations. They were sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay $3.6 million in fines for ru... More >

Breaking New Ground: Increasing the ROI of Mobility by Moving Complex Data

This white paper describes the business process automation and content management capabilities available in mobile device management and security solutions and illuminates their importance and value to today's enterprises.

Creating Order from Chaos in Data Centers and Server Rooms

Learn how you can rid your data centers of messy racks, sub-standard under floor air distribution, and cable sprawl with a minimum of heartache and expense.

June 29, 2009

For Now, IBM Can't Stop Former M&A Chief from Going to Work for Dell

Six months ago, IBM and Apple settled a dispute arising from Apple's hiring of IBM's blade development VP, Mark Papermaster , to head iPhone and iPod engineering. IBM had sued Apple, arguing that Pa... More >

June 26, 2009

PCAOB Votes to Delay 2009 International Inspections for up to Three Years

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is giving itself an extension on its own deadline. Compliance Week blogger Tammy Whitehouse says the regulator voted to delay its 2009 international ... More >

Obama Administration's Focus on IT, Regulation Good for Business

InformationWeek blogger Michael Hickins made a good point Wednesday when he said: If all you've heard is business complain that increased taxes and government regulation is driving investment and ... More >

June 25, 2009

Did Apple's Vague Disclosure of Jobs' Health Violate Securities Laws?

Six months ago, Steve Jobs took a medical leave of absence from his responsibilities at Apple because what company officials first called a "hormone imbalance" was more "complex" than they had thou... More >

June 23, 2009

XBRL U.S. Readies for Annual Conference

As the public companies begin to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission's mandate to use eXtensible Business Reporting Language tagging in their financial filings, XBRL U.S. is preparin... More >

June 22, 2009

Fed Has Expertise to Oversee Big Finance, President Says

Since the bottom fell out of the economy, pundits and politicians alike have speculated about what an overhaul of the financial regulatory system will look like. Many think the Federal Reserve will ... More >

June 19, 2009

Facebook's Role in the Privacy Debate

Two stories from The Register caught my eye Friday, largely because they both addressed Facebook and privacy issues. First, it was this gem of a headline, " U.S. city demands FaceSpaceGooHoo lo... More >

XBRL on SEC's Back Burner, but Not out of Mind

Writing for Data Interactive early this month, Matt Kelly said eXtensible Business Reporting Language is no longer among the Securities and Exchange Commission's top priorities . Understandably, C... More >

June 18, 2009

Environment, Financial Services High on Regulatory Compliance Lists

SearchCompliance.com 's Alexander Howard did a nice roundup this week of the compliance trends we're in for in the next six months. Not surprisingly, increased regulation and enforcement is right a... More >

June 16, 2009

GE Healthcare Offers Stimulus Simplicity for EMR Implementation

Electronic medical records have been a priority of President Obama's since his campaign days, if not before. But they're coming to the forefront again now that he is renewing his focus on health ca... More >

June 11, 2009

Federal IT Oversight Bill in the Pipeline

If Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.) has his way, federal agencies undertaking IT projects will have a lot of explaining to do if they fail.   According to ZDNet blogger Michael Krigsman , Senate B... More >

June 9, 2009

SEC on Sarbox, SMBs and Pay Disclosure Proposals

At Compliance Week 's annual conference in Washington, D.C., Securities and Exchange Commissioner Luis Aguilar told attendees that smaller companies should be familiarizing themselves with Sarbanes... More >