What do you do with your end-of-life electronics? Do you drop it off at a collection center? Does your manufacturer have a buyback program? Do you send it off to be refurbished or recycled, or do you... More >
Early in the month, I wrote about e-waste recycling and pointed to some tips for choosing a vendor to lead your corporate recycling program. States such as California, Washington, and a few others ... More >
While the president's acting senior director for cyber space, Melissa Hathaway, spoke to the RSA Conference on the need for the White House to take the lead in cyber security policymaking and enfor... More >
Melissa Hathaway, the Obama administration's acting senior director for post about IBM X-Force's 2011 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report , told RSA conference attendees this week that the White House sh... More >
It's obvious that the Obama administration has inspired a push toward sustainability in corporate America in recent months. An emphasis on sustainability efforts in the stimulus package has resulted ... More >
Earlier this week, Financial Accounting Standards Board Chairman Robert Herz told those who comprise the Financial Crisis Advisory Group that U.S. Generally Acceptable Accounting Principles convergen... More >
Rather than wondering how open source will be negatively impacted by Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems , the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin sets out his thinking on what the acquisition will... More >
The tech press is buzzing with the news that database giant Oracle is "taking IBM's leavings," in a sense, and buying Sun Micrososystems for $7.4 billion. The details that have been made publ... More >
Just yesterday, I wrote about the Securities and Exchange Commission's new corporation finance director, Meredith Cross . In other regulator staffing news, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Bo... More >
Former Securities and Exchange Commission official Meredith Cross is rejoining the agency as the new director of its corporation finance division. Compliance Week reported Tuesday that SEC Chair Ma... More >
Given my recent interest in compliance in the cloud , you can imagine my curiosity when I first read about Intel's " Bringing Departmental SaaS Usage Under IT Governance " webcast. So Tuesday, I too... More >
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein says the newly reorganized bank has a duty to give back the funds it received as part of the government bailout, according to Bloomberg. The company is by... More >
The impact of the current recession is far reaching, and consequences of layoffs and business closures extend beyond longer unemployment lines and shrinking market segments. As VeriSign's Todd Waskel... More >
Here's an interesting patent law tidbit: Reuters reported Wednesday that a federal jury in Rhode Island entered a $388 million judgment against Microsoft for infringing patents belonging to anti-... More >
In the last week, I have spoken to several people regarding how to maintain/prove compliance if a company is storing data "in the cloud," so to speak. Proskauer Rose associate Nolan Goldberg says t... More >
When Microsoft sued GPS maker TomTom for patent infringement , it sent the Linux faithful into a frenzy, first because Microsoft had never actually filed a patent suit before, and secondly, one of t... More >
Compliance Week reported Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued what it is calling a Small Business Compliance Guide for filing XBRL-tagged financials. When the SEC... More >
Accenture says U.S. companies making the transition from U.S. Generally Acceptable Accounting Principles (GAAP) to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will pay more to make the move ... More >
Everything seems to be moving in the direction of cloud computing . In a recessionary economy, it's only to be expected. The cloud is less expensive, requires less hardware, less software, fewer peo... More >
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has relaxed fair value accounting rules , Bloomberg reported Thursday. The changes enable companies to use their judgment regarding the prices of some of t... More >
Going green is not only good for the environment and for a company's compliance liability. It can also be good for the company's bottom line. CFO.com reported Wednesday on the CFO Green Conference... More >
Given the new administration's push for energy efficiency and other "green" initiatives, it's not suprising that many companies are refocusing their equipment recycling efforts. But as of now, ther... More >
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