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What prompted IBM to pay about 5 times Cognos' annual revenue and nearly 40 times its most recent net earnings? Well, you can chalk some of it up to Sarbanes Oxley. IBM has been aggressively pursuing Read more...

Ah, the good old days when software licenses meant nothing. For big companies anyway, Sarbanes Oxley has led to a clamp down of sorts. And that's a good thing. Most agree that piracy is much less of Read more...

When it comes to compliance-related security efforts, the benefits are pretty obvious. Most people would agree that automated approaches would work best, but resource issues and stubbornness at the Read more...

It's often said in general Sarbanes-Oxley discussions that if a company, or executive, really wants to commit a crime, the law will not stop him. That's true of course. When it comes to network Read more...

You've probably heard a lot about the rise of software-as-a-service as a model that more companies, big and small, are embracing. Clearly, the notion of paying for software services, hosted Read more...

> A U.S. district judge has decided not to give David Welch, the first person accorded Sarbox whistleblower protection, his job back. The Department of Labor had previously ordered a small-town Read more...