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Sarbanes-Oxley Ripples across Silicon Valley — Free Upgrades Gone?

By Dick Weisinger

Five years since becoming law, high-tech Silicon Valley companies are now finding themselves running amuck with Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance regulations. Small companies have argued that Sarbanes-Oxley hits them disproportionately hard on their financial bottom lines.  On Tuesday the Washington Post gives the

Oracle Databases and Storage

By Dick Weisinger

“Storage is growing much faster than the revenues and profits of companies” said Ari Kaplan, president of the Independent Oracle User’s Group (IOUG).  Storage demand is being driven by regulatory compliance, increased business transactions, and buisiness intelligence, and the bulk of the

Content Management: Reasons for Adopting An Email Archive Solution

By Dick Weisinger

Email has become a primary tool for business communication, and management of the content found in emails has become increasingly important for businesses. Three reasons for adopting an email archiving solution: 1.  Mailbox Management.  Very often the storage costs for keeping email on

Compliance: SEC Relaxes Sarbanes-Oxley for Smaller Companies

By Dick Weisinger

Much of the core of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations and the philosophy that drove it into being is about good business.  Sarbanes-Oxley is a call to businesses to strengthen their attention on internal control.  But that’s not to say that Sarbanes-Oxley is without its problems. The

Poor Data Quality can Undermine Business Intelligence

By Dick Weisinger

Keeping data up to date and fresh is a global problem.  How many times have you searched the internet to find the information in the top results to be out-dated?  The same problem plagues data managed in enterprises. A Data Warehousing Institute’s study