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Investors seek network mgmt. innovation, 04/11/06

Start-up companies looking to challenge the dominance enjoyed by expensive, complex network-management suites are attracting second and third rounds of funding from venture capitalists eager to get in on the next big thing.

Congoleum lays solid foundation for SOX compliance, 04/10/06

When it comes to Sarbanes-Oxley, one of the hardest parts of compliance is getting started. Flooring manufacturer Congoleum knew what Section 404 of the legislation required – that it develop and be able to validate the adequateness of controls put in …

Qualcomm shares two years of SOX experience, 04/10/06

By compliance standards, Qualcomm is an early adopter. The San Diego chipmaker was among the first public companies to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – a full year before the close of its 2005 fiscal year and well before the …

Blue Rhino tackles SOX with tools on hand, 04/10/06

Tamria Zertuche’s approach to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance involves getting as much assistance as possible from automated tools.

Government agency outsourcing firms don’t respect private data, GAO reports, 04/05/06

Critics of the U.S. government’s outsourcing practices have one more bullet to fire at proponents of the practice. According to a Government Accountability Office study, government agencies that use information services firms for everything from law …

Network/Systems Management Newsletter: The SOA generation gap: New breed of vendors marry SOA with Web services, 04/05/06

In my last newsletter, I discussed the growing generation gap between Enterprise Service Bus platforms from established vendors such as Oracle …

IT Leadership Newsletter: The 2006 Enterprise All-Star Awards, 04/04/06

If your company has recently completed a network project that you’re proud of, one way to give your staff recognition for their achievements is to enter Network …