Daily News Archive

Please note that The Daily News is publishing (hopefully) twice a week for the foreseeable future due to time constraints.

Tuesday, November 22nd

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and, if they can't find them, make them.” -- George Bernard Shaw

 

The Picks of the Day

Angry techies hit back at 'ignorant' bosses

“Predictions that the techie will soon be rendered obsolete have been met with a furious response from silicon.com readers. They say that business people need to learn more about IT, not the other way around.”

http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39154228,00.htm

 

IT the key to cutting SOX costs

“IT departments have had to deal with a fair amount of the teething problems. SOX demands a single version of the truth from companies in terms of the financial figures they deliver. But with the complex systems they have built up, one plus one doesn't always equal two, which means many companies have been scrambling to get their systems straight.”

http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39154209,00.htm

 

Itil updates best practices for IT managers

“More details of the next version of the popular IT Infrastructure Library (Itil) best-practice framework emerged last week, as the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) said it will add guidelines for improving IT governance and handling outsourcing partners.”

http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2146376/itil-updates-best-practices

 

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

U.S. Multinationals Looking Beyond Initial Sarbanes 404 Compliance to Business Improvement

“Management Barometer is a quarterly survey of top executives of large, U.S.-based multinational businesses. These findings are from interviews with 131 CFOs and Managing Directors.”

http://www.s-ox.com/news/detail.cfm?articleID=1262

 

Compliance backlash: 'Get mad or get even'

“On the first anniversary of one of the most controversial sections of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, many companies are only now starting to take stock of the huge amounts they spent on compliance – and many are starting to wonder whether it was money well spent.”

http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39154213,00.htm

 

FEI Benchmarks Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Best Practices 

“Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research affiliate of Financial Executives International (FEI), today released two new reports on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and Management's Reports on Internal Controls.  These reports were released in conjunction with FEI's Conference on Current Financial Reporting Issues (CFRI).”

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-17-2005/0004218490&EDATE=

 

Security and Risk Management

A Senate Shot at Anti-Spyware

“Anti-spyware legislation has found new life in the U.S. Senate since the Commerce Committee recently approved a bill outlawing a number of activities associated with unauthorized downloads.”

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3565646

 

Texas to Sony BMG: Don't spy on us

“Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a civil lawsuit Monday against Sony BMG Music Entertainment for including ‘spyware’ software on its media player designed to thwart music copying.”

http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/21/technology/texas_sony.reut/index.htm

[They are in sooo much trouble.  Somebody is having a career ending moment.]

 

Tainted Sony CDs Used Open Source

“Controversial copy-protection software used by music publisher Sony BMG on music CDs appears to have tapped an open-source project, raising questions about copyrights, software experts said on Friday.”

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69620,00.html

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,106355,00.html?source=x221

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,106320,00.html?source=x221

 

Human Error / Safety

U.S. think tank details steps to contain bird flu

“With avian flu threatening to make the leap into humans, some strategic thinkers have begun to plan for just such a scenario, including the first large-scale quarantine in decades.”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-11-20-flu-plan_x.htm?csp=34

 

Outsourcing / Globalization

Cisco: Sold On India

“The networking giant sees an edge there, even with most competitors resolutely set on growth in China”

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_48/b3961055.htm

 

Under India's shadow, Dubai squeezes into outsourcing

“India's a tough place to live. That's the pitch Dubai is using to woo companies to bring outsourcing work to the tiny island nation.”

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-5963445.html

http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39154404,00.htm

 

Economics / Business / Misc.

IT Value Hinges on Process-driven Solutions, Says Butler Group

“Deriving value from IT in the next three decades will hinge on an organisation's ability to build process-driven solutions from its existing IT investments, according to a Butler Group preview of its November BPM symposium in London.”

http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/T2/Analyst_Research/ResearchAnnouncementsDetails.asp?Newsid=6086

 

The IT Profession in 2010: Gartner's Predictions

“By 2010, six out of ten IT professionals will assume business-facing roles and midsize and large companies will reduce IT headcount by 30 percent, according to a recent Gartner report and comments made at its Symposium/ITxpo in Cannes this week.”

http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/T2/Analyst_Research/ResearchAnnouncementsDetails.asp?Newsid=6101

Thursday, November 24th

 The Daily News will not be published due to the US Thanksgiving holiday.