The Joy of SOX: Why Sarbanes-Oxley and Services Oriented by Hugh Taylor

By Hugh Taylor

The enjoyment of SOX examines how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), decried as a painful dampener of commercial agility and innovation, in addition to an incredible waste of cash, can truly be a catalyst for badly wanted swap in American undefined. targeting the serious nexus among info know-how and enterprise operations and the emergence of the progressive Service-Oriented structure, this ebook indicates businesses how you can upward thrust to the problem of SOX and use the laws as for enforcing much-needed IT infrastructure adjustments.

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That low-cost provider eventually becomes your low-cost competitor and you’re better off sprinting for the exit door. Conversely, if you happen to have the fortune/misfortune of seeing your business change from being a primary player to an outsourced vendor, you’ll experience the whipsaw of market cycles. What is the best strategy for coping with serving at the whim of your virtual partner? Well, you can turn your employees into contractors, which makes them an outsourced commodity of their own.

Each call center and CRM operation prepares weekly reports on returns, complaints, and problems that are faxed to division GMs. Corporate Financial System— J2EE on Sun Proprietary Interface OEM ERP System— C on Unix CRM System— C++ on Windows Proprietary Interface Wholesale ERP System— RPG/CICs CRM System— PHP on Windows EDI Network for Suppliers Figure 1-3 DexCo’s existing Enterprise IT architecture Web site— J2EE on Windows Stores— C++ on Windows Retail POS System— Visual Basic on AS400 CRM System— Java on Windows 9 10 Chapter 1 DexCo is evolving toward a single integrated ERP and CRM system that will govern all procurement, customer service, sales projection, logistics, and financial reporting.

In-store partnerships, too, have become increasingly sophisticated. That cell phone display at the office superstore is the front piece of an elaborate partnering structure. Two companies find that they can attract more customers by working together. That’s a fact of life for any modern business. Rapid Market Cycles Every type of business cycle time is also decreasing with each passing year. Product life cycles no longer are what they used to be, especially in the electronics industry. Items such as hard drives, memory chips, CPUs, and printers routinely make their debut and find themselves superseded by a new model within months.

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