Business Strategies (Products, Technology, Marketing & Sales)

Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) enacted in 2002 created a watershed moment for companies forcing them to take a critical look at their internal controls and  processes. Executives operating unfettered until then abusing company resources and shareholder money were now asked to account for their actions. Although the mandates under the SOX Act started out murky […]

In the last two posts, I covered considerations to be made in Choosing a SaaS vendor and Technology Considerations. In this post I will go into the governance controls you should include in your evaluation checklist of a SaaS vendor. In this day and age of increasing governance and regulatory compliance mandates, the evaluation of […]

One of the critical requirement of governance mandates like SOX 404, PCI Compliance, HIPAA and  SAS-70 is that companies manage their provisioning in a more controlled and audited manner. Companies with disparate applications from different vendors are confronted with the challenges around it. As part of my discussions with companies I have been talking to […]