With the first Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance deadlines just seven months away, Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. have introduced software to automate publicly held companies’ compliance processes.<\/p>\n
Microsoft’s Office Solution Accelerator for Sarbanes-Oxley, rolled out last week, provides best-practice guidelines and templates for documenting processes using Microsoft’s Windows SharePoint Services and Office InfoPath 2003 products.<\/p>\n
Office Solution Accelerator for Sarbanes-Oxley is one of the first products available under a larger compliance initiative from Microsoft, officials said.<\/p>\n
The Redmond, Wash., company also has plans to offer document and e-mail retention solutions by working with third-party software developers that build on Microsoft’s Windows Storage Server 2003 product.<\/p>\n
Each Office Solution Accelerator is designed to help develop a solution to a problem.<\/p>\n
Such problems might include streamlining recruiting functions, consolidating administrative tasks, creating customized reports or writing proposals.<\/p>\n
Separately, Oracle, of Redwood Shores, Calif., late last month released ICM (Internal Controls Manager) Version 2, a component of Oracle E-Business Suite.<\/p>\n
The new version aims to speed the automation of business processes and internal controls so companies can more easily comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, Oracle officials said.<\/p>\n
For instance, Version 2 adds support for regional or business unit requirements when standardizing business processes.<\/p>\n
This version can also assign objectives to business processes while identifying risks that may occur as part of those objectives.<\/p>\n
This version features distributed certification of financial statements and the internal and disclosure controls they rely on, allowing process owners to certify and document issues where they occur.<\/p>\n
Ilog Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., last week announced its Data Solutions Accelerator, a collection of technologies and services used in combination with Ilog’s JRules business rules management software.<\/p>\n
The new offering includes compliance-specific business rule language templates and modeling tools, reporting and auditing features, and access to best practices developed by Ilog’s professional services team.<\/p>\n
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