"If you have an important point to make, don't try
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time a tremendous whack." - Winston Churchill.
"The most important contribution management needs to
make in the 21st century is to increase the productivity of
knowledge work and the knowledge worker". - Peter F.
Drucker.
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- i.e. go to his web site if you want the entire issue.
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5. Finally, are you expressing an opinion on internal
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George Spafford's twice weekly newsletter (excerpts).
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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are
ignored." -- Aldous Huxley
The Picks for Today
Financial Stars Urge Regulators To Not Dilute Sarbanes-Oxley
"A group of financial notables has urged regulators to
reject a proposal to exempt thousands of smaller public
companies from Sarbanes-Oxley-imposed rules on internal
controls. Former Securities and Exchange Chairman Arthur
Levitt and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and
others warn in a Feb. 13 letter that such a rule relaxation
is "misguided" and "simply goes too
far" in addressing the concerns of small
companies."
online.wsj.com/article/SB114049341489878791.html?mod=djemEMU
http
://www.newyorkbusiness.com/news.cms?id=13012
GPL gets another brickbat--but where does the Sarbanes-Oxley
problem really lie?
"You're probably expecting me to sneer at
Michaelson's paper, but I'm not going to. It's an
excellent essay, in my opinion. It describes a real--though
very limited--problem. In fact, I think a recognition of
this problem may lead to an increase in dual licensing,
which will allay many of the fears expressed in the
paper."
www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/9232
[Note, I originally skipped the GPL-SOX articles and labeled
them as hype to steer people away from open source towards
commercial vendors like Microsoft. I thought this
article's commentary was well done.]
SEC hits 4 KPMG execs with record fines
"Four former and current partners of Big Four
accounting firm KPMG agreed to pay record-setting fines to
settle charges stemming from a 1997-2000 earnings
manipulation scheme at copier maker Xerox Corp.,
U.S. regulators said on Wednesday."
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/02/22/AR2006022201154.html?nav=rss_
business
IT Process Improvement
The Service Desk Function
Long considered the low-end of the IT staffing spectrum, the
service desk is a vital element in ITIL coordinating
communications and serving as the single point of contact
with customers. Continuing with our coverage of BECTA,
their Service Desk page offers documentation and guidance as
to their approach for the ITIL Service Desk function.
becta.org.uk/fits/index.cfm?
sect=servdesk&refsect=ntss&bcsect=default
Liberty Mutual Steps Up Performance With ITSM
"Two years ago, IT administrators at Liberty Mutual
didn't know an application was down until users called to
complain. Today, they're steps ahead, monitoring
applications for slowdowns or abnormal activity -- sometimes
fixing the problem before users even notice anything is
wrong."
www.itsmwatch.com/news/article.php/3583116
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