Baseline articles from September 2004

Baseline archives from September 2004

Pop Culture.
September 8, 2004... On September 11, 2001, the bond trading operations of Cantor Fitzgerald were destroyed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and 658 people died. Nonetheless, the electronic markets supported by the company's eSpeed subsidiary...

Calculator: The Cost of Sarbanes-Oxley.
September 21, 2004... To comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, your company must document every internal process and external effect that will have an impact on its financial health. That's a pretty thin spec from which to develop a budget, but we tried by breaking...

Has PeopleSoft Found a White Knight in IBM?
September 21, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--PeopleSoft president and chief executive Craig Conway said here at the company's annual user conference, PeopleSoft Connect, that there were "no ulterior motives" behind the announcement that his company and IBM were investing $1...

PeopleSoft: Another Year of Living Dangerously.
September 21, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--When PeopleSoft customers met a year ago, chief executive officer Craig Conway appeared on stage in a flak jacket, flanked by his dog, Abbey. The point: They could survive any bullets aimed their way by Oracle and its chief...

Will Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Leave a Hole in Your Budget?
September 22, 2004... Identifying how all of your company's processes work is supposed to be a benefit of going through the rigor of complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which is designed to curb financial fraud among U.S. corporations. But is the practical...

Protect and Serve: PeopleSoft Encourages Upgrades.
September 23, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO--PeopleSoft sent two more signals that it will not relent in its efforts to protect and serve customers, while trying to escape the clutches of Oracle, its hostile suitor. On Wednesday, the $2.7 billion Pleasanton, Calif.,...