Debra D'Agostino

Companies often assume that corporate fraud won’t happen to them. But according to PricewaterhouseCooper’s “Global Economic Crime Survey 2005,” that likelihood is increasing. Since 2003, for example, the number of companies reporting incidents of corruption and bribery has increased by 71 percent. Claims of money laundering have increased by 133 percent, and reports of financial […]

Security is a primary concern for any corporate IT shop, but when it comes to protecting sensitive health-related data, security is a particularly sticky issue. Take, for example, MedicAlert, the Toronto-based medical information services firm that produces customized, wearable bracelets and necklaces. Its mission, says Michael Shreve, the company’s director of systems and supply chain, […]

Corey Booth is working hard these days. The CIO of the Securities and Exchange Commission is busy installing new technologies to help companies better comply with regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act—and help SEC investigators analyze filings faster, more cheaply and more thoroughly. Senior Reporter Debra D’Agostino chatted with Booth to discuss some of the […]

Alignment is a key issue for every company. But business and IT never seem to speak the same language. It’s a too-common scenario: The business unit needs IT to create some specialized software, and delivers some semi-specific specifications. IT staffers then create what they think the business unit wants. Of course, it almost never is. […]

When Jon Payne arrived at Wild Oats, in 2004, it was clear the organic food retailer, with $1.1 billion in 2005 revenues, needed a serious technology upgrade. “We are on a very fast growth curve—113 stores now and 10 opening each year—but we hadn’t invested properly in IT,” he says. Most in need of attention […]

It¹s no secret that open source software and operating systems can help companies cut costs and create competitive advantages on the cheap. Now, a new set of open source tools are emerging to help connect and integrate entire IT systems‹open source or not. Just ask Alex Knezevic, IT director at Marena Group, a small firm […]

Susan Grant knows a thing or two about technology. As executive vice president of CNN News Services, a division of CNN Worldwide, Grant is in charge the news organization’s online and digital businesses, including CNN.com, CNN Newsource (with more than 800 affiliates) and CNN Radio. She recently spearheaded the launch of CNN Pipeline, an on-demand […]