Sarbox-2
Joseph Nocera wrote a column in the morning’s New York Times called "For All Its Cost, Sarbanes Is Working". A lot of the story was subjective but there was an interesting quote from John J. Mahoney, the chief financial officer at Staples where they have spent $7-10 million instituting "Sarbox". According to the story, Mr. […]
A Chat With The SAC
In 1980, while serving as branch manager for IBM in Philadelphia, I had the occasion to visit a senior executive at one of our customers — The Campbell Soup Company in Camden, New Jersey. I don’t remember who I met with or what we talked about but I will never forget the executive’s secretary who […]
Sarbox – A Silver Lining?
Just about everybody I know in the business world thinks the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation of 20002 (referred to as Sarbox) is really bad — high cost and de-focusing of management. There is certainly a basis for a less than rosy view of Sarbox — the act contains 68 sections and is 66 pages in length. The […]
Webcast From Vienna
The Internet Service Providers of Austria have produced a webcast of their Internet Summit in Vienna which I attended the day before Thanksgiving. The video and other related links are below … Your browser does not play HTML5 video. Try downloading the video file instead here.
A Day In Vienna
The snow began just after arriving at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Vienna. It was the first snowfall of the year and at least some of the citizens were happy about it. After reaching my room I looked out the window and saw many people enjoying the ice skating rink. After an interview with Format […]
