IBM news from FierceComplianceIT

Is there a more savvy acquirer than IBM (IBM news)? It has used numerous purchases to build its middleware and security portfolio into a fierce industry force. The latest: It has bought... Read more...

You would think databases would be at the top of the security food chain. And in a sense they are. Companies spend a lot of energy trying to protect unauthorized users from breaching the network,... Read more...

We've been predicting more consolidation in the GRC--and security--related software markets for a while now. In particular, we've been expecting the mega-vendors to pick up smaller companies. No one... Read more...

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended in 2006 to cover the discovery in civil trials of all electronic information and records, referred to as electronically stored information. This... Read more...

We've often heard that compliance and risk-oriented technologies are immune to budgetary pressures. The core of compliance work is certainly best lumped into the non-discretionary silo. And yet not... Read more...

Fear is a great marketing tool. For vendors, it is especially nice when the fear just happens to be warranted. IBM certainly thinks that is case when it comes to security technologies. At a time when... Read more...

When people look at the GRC industry, they tend to lump companies into two main groups: The big enterprise resource management companies and the smaller companies that started out with specific... Read more...

Few tech markets are expected to grow this year. One of the lucky ones is analytics, because it is a competitive necessity. Companies--especially financial companies--certainly can't afford to take... Read more...

SAP and Oracle, two giants in the ERP market, seem to be continuing their aggressive push into the GRC market. This month, both added extensions to their core GRC suites. The move highlights a market... Read more...

What will it take for banks to get behind IBM's XBRL-based risk reporting initiative? The idea is compelling enough. If all banks were to tag and report risk-relevant measures, then a central... Read more...