Strategies for SaaS, Cloud Computing, Governance and Sustainability

If you are in technology world, specifically in the e-commerce world or in a business that processes credit card transactions, by now, you would know what PCI-DSS is. It stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and refers to a compliance mandate that Credit Card companies including Visa, MasterCard and American Express require companies [...]

Iny my series of governance topics today I will go into the the key benefits of effective Change Management and key areas of  the Audit process.
Audit is becoming the norm in most companies. Thanx to all the myriad regulatory requirements, SOX, HIPAA, PCI DS, Gramm-Leach-Biley Act (GLBA), California State, Japan SOX, IT Organizations across the [...]

Bay Area has been leading the Green movement and doing all it can to help the environment. Check this Bay Area Guardian website for a comprehensive list of Eco-Friendly resources.http://www.sfbg.com/printable_entry.php?entry_id=3419

A taxi cab company has found a way to help the environment and their bottom line. http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=3766

As I was writing about things we could do at home to help environment in my last post – Going Green @ home, I started thinking about things we could do at work

For starters, switch off your computers, printers, monitors when you leave after work. While you are at it switch the room/cube light [...]