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Ratified by Congress in 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is viewed by many executives as a set of regulatory hoops that they must pay experts to help them jump through. In this text, Taylor focuses on the opportunities inherent in this obligation and shows how achieving full compliance with both the letter and spirit of SOX has the power to strengthen American business. Taylor (SOA Software) is the author of more than a dozen articles and papers on web services and service-oriented architecture. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed in 2002 in response to a series of high-profile corporate scandals and requires that public companies implement internal controls over financial reporting, operations, and assets; these controls depend heavily on installing or improving information technology and business methodsWritten by one of the most visible personalities on the tech-biz side of the SOX discussion, this highly readable, engaging book provides a clear road map for integrating SOX compliance into the fabric of everyday IT infrastructure and business practiceShows the reader how to leverage and use service-oriented architecture (SOA), a set of technologies that enables interoperation of heterogeneous computer systems, to achieve the level of internal controls over IT that SOX mandates
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