Technology Skill for Traditional Auditors by Wale Wahab
The growing awareness of the need to use computers in domestic, commerce and industries has brought about a new turn in the way audit is conducted. Computerization or Information Technology has taken over most of the business activities and has spread over and beyond unimaginable tendencies. ... They have to become information architects and information professionals to be able to assist their clients and employers into the mainstream of the information age, in which efficient information system, enabled by appropriate technologies are waved into the overall corporate strategy.

Information Technology and its Strategic Uses by Cinoy Ravindran
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND IT’ S STRATEGIC USES The success or failure of an organization in today’s highly competitive and technological business world depends on how they manage to streamline the flow of information between their departments and outside world. ... It deals with the application of technology to automate the flow of information in an organization’s information system. ... DEVELOPING AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY Issues like Critical Success Factors, IT planning and manpower are considered.

How EMR (Electronic Medical Records) Can Cut Down Your Clinic Costs And Increase Efficiency! by Milind Ghyar
Here is the answer: EMR reduces the amount of time taken for the provider to complete a patient encounter. They are interfaced with practice management systems and automatically import demographical information (supporting HL7 standard). One key feature is of having Integrated Document... Precision It should have built in voice technology for PDA's, Tablets, Laptop and Desktop PC's provides for limitless repetition to an accurate and precise speech recognition technology. ... Adding to the Voice technology, it allows the provider to record directly in to the PDA system and...

Asset Management Software by Steve Valentino
If you employ the right technology, managing your business assets can be so much simpler. Say goodbye to time-consuming and error-prone manual asset management –invest in effective asset management software and keep track of everything from purchasing and bar coding to stock control, all in one... Test-drive the software to see if you can easily access such information as asset details, purchase prices, associated costs and audit trails. ... Information should be laid out so that you can see the history of every asset and track its location, movement and depreciation.

Is Your Mobile Device Secure? by Darren Miller
Do you own a keychain USB jump-drive, a PDA, or an all-in-one mobile communications device? If you do, what type of information do you store on it? Many people would say there is nothing important stored on their mobile device. Many of our customers initially state there is nothing on the... They were both experienced professionals in the information technology business and very careful and conscious about keeping information secure. ... That is, until he told me the drive contained approximately 300Mb of security information minded from a previous security audit he performed.

Need of Document Management System (DMS) by Dr. Vikas V. Gupta
Document Management or Enterprise Information Management is perhaps one of the most important of the enterprise solutions that will provide a solution to the various requirements of SOX. Several sections of SOX have a direct bearing on the manner in which the digital documents/records of the... Finally, a Public Information Distribution System should exist to quickly disburse this information—if judged important by the CEO & the CFO—to the investors & other stakeholders or relevant authorities prescribed by SOX.

Who’s Watching What You Type? by Robert Palmer
If someone entered your home, uninvited and installed numerous cameras and listening devices in order to monitor your activities, you would quite rightly be outraged. While such a situation, unless you are living in the Big Brother House, would be considered ridiculous, the same cannot be said... The WebRoot/EarthLink audit surveyed more than 1.5 million PC’s during the last 12 months and discovered an amazing 41 million incidents of spyware; adware, Trojans, tracking cookies and other undesirable programs.

Business IT Networks - 5 Common Problems Overlooked by Entrepreneurs by John Hammond
IT Networks though simple, require extensive planning to ensure stability, yet we often encounter businesses that are unacquainted with the imperative role networking plays in the efficient functioning of their company. Informed business entrepreneurs often opt to upgrade their networking... Most importantly, ensure that the 5 major and basic areas are covered in the initial audit reports or recommendations made by any Technology consulting company. ... Though, there are some small size companies that insist on having a Windows XP workstation function as a network server, this decision may...

Technology Helps Streamline Credentialing Services by Tammy White
New uses for technology can make the credentialing process for medical providers faster, more accessible, and more affordable through paperless credentialing . Paperless credentialing has been growing in popularity with credential verification organizations over the past three years because of... Security measures need to be in place to protect the information, but paperless credentialing allows good credentialing services the flexibility to offer better service and additional reports and information.

Disaster Recovery by Prabir Sen
In today's world, businesses are beginning to demand more from their information systems. At the same time, the outer limit of technology is being stretched to its limit to meet this demand. This in turn puts a greater responsibility on the service Organisation, with the kind of daunting... For quite some years, professionals in Information and Technology took disaster recovery to be the simple data recovery process of data files in case of a computer or disk failure. ... Your production site must be kept in such an environment which is hazard free, and an environmental audit is done from...