The NASDAQ OMX Group announced that it has entered an exclusive partnership with FactSet Research Systems, a provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications to the global investment community. Under the terms of the partnership, FactSet will enhance its corporate platform by leveraging NASDAQ OMX’s Corporate Intelligence product, creating a complete macroeconomic research solution […]
GRC Announcements
Clifton Gunderson Acquires Three New Firms
Public accounting and consulting firm, Clifton Gunderson, has announced its acquisition of international tax consulting services firm, U.S. Tax Advantage (USTA), effective as of May 1. Through this acquisition, Clifton Gunderson has added 14 tax professionals to the firm, including partner Mark Gasbarra, who joins the firm as managing partner of Global Tax Services. Gasbarra, […]
Weaver Merges With Elms Faris
Weaver, an independent certified public accounting firm, announced its merger with consulting firm Elms Faris & Company, effective June 1. This marks the first expansion of Weaver into the Midland/Odessa, Ill., market. Elms Faris provides assurance, tax, estate planning, information technology consulting, business valuation, management consulting and transaction advisory services. Industries for which the firm […]
New Autonomy Platform for Social Media
Autonomy Corporation, a provider of infrastructure software for the enterprise, has released Autonomy Social Media Governance, designed to monitor, govern, and protect companies across social media channels. Autonomy Social Media Governance extends Autonomy’s supervision, policy, and compliance platform to enable businesses to maintain compliance with new regulatory requirements for employees engaging on social media sites. […]
ACC Releases Value Index 2010
In a move signaling its continued focus on strengthening client-law firm relations, the Association of Corporate Counsel has rolled out an upgraded version of its client satisfaction measurement tool, the ACC Value Index 2010. “We designed the AVI to be a shared source for in-house counsel to input and compare their level of client satisfaction […]
Protiviti, Complinet Release New Governance Portal
Protiviti, a global business consulting and internal audit firm, and Complinet, a provider of connected risk and compliance solutions, announced the release of Complinet Regulatory Enabler for Protiviti’s Governance Portal. The Enabler allows customers to automatically populate risk action plans created in Protiviti’s popular Governance Portal with the latest global regulatory rule developments. The integration […]
The Network Launches Case Management 2.0
The Network, a provider of governance, risk and compliance solutions has announced the release of Case Management 2.0, an on-demand incident management software solution. Case Management 2.0 serves as a central repository to manage all GRC-related incidents, including compliance and ethics, fraud, loss, information risk and security. Delivered through an intuitive user interface designed by […]
New Identity Management Platform from Novell
Novell has unveiled Identity Manager 4, a unique family of solutions that securely manages identity and access across physical, virtual and cloud environments. Novell Identity Manager 4 is the industry’s first solution to ensure consistent identity, security and compliance policies for an organization’s entire IT ecosystem, whether in the data center or in the cloud. […]
Iron Mountain Redefines Hosted eDiscovery
Iron Mountain Incorporated, an information management company, has announced the release of Stratify Legal Discovery OnPoint, a new hosted eDiscovery offering designed to simplify eDiscovery and reduce costs by delivering free processing and loading of unlimited data for early stage filtering. Stratify Legal Discovery OnPoint’s analytical techniques contribute to a defensible process for selecting responsive […]
FaceTime Launches Social Media Security Controls
FaceTime Communications announced that it has added social network compliance and feature controls for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Designed to help organizations meet regulatory compliance, such as FINRA’s Regulatory Notice 10-06 and to aid in the prevention of accidental data leakage, the controls allow posts to be pre-approved, logged and archived or blocked if they […]


