LogLogic Compliance Suite captures all log data and creates reports and alerts to meet the regulatory requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and BASEL II. The system also creates full text indices from all logs.
If Sarbanes-Oxley, for example, requires that a terminated employee be removed from company systems within 24 hours, the log data can be used to find the appropriate HR activity in order to satisfy a compliance audit for that employee.
The latest version of LogLogic 3, Release 2 includes Microsoft Exchange activity monitoring, including finding so-called blind copies and failed e-mail attempts. Release 2 also tracks and audits Internet activity and monitors user access to Web-based applications.
Another company offering a practical solution for business users is My People, which is taking VOIP beyond just being a less expensive way to make a phone call. The secret is in the software that will allow business users to program practical applications into their phone service. Users can program reminders, schedule group calls up to 25 people on a distribution list, or even schedule wakeup calls from their desktop and have the VoIP system call the mobile phone with the wakeup. It even includes the ability to take voice commands such Snooze for an extra 10 minutes sleep.
Even when mobile, a user can call the My People VOIP phone from a cellphone in order to place calls, especially international calls, using VOIP.
According to Alan Creighton, My People's CEO, a VOIP call to London is US$0.04 per minute, compared to an average charge of $1.49 per minute over a cellular service. The system also uses text to speech to call users and read selected Web content.
With over 40 million users still sitting in front of green screens linked to mainframes, OpenConnect Systems has found a simple way to track green-screen user interaction in order to streamline business processes.
The company's product, called soaComprehend, tracks stock trade transactions, for example. SoaComprehend captures and analyzes the broker's workflow in order to create a faster Web service for that business process.