Considering the cost and difficulty of complying with such regulatory imperatives as Sarbanes Oxley, CIOs might well be advised to put their IT house in order before they are legally obliged to do so.
With more of a whimper than a bang, NTT DoCoMo Inc. began the world's first fully commercial third-generation (3G) cellular service Monday morning in Tokyo. The low-profile launch, which came with no ceremonies or events, reflects DoCoMo's caution regarding the service until it is confident about the range of content and terminals that it can offer.
Although Oracle Corp. is pointing to an increasing number of installations of the E-Business Suite 11i applications it shipped last year, users and analysts said many companies are still waiting for the technology to become more mature before upgrading from earlier versions of the software.