standards

Cloud Industry Code of Practice: useful or cloudwashing?

June 1, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

I’ve said on many an occasion that the SaaS/on-demand/cloud (pick your favourite buzzword or just choose SOC) has done a poor job in stemming the flow of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) or dealing with the endless stream of inane posts or comments on topics like security, reliability or that great catch all ‘standards.’ Some [...]

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The shocking truth about professional standards

February 4, 2008 General

Late last year, a reader sent in a set of accounts prepared by a well known firm to the Investigations Committee of ICAEW. The reader had discovered what they considered material errors in the accounts and wanted to know what (if anything) ICAEW is prepared to do about it. Having heard nothing for over a [...]

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