DISQUS

AccMan TalkBack: Improving marketing value at zero net cost

  • David Tebbutt · 3 years ago
    Be sure that the deal covers the necessary transaction logging and backup to restore you 'adequately' in the event of a system failure.

    You define, and pay for, 'adequately'.
  • Dennis Howlett · 3 years ago
    As far as I know, there have been no incidences of data loss as a result of outtages at the likes of salesforce.com, netsuite etc but I'm happy to be proven wrong - as always. But to David's more general point - it always makes sense to ensure you know what you're buying into.
  • alastair · 3 years ago
    interest question "what is so special about that data?" - one that many never ask. Every organisation I have ever been in (and when I was auditing that was a lot) has network drives full of old word documents and spreadsheets (and powerpoint presentations, and legacy stuff that they can't even open any more) that will never ever see the light of day again. It is very rare to see an archive or disposal strategy. And it is common to see questions asked which can not be answered because the answer is locked up in those network drives! And that is before I start thinking about the data locked up in accounting apps.
  • Dennis Howlett · 3 years ago
    That's an angle I had not explored but of course it is absolutely essentual if 'we' are not to get buried in information. That's where I see wiki technology as pivotal. It always shows the most up to date information without losing the threaded history behind it.

    This provides a more than adequate audit trail. An increasingly important ingredient when considering the issues around regulation.