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May 01, 2006 Issue <<Contents>>

FEATURE 1 Detecting Internal Fraud Every move should be recorded - At any company, it is possible to know who did what and when by examining the contents of every e-mail sent or received in the past and checking detailed records concerning the use of in-house systems.  If these actions are taken for the purpose of detecting internal fraud, the causes of incidents or accidents such as information leakage can be identified quickly and accurately.   In addition, internal fraud can be deterred.  This article examines the current status of the leading companies in this area, which keep detailed records on the use of systems, as well as their products and services. - An increasing number of companies have taken action: They try to deter internal fraud by improving their capability to detect such fraud - Tools specially designed for continuous recording: Which tools to be used depends on the type of records being targeted and their operational load - A last-resort measure for preventing internal fraud: You can recover lost data from hard disk drives FEATURE 2 There Are Many Competing Theories about “Service Science”

REPORT

[Inside]

- IBM Japan has dissolved its capital alliance with Japan Business Computer Corporation (JBCC)

- Sohgo Security Services has abandoned a plan for launching a new mission-critical system this April


[News & Trends]

- Leading Japanese vendors join forces to standardize procedures for establishing an agreement with users over system specifications

- A survey of 82 projects by the Japan Users Association of Information Systems reveals that the amount of investments in the maintenance and additional development of a project for five years amounts to 80% of the initial investment

- Japanese securities companies are slow in implementing measures for preventing errors in placing orders for the buying and selling of stock

- BPM (Business Process Management) tools have evolved into more user-oriented products

- SAP Japan has started making earnest efforts to upgrade its old products

- New entrants into the online stock-trading market compete on services

- The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ plans to integrate the servers of its banking offices

- The criteria for cancellation of the “Privacy Mark” certification is to be applied starting in May of this year

- The electronic trading of claims such as bills and receivables is to be launched in 2008

- Tokyo Gas has renovated its system division

- Red Hat has acquired JBoss to enhance its SOA capabilities

- Tokyo Metro has completely revamped its mission-critical system by using R/3

- Japan Post’s approximately 3,900 ATMs went down for about one hour due to an operational error during a regular inspection of the mainframe computer that controls them

- The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has released a draft version of guidelines on the prevention of system failures


[News Flash for Each Industry]

- Finance: Tomato Bank has abandoned its plan to introduce NEC's accounting system and has decided to use Hitachi’s system instead

- e-Japan: 59 local municipalities in Hokkaido plan to share an electronic application system

PEOPLE

Interview
Todd Kirtley: Vice President, IBM Japan, Ltd.

- Let me talk about the reasons why I came to Japan


Real Feelings Expressed by Top Executives
Hitoshi Sasaki: Managing Executive Officer, The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company

- System risks directly affect managment

CASE STUDIES

Investigation of a Noteworthy Project
JFE Steel Corp.

- The company spent a whole year on data modeling


CASE STUDIES
Investigation of a Noteworthy Project


Absolute Solutions for Enhancing IT Strategy
Recruit Co., Ltd.

- The company makes full use of search engines


A Computer That Does Not Work
Pocketcard Co., Ltd.

- The vague definition of requirements has resulted in a delay of nearly one year in the launch of a system


[Novel / Cyber Lawless Area]

Second Chapter: Employee Monitoring (2)

MANAGEMENT/TECHNOLOGY

Key Points in System Design for Increasing Business Value
- Systematically preventing recurring incidents of miscalculated requirements


A Practical Project-Management Course for Users
- A project manger should move the project into the routine operation and maintenance phase as soon as possible and end the project as early as possible


Techniques for Management Reforms That Can Be Used Immediately — Internal Control
- It is important to clarify IT general control requirements, and they can be narrowed down by using internal control techniques such as the COSO Control Framework


Useful Legal Advice for When You Are in Trouble
- It is necessary for a company to carry out active personnel management even if it has introduced a discretionary labor system


IT Keywords You Should Have Known Long Ago

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