Sarbanes-Oxley服从法案促进了技术投资

Sarbanes-Oxley服从法案促进了技术投资

AMTeam.org消息：AMR研究公司周二发布的报告表示， Sarbanes-Oxley（SOX法案）相关要求将使得公司在2006年增加在技术上的投资，而同时致力于满足SOX法案要求的员工数目将有轻微下降。

在与超过300位的IT部门和业务部门的主管做了交流之后，AMR研究公司估计为了遵守SOX法案2006年公司将花费60亿美元，这基本上与2005年61亿美元的预算基本持平。其中用于技术投资的预算数额将比2005年上涨13％，而用于内部相关人员的预算将下降8％。

该公司估计2006年用于内部员工的开销将会达到23亿美元，而将有19亿美元用于技术投资，这主要是用于法案要求文档的自动化工作。

AMR公司的副总裁在发言中表示：“预算从人员花费转向技术投资可以实现相关工作的可复用性，这些花费给出了一个对于服从SOX法案的长期方式。”

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance To Boost Tech Spending

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements will cause companies to increase spending on technology in 2006 while actual headcount numbers dedicated to compliance efforts will decrease slightly, according to a report released Tuesday.

After interviewing more than 300 IT and business leaders, AMR Research concluded that spending to meet the requirements of the federal compliance act will be $6 billion, essentially the same as the $6.1 billion expected to be spent in 2005.

"Budgets [in 2006] allocated to internal headcount are expected to fall by 8 percent while the technology allocation will grow by more than 13 percent in real dollars over 2005 numbers," AMR Research reported.

AMR said it expects headcount/labor totals to come it at $2.3 billion for 2006 while $1.9 billion will be spent on technology, much of it to automate compliance efforts.

"Budgets are shifting from headcount to technology so that compliance can become repeatable," said AMR vice president of research John Hagerty in a statement. "These spending predictions support a long-term approach to SOX compliance."