The Freedom of Information Act. The European Data Protection Directive. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act. And The MIFID Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. In an increasingly compliance-orientated business world, it’s more and more challenging to meet the requirements of legislation.

But what if it was easy to share the right information with the right people at the right time? What if you could lower operating costs and improve business performance by streamlining processes and standardising reporting and integrating technologies while simultaneously ensuring business compliance?

With Microsoft technology and solutions, you can embed compliance in your business-as-usual operations and, by doing so, gain a competitive advantage. Read on for how and why. Alternatively, call us. We’d be delighted to discuss how we can make compliance benefit you.

Read these documents for more about compliance

• Delivering Competitive Advantage Through Compliance Programs
  In a press release, Gartner states: ‘Enterprises that choose one-off solutions for each regulatory challenge they face will spend 10 times more on compliance projects than their counterparts that take a proactive approach.’ Find out how compliance need not be as costly as you think, and how it can even give your company a competitive edge.
• Compliance Features in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
  This document gives a handy overview of key compliance regulations and requirements. It also explains how, with its advanced audit trial, encryption, information rights management, records and data management, the 2007 Microsoft Office system is a platform for powerful compliance solutions.
• Compliance in the Supply Chain: the Present and Future Implications of Sarbanes-Oxley for UK Businesses – Henley Research Project Report
  Many UK companies think that Sarbanes-Oxley is a concern of just FTSE 100 companies. Increasingly, however, this isn’t the case. Read this research paper to see why Sarbanes-Oxley could affect your organisation, and how compliance with its regulations could give you a strategic advantage.