Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Errors in Spreadsheets are Pandemic
"Studies show that most spreadsheets have critical errors in one percent of their cells, well beyond a permissible level. Here are some news stories about spreadsheet errors. Spreadsheets won't protect a firm from liability when they are audited and spreadsheet errors found: spreadsheets are not secure, provide no audit trail and won't pass HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley auditing. How are Slashdotters coping with the proliferation of spreadsheets in the face of greater legal accountability and auditing?"
source:http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/05/185201
source:http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/05/185201
# posted by dark master : 6/06/2006 10:03:00 AM
