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2009/07/24

Public reports of spreadsheet errors collated by the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG). The stories are added as discovered and so are not in chronological order. We try to list only verified stories with a quantified error or documented impact. At the bottom of the page are some miscellaneous news items. And of course we cannot list the unpublished reports!...

2009/07/24

The constitutional purpose of the group is to promote a free exchange of information on the risks inherent in the use of electronic spreadsheet programs, methods for the development and testing of business models and applications created using such programs, and tools and techniques for the audit of such business models and applications. More specifically, the objectives of the group were to provide a forum where research, into business and audit risks from the use of spreadsheets and ways in which those risks can be avoided and countered, could be collated and presented in a form suitable for auditors and business managers....

2009/07/09

This article provides general guidelines to help you decide which type of antivirus software to run on the computers that are running SQL Server in your environment.

2009/07/08

Web-based programs like Google's Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that will cost more and more over time, according to the free software campaigner.

2008/08/29

Weak encryption implementations create vulnerabilities in SOA applications as business data and transactions move back and forth via Web services