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Active Reasoning, a provider of IT Governance Automation solutions, has released Active Reasoning System 5, the latest version of its policy enforcement software. The software is targeted at organizations that need a way to enforce the IT policies and controls they have established in order to avoid revenue loss and cost overruns Noun 1. cost overrun - excess of cost over budget; "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget"
cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
 that can come as a result of outages and downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. .

Active Reasoning System 5 allows businesses to embed em·bed   also im·bed
v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds

v.tr.
1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale.
 IT policy controls within business systems and applications, to provide real-time change detection and configuration auditing. This helps customers meet service-level agreements, lower operational risk and reduce costs.

Active Reasoning System 5 eliminates the reliance on point solutions and inefficient manual processes that make it expensive and difficult to enforce policies, the company says. "Fortune 500 businesses can now detect, validate and report unauthorized changes and out-of-policy actions on the entire IT infrastructure, in real time, making immediate and effective correction a reality."

"Companies that approach IT policies and industry compliance with a top-down risk orientation and holistic Holistic
A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment.

Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine
 mindset mind·set or mind-set
n.
1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations.

2. An inclination or a habit.
 can enforce controls that satisfy multiple objectives," said Vivian Tero, compliance infrastructure analyst at research firm IDC. "These same companies can focus on IT infrastructure and change management initiatives to ensure control objectives improve efficiency, mitigate mit·i·gate
v.
To moderate in force or intensity.



miti·gation n.
 risks and reduce manual processes and cost. End-to-end IT governance automation solutions offer the value proposition of automating policy adherence across disparate policies, standards and regulations."

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Title Annotation:IT GOVERNANCE
Publication:Financial Executive
Date:May 1, 2007
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