Coldwater Creek Selects OpenPages SOX Express for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.WALTHAM, Mass. -- OpenPages, a leading provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance management solutions, today announced that Coldwater Creek Coldwater Creek is a clothing retailer which is based in Sandpoint, Idaho, United States. The company was founded in 1984 by Dennis Pence. The company had 239 stores in operation at the end of the 2006 fiscal year.[1] Notes 1. ^ Coldwater Creek. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CWTR CWTR Child Welfare Training Resources CWTR Climb Well to Right ) has selected OpenPages Sarbanes-Oxley Express (SOX (1) (Schema for Object-oriented XML) An XML schema developed by Veo Systems and Muzino Communications, which was submitted to the W3C. SOX is based on DTD, but adds data typing and reuse mechanisms. Express) for its Section 302 and 404 compliance initiatives. Coldwater Creek is an integrated multi-sales channel retailer of women's apparel, jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , footwear, gift items and accessories through a growing number of full-line retail stores located in major metropolitan areas, an e-commerce web site at www.coldwatercreek.com, and direct-mail catalogs. Coldwater Creek will deploy SOX Express to streamline its internal control documentation process across all of its locations. It will enable the collection of information regarding ongoing business controls deployment and monitoring, resulting in a reduction of compliance costs. By combining a strong document repository with powerful compliance automation capabilities, SOX Express will facilitate both project management and compliance, using web-based tools to get users up to speed quickly. OpenPages' SOX Express is an enterprise compliance management solution that reduces the time and resource costs associated with ongoing compliance for Sections 302 and 404. SOX Express is a focused enterprise application that combines powerful document and business process management with flexible reporting capabilities in an extremely easy-to-use environment that enables CEOs, CFOs and financial management officers to monitor adherence to internal controls. SOX Express helps corporations automate significant aspects of their internal controls framework to significantly reduce the overall cost of compliance. Its dashboards can be used by project managers, documentation team members, internal auditors Internal auditor An employee of a company who analyzes the company's accounting records to that the company is following and complying with all regulations. and external auditors to plan, document and test the internal controls of the company, and eventually to attest to the financial statements. For more information on OpenPages' line of enterprise governance and compliance management solutions or to register for a weekly webinar, please call 781-647-3800 or visit www.openpages.com. About OpenPages Founded in 1996, OpenPages develops enterprise governance, risk and compliance management solutions that streamline knowledge-intensive processes to improve corporate accountability, reduce disclosure process cost, enhance internal controls management productivity, and increase investor confidence. The company's portfolio of solutions includes Sarbanes-Oxley Express (SOX Express), the market-leading enterprise application for automating the corporate financial reporting and disclosure compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). of Sections 404 and 302 of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act See SOX. . OpenPages is a trademark of OpenPages, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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