At Lotusphere, IBM unveiled a range of Web 2.0 and collaboration tools to enable enterprise mashups and social software, and help clients improve agility and speed decision-making for an increasingly virtual, global workforce.

Today?s executives face many challenges stemming from far-reaching regulatory requirements and guidelines such as Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act. This Act instructs executive management of publicly held companies to evaluate and report on the effectiveness of their internal controls over financial reporting, and have independent auditors substantiate the effectiveness of these controls. These controls include the application software and information technology (IT) processes that sustain a company?s day-to-day operations.