Sarbanes Oxley Summary and IT in Business Strategy: In July I was appointed CIO at Sun, and one of my many new responsibilities includes overseeing strategies that make information more effective and valuable in the enterprise. This is a subject I've long found fascinating, and you may remember that I addressed some of these issues in a piece about Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance I wrote for the June edition of Sun Inner Circle.

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In July I was appointed CIO at Sun, and one of my many new responsibilities includes overseeing strategies that make information more effective and valuable in the enterprise. This is a subject I've long found fascinating, and you may remember that I addressed some of these issues in a piece about Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance I wrote for the June edition of Sun Inner Circle.

I really enjoyed writing that piece — and was very pleased when I was recently asked to become the new sponsor of the Sun Inner Circle newsletter. As CIO, I spend a great deal of time talking to customers — exploring their issues, and then seeing that we respond by engineering technology that meets real-world business needs. Sponsorship of this online publication seemed to dovetail perfectly with these conversations.

Besides, I was also excited about continuing to contribute to in-depth overviews of technological trends. If you've been a regular reader, you know that Sun Inner Circle stories not only examine where IT seems to be headed but also usually include some background on the origins of these developments.

Last month, Sun Inner Circle took a look back at Web 1.0, which seemed to be appropriate on the 15th anniversary of the World Wide Web. This overview of an extraordinarily important development in technology history also provided the backdrop for a summary of the seven most important practical strategies Sun sees for getting the most out of Web 2.0.