Compliance Spectrum Expands Partner Program to Include Best-of-breed Go-to-market Partners

Compliance Spectrum, a leading provider of IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions today announced an expansion of its partnering program to include international and strategic resellers, and organizations that are committed to providing thought-leadership in the GRC area. Compliance Spectrum is reaching out to partners who have a common vision for compliance automation and whose products, services and domain expertise when integrated with Spectra offer a comprehensive compliance lifecycle management solution for the growing number of regulatory standards affecting national and international organizations.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) January 10, 2008 -- Compliance Spectrum, a leading provider of IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions today announced an expansion of its partnering program to include international and strategic resellers, and organizations that are committed to providing thought-leadership in the GRC area.

Compliance Spectrum is reaching out to partners who have a common vision for compliance automation and whose products, services and domain expertise when integrated with Spectra offer a comprehensive compliance lifecycle management solution for the growing number of regulatory standards affecting national and international organizations.

"The Governance, Risk, and Compliance area is becoming increasingly complex and there are numerous technology point solutions on the market today which help organizations comply with very specific elements of regulations and or industry standards. The Spectra solution provides the mechanism to bring in all this reporting and correlate the information in a meaningful way to demonstrate compliance across all areas of an organization to include physical, business continuity, human resources and technology, said Chrisan Herrod, V.P. Strategic Alliances, Compliance Spectrum.

Compliance Spectrum has entered into a joint marketing agreement with Austin based Alterpoint, a leading provider of network and application monitoring capabilities that map to industry standards such as the PCI Data and Application Security Standards. The Spectra/Alterpoint integrated solution provides a real-time, auditable view of a company's compliance posture that allows them to respond to changes and track remediation efforts over time and across multiple regulatory mandates.

Compliance Spectrum and the Open Compliance and Ethics Group announced Compliance Spectrum's corporate involvement with the OCEG Technology Council. OCEG is dedicated to helping organizations align their GRC activities to drive business performance and promote integrity. As a member of OCEG's Technology Council, Compliance Spectrum will have a leadership role in developing standards for life-cycle automation of compliance solutions.

"OCEG welcomes Compliance Spectrum as the newest member of our esteemed Technology Council. We look forward to including their special contributions in the compliance software applications domain. Compliance Spectrum's participation on the Technology Council will extend the GRC technology leadership and integrated program development process at OCEG," according to Lane Leskela, Vice President of Technology Programs at OCEG.

Additionally Compliance Spectrum has joined the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE), an organization that is dedicated to providing the most current views and information on all aspects of corporate compliance.

"Becoming active participates in these types of organizations only serves to broaden our perspective and leadership role in providing automated solutions that address the life-cycle of compliance challenges", said Doug Pushard, CEO of Compliance Spectrum.

About Compliance Spectrum

Compliance Spectrum offers commercial IT governance, risk and compliance software solutions that empower highly regulated and complex organizations to address the complete lifecycle of compliance. Compliance Spectrum's flagship product, Spectra, provides an automation framework that streamlines the compliance process, lowering the cost of compliance while reducing the business risk of non-compliance. Compliance Spectrum has won numerous industry awards for its first generation product, Command Center. The company is headquartered in Austin Texas with offices in Houston, San Diego, Fairfax Va., and London England. For more information, visit www.compliancespectrum.com.

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