Many companies today need a systemic way to manage compliance requirements across the organization. Oracle's unified approach is more sustainable, cost-effective, and adaptable than ad-hoc approaches to governance and compliance. Until now, many companies have responded to new compliance mandates as a series of individual projects-rather than as part of a proactive, comprehensive compliance program. This approach is costly, and according to key analysts, companies that choose one-off solutions to each regulatory challenge will spend 10 times more on compliance projects than their counterparts that take a proactive approach.

When you embed a comprehensive compliance system into your organization's business processes, you can:

• Improve financial transparency and disclosure
• Enforce accountability for compliance and operational performance
• Protect and enhance shareholder value

Read this white paper to learn how Oracle delivers a complete compliance architecture that makes it possible to keep costs down and implement system and processes that will handle the mandates effectively both now and in the future.