In a new poll, Meta Group found that 57 percent of business service providers and IT vendors have been disappointed by or have failed to see substantial sales movement resulting from companies need to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.
Ninety-seven percent of providers polled view Sarbanes-Oxley compliance as a future business driver, but sales so far have been lower than anticipated, Meta reported.
Meta estimates that internal analysis and documentation efforts account for about 75 percent of the total Sarbanes-Oxley compliance investment to date.