There is no longer any excuse for not adopting corporate IM. But businesses should establish policies for connecting with external parties, to ensure public IM services are used for real business purposes.

OCC plays a key role in enforcing corporate compliance with both external regulatory requirements and internal corporate policies.

All of corporate America is going to use Katrina as an excuse for all of their problems.

It would be a mistake to presume that things are back to normal. We must be vigilant in adopting policies that encourage international students to pursue graduate study in the U.S. in order to strengthen our competitiveness and security in the global marketplace.

Once we get a clear picture of when the war will end -- when we no longer hear the excuse of 'wait for the war to end' and we can actually see a pickup in business spending -- we can then refocus on earnings news,

We have to get it done, that's no excuse.