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This week in governance, risk and compliance brings us partnerships, advice and lessons learned from the recession.

For many of the regularly caffeinated it was the closing of 600 Starbucks locations; for a large portion of the medical community, the announcement of the sinking crocs ship. As for the tech geeks, it was surely Microsoft’s first-ever drop in annual Windows sales that made them realize: Oh my, the economy really is messed up!

In this case, however, the economy is not the only culprit. Microsoft’s Q4 report to the U.S. SEC includes a rundown of their risk and competition factors, and on that list are both Linux and open source solutions.

It has often been said that necessity is the mother of invention. In current times, with recession depriving many businesses of the barest survival necessity – cash - invention is key to getting through the next 12 months.

In this respect then, the recent announcement from XML and Information Management software vendor JustSystems (news, site) that Keyence Corp, a developer of sensors for factory automation, is to take a 44% stake -- worth US$ 44.7m -- in the Japanese vendor is logical.

The logic in this case being take the money where you can find it.

Want to know how scalable EMC Documentum (news, site) really is? Well they wanted to show you. So they conducted a benchmarking study with Microsoft and HP to demonstrate just how well the enterprise content management solution would perform under pressure.

The results? You be the judge, but they look pretty impressive.

A year spent studying, analyzing and summarizing search and information access technology can make anyone dizzy. Yet the folks at CMSWatch never tire of such work. Their Search & Information Access Report 2009 provides a comprehensive overview of 23 search technology products and identifies current best practices.

According to the study, customers who, in the past have had to struggle with the volatility of both vendors and technology can now enjoy a more stable market.

Still going strong, Day Software has announced the second half and end of 2008 financial results.

Restructuring costs, CQ5 investments, changes in the management team, high R&D spending and several other factors affected Day’s balance sheet. We see bright spots here. Let's take a closer look.

It is the time of recession, they say. We wonder: do companies still invest money in Web Content Management?

Recent research indicates that WCM will live despite the economic downturn. Better yet, the CMS industry may even experience growth.

Properly managed, your website is the most cost-effective environment in which your customers can complete their tasks.

It will be the best of times and the worst of times.

Amidst the 2009 predictions for e-new year, there is a consensus that it will bring both financial ruin and success. Chances are that both will come true.

eMarketer released insights of the Internet's plight into the aught nines -- and well, they're kind of what you'd expect. Their senior analysts offered up their best guesses. Let's take a look.

The once financially-juggernaut world of online advertising seems to be coming face to face with these mortal times. In March, back in happier times, a report by eMarketer projected that online ad spending would rise by 23% this year.

A few days ago, eMarketer reported about the online ad spending data for 2008. Though the numbers seem “generally strong,” showing sustained growth in a variety of advertising categories, classified ad spending was down by more than 5%.