IBM announced an increased commitment to assist companies in addressing regulatory compliance requirements with new services and products aimed specifically at helping them meet pending deadlines from the federal government. Among the products announced is <A HREF="http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20031029005250&newsLang=en">IBM Lotus Workplace for Business Controls and Reporting</A>, which is intended for companies undertaking initiatives to comply with emerging compliance requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Section 404. This IBM solution includes a Control Assessment Template, a development tool that runs on IBM middleware software, and also embeds capabilities from IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM DB2 Content Manager software.