It should come as no surprise that cyber crooks are always after your money. So doing business valuations makes you a most desirable target for the criminals. Think about it – business valuation deals with money, lots of it. In fact, business ownership may be the most valuable possession people hold. Yes, business values even… Continue Reading
No surprises there – business valuation delves into some pretty sensitive information. Think about it – generally no public record of a private company financial performance, let alone its value exists. Business owners are not usually ecstatic telling the world how much they are worth. If a private business is put up for sale, business… Continue Reading
Let’s face it, when there is a profit motive in business, someone will rise up to the challenge and grab the prize. Alas, ethics sometimes takes second place. You may have seen it – the hype about the web services claiming to be the world’s salvation from every ill. No more IT overhead, it works… Continue Reading
Historically, some 7% of all downloaded and Web based software contained malware. While the numbers have declined somewhat in recent years, the attacks have grown a lot more sophisticated. Every vulnerability is sure to be exploited by cyber criminals. They always seek to compromise both government and corporate websites and software systems. Business valuations access… Continue Reading
Do you use software tools for business value analysis? If so, be sure your software vendor keeps it up to date. You may find that some software fails to meet the ever increasing demands in computer security, application performance, stability and offer new features. Computer system vendors keep up the pace of change Major operating… Continue Reading
You may have noticed the current frenzy over cloud computing. Some pundits tout cloud services as if it was a promise of ultimate salvation: the reduced cost of software ownership, upgrades that snap in magically, and ability to access the service on any web browser enabled device. Sounds too good to be true? Unfortunately, many… Continue Reading
If you are like many business people you probably use a number of computers in your work. For example, you may have a PC workstation in the office and a Mac laptop or iPad tablet at home. Sometimes you may find it convenient to continue a project at home that you started in the office.… Continue Reading
These days business people do their work on any computing platform they choose – be it a laptop, desktop or a mobile device. For serious business valuation work the two types of systems that come up most often in our experience are Windows and Mac computers and laptops. Often, your work may be done on… Continue Reading
This is no idle question – with cyber attacks on the rise the safety and security of your business computer has never been more important. If you are a professional advisor, the last thing you need is to experience a computer crash in the middle of a time-critical project or sustain a loss of sensitive… Continue Reading