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Technology Diligence Services Technology Diligence has become the final leg of complete due diligence that is now necessary to complete a thorough analysis of a company prior to an investing or merger/acquisition event. In the past Legal and Financial/Market diligence were required prior to a final deal being signed. The lessons learned in the dotcom bust highlighted the need for equal attention to be paid to the technology of a company. If the company has a technology product then core technology needs vetting. For non-technology companies, information systems require analysis. Technology Diligence The Semaphore Technology Diligence (TD) practice independently reviews and validates an organization’s people, processes, operations, markets and technology. This level of diligence identifies deficiencies in those areas and provides recommendations for remediation. The tried and proven methodology of Independent Verification and Validation (IVV) has been adapted to provide the necessary standards based approach to the analysis Over our history, Semaphore has created the assessment capability to provide visibility to a host of technologies and sciences. From software technologies to new drug discovery, Semaphore uses a standardized methodology of Independent Verification and Validation to provide the foundation. To that foundation Semaphore adds domain expertise to the state of the art and the commercialization aspects of the specific Intellectual Property (IP) and/or technology. The practice focuses on providing investors, researchers, funders and institutions with the necessary information to make critical decisions. This expert, independent, third party analysis is invaluable when looking to:
Project Assurance for System Development or Integration Our Project Assurance practice provides visibility and clarity to the decision-making and implementation process over the complete life cycle of a project. Semaphore assures during the planning/formative stage, actual implementation/integration and post implementation/integration by use of independent validation that project goals have been met. The metrics are clear that over 75% of software and implementation projects are considered failures. Projects are nearly always over budget, behind schedule, lack functional specification or abandoned. Among the principal reasons for this expensive failure of opportunity are:
Semaphore Project Assurance services are utilized at any point across a project from pre-investment planning to post-investment integration. Many Semaphore clients require periodic independent review of projects to determine whether value has been obtained and to assess if additional capital is warranted. Sample activities include:
Consulting Through a range of consulting and implementation services, we partner with our clients to help them define, develop and deploy strategic solutions. We are committed to assisting clients rapidly develop technical solutions that meet today's demands and position them for future growth. We accomplish this through a combination of consulting, systems integration, and product development. Semaphore has an unparalleled understanding of legacy and emerging technologies. We are specialists in the principles and practices of object-orientation, distributed objects, component-based and web-based engineering: the cornerstones of robust and maintainable solutions. Our systems integration capabilities help clients bring together complex technologies to provide compatibility and interoperability among different vendors' equipment and services, as well as custom built applications. Pre-investment – Investment Risk Mitigation
Post-investment support - Attainment of Goals
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