11 Key Features for Investment Banking Data Rooms

by David Weedmark For years, VDRs have been the standard for mergers and acquisitions. The same qualities that make them ideal for organizing, accessing and sharing sensitive information in a secure and confidential manner during M&As have also made them ideal for investment banks to manage their own information and banking transactions (M&A transactions).   … Read more

A Guide to Transitioning to a Virtual Data Room

Guide to Transitioning to a Virtual Data Room

If you’re considering transitioning to digital document sharing through a virtual data room (VDR), (also known by many other names such as digital data rooms, virtual deal rooms, and more generally as due diligence software or even transaction rooms – although a virtual data room is much more than a simple transaction room) you may … Read more

VDRs vs. Transaction Rooms: What Do You Need?

If you’re considering investing in an SaaS product to compile, share and sign files easily — especially for sensitive financial information — you may wonder whether you should use a transaction room or virtual data room (VDR) for file sharing. Understanding the difference in the technology, features and scenarios when choosing a VDR over a … Read more

The Safe Way To Incorporate Video Conferencing in Your VDR

The ability to safely and securely integrate video conferencing into your Virtual Data Room (VDR) is paramount. Because using a VDR obviously indicates that your organization has highly sensitive data to protect (such as in an M&A), the video conferencing solution you choose to use alongside it must have the same robust security requirements.  While … Read more

How to Maintain Your Legal Compliance Audit in VDR

In the world of mergers and acquisitions, ensuring legal compliance is crucial. Virtual data rooms (VDRs) have become an indispensable tool for obtaining the necessary information for these transactions, as well as for conducting legal compliance audits. This guide will walk you through the steps to maintain your legal compliance audit effectively using a VDR. … Read more

Why Modern M&A Requires a Virtual Data Room

A virtual data room is essential for modern mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. Because the data room serves as a secure, online repository for document storage and sharing, it is imperative for transactions involving dozens of individuals performing due diligence with hundreds of documents. Physical Data Room vs.  Virtual Data Room Physical Data Room A … Read more

How Renewable Energy and Virtual Data Rooms Coexist

Image courtesy of The Generator Judge By now, whether you believe in man-made climate change or not, the world is making major shifts from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and customers are making purchase decision (and even some governments are making investment decisions) on whether or not a certain company is being energy efficient. It’s … Read more

5 Advantages of Having a Virtual Data Room

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, as well as many other financial transactions between two companies, the days of brick-and-mortar data rooms are over. What once was a necessity for the secure reviewing of sensitive documents is now an archaic thing of the past that has been eclipsed by the overwhelming power of technology. … Read more

Intralinks vs. Caplinked – a Virtual Data Room Comparison

Intralinks vs. Caplinked – a Virtual Data Room Comparison When making a decision about Virtual Data Room, there are important things to consider, and there are many companies offering options. On the surface, it may appear that these companies are similar, but there are big differences in what they have to offer–and those differences mean … Read more