Secure information sharing architecture, processes and tools for post merger integration
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1. A computing network architecture adapted to facilitate a secure information sharing architecture (“
- SISA”
) for performing post-merger integration planning activities using collaborative information and data collected from one or more merging entities wherein the planning activities occur during a regulatory review period, said network architecture comprising;
a secure information facility electronic network located within a SISA center facility, said secure information facility network including a request management tool, one or more information repository databases containing said collaborative information, and a first communications tracking database, said request management tool being adapted to automatically populate said first request communications database;
a SISA management office electronic network located external to said SISA center, said SISA management office electronic network being in secure electronic communication with said secure information facility electronic network via an interface to said request management tool and said interface automatically populating a second request communications database, said SISA management office electronic network further having a SISA management office front end to permit management office personnel to review, create, and process specification requests for consideration by specialists quarantined within said SISA center facility in light of said collaborative information; and
a pre-merger organization front end in remote electronic communication with said interface, said pre-merger organization front end being in local communication with a third request communications database;
wherein said request communication databases catalog the transmission of information into and out of said SISA center facility in the form of specification requests and clarification requests.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are architectures and related processes and tools for enabling secure information sharing during the regulatory review period of mergers and acquisitions. A secure information sharing architecture and related processes and tools is provided that facilitates data gathering and information organizing to accelerate the post merger integration process for companies involved in a merger transaction while ensuring that information integrity is maintained in compliance with regulatory restrictions. Embodiments of the invention permit a mirrored approach to integration research and planning.
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1. A computing network architecture adapted to facilitate a secure information sharing architecture (“
- SISA”
) for performing post-merger integration planning activities using collaborative information and data collected from one or more merging entities wherein the planning activities occur during a regulatory review period, said network architecture comprising;a secure information facility electronic network located within a SISA center facility, said secure information facility network including a request management tool, one or more information repository databases containing said collaborative information, and a first communications tracking database, said request management tool being adapted to automatically populate said first request communications database; a SISA management office electronic network located external to said SISA center, said SISA management office electronic network being in secure electronic communication with said secure information facility electronic network via an interface to said request management tool and said interface automatically populating a second request communications database, said SISA management office electronic network further having a SISA management office front end to permit management office personnel to review, create, and process specification requests for consideration by specialists quarantined within said SISA center facility in light of said collaborative information; and a pre-merger organization front end in remote electronic communication with said interface, said pre-merger organization front end being in local communication with a third request communications database; wherein said request communication databases catalog the transmission of information into and out of said SISA center facility in the form of specification requests and clarification requests. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A secure information sharing architecture (“
- SISA”
) for performing post-merger integration planning activities using collaborative information and data collected from one or more merging entities wherein the planning activities occur during a regulatory review period, said SISA comprising;a SISA center secured from said merging entities and containing a secure information repository containing said collaborative information, communications into and out of said SISA center being monitored and controlled by an electronic request management tool and being tracked in a first communications tracking database that is automatically populated by said request management tool, said SISA center having personnel that includes business specialists assigned to one or more integration teams for said planning activities; a SISA management office external to said SISA center and in communication with said SISA center via said request management tool, said SISA management office using a remote interface to said request management tool to communicate with said SISA center and said interface being adapted to automatically populate a second request communications database, said interface permitting said personnel of SISA management office to review, create, and process specification requests for consideration by specialists quarantined within said SISA center in light of said collaborative information; and one or more external integration teams managed by one or more of said merging entities and corresponding to one or more of said integration teams within said SISA center, said external integration teams of said merging entity using a second front end application to communicate with said SISA center via said specialists in SISA center without violating anti-collaborative regulations; wherein said request communication databases located in said SISA center, in said SISA management office, and in each pre-merger entity catalog the transmission of information into and out of said SISA center facility in the form of specification requests and clarification requests. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A secure information sharing process for performing post-merger integration planning activities using collaborative information and data collected from one or more merging entities wherein the planning activities occur during a regulatory review period, said process comprising:
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establishing a secure information sharing architecture (“
SISA”
), said architecture comprising a secure information facility electronic network located within a SISA center facility, said secure information facility network including a request management tool, one or more information repository databases containing said collaborative information, and a first communications tracking database, said request management tool being adapted to automatically populate said first request communications database;establishing a SISA management office electronic network located external to said SISA center, said SISA management office electronic network being in secure electronic communication with said secure information facility electronic network via an interface to said request management tool and said interface automatically populating a second request communications database, said SISA management office electronic network further having a SISA management office front end to permit management office personnel to review, create, and process specification requests for consideration by specialists quarantined within said SISA center facility in light of said collaborative information; receiving said specification requests from a pre-merger organization front end in remote electronic communication with said interface, said pre-merger organization front end being in local communication with a third request communications database; cataloging the transmission of information into and out of said SISA center facility in said request communication databases in the form of said specification requests. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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