A member of your IT team has updated the firewall. The project included creating a duplicate firewall for testing. This testing process took four hours. A code review to verify that the update was safe was also necessary. Another two hours were spent installing and testing the update on the live firewall. Your project manager has been asked by upper management to justify the cost of creating a duplicate firewall. Which is the most appropriate explanation to provide to upper management

What is private equity investing? who participates in it and why? how is palamon positioned in the industry? how does private equity investing compare with public market investing? what are the similarities and differences between the two? why is palamon interested in teamsystem? does it fit with palamon’s investment strategy? how much is 51% of teamsystem’s common equity worth? use both a discounted cash flow and a multiple-based valuation to justify your recommendation. what complexities do cross-border deals introduce? what are the specific risks of this deal? what should louis elson recommend to his partners? is it a go or not? if it is a go, what nonprice terms are important? if it’s not a go, what counterproposal would you make?