Keeping agile, responding quickly

The technology industry is driven by relentless innovation. The demands of your customers change all the time. You need to get new products and services to market — as quickly as you can.

Within this environment it’s vital that you manage your risk and financial operations carefully and keep your organization agile.

Our Global Technology Center can help you do this. It brings together a worldwide team of professionals to work with you — a team with deep experience in providing assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. And it anticipates market trends and their implications. This means you benefit from guidance and information on which to base your important decisions.

As well as understanding your industry, we offer you a consistent, high-quality, seamless service — wherever you are in the world. So you get the support you need to respond quickly to change.

SEC comments and trends for technology companies

Use this report to gain insight into the SEC’s review of technology companies’ filings (pdf, 310kb) and to stimulate discussion within your organization. Although each registrant’s facts and circumstances are different and the SEC believes that its comments establish its position, we believe that a familiarity with the most commonly reviewed areas will be helpful to technology companies preparing and filing reports with the SEC.

Software revenue recognition podcasts

More than 2,400 executives participated in a recent Thought Center webcast hosted by our US member firm: "Software revenue recognition: what you asked and what you need to know". Watch the archived webcast, or download any or all of six related podcasts in which panelists address topics such as multiple element arrangements (MEAs), vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE), and deferred revenue balance sheet classification.

Is your risk management strategy sustainable?

Effectively managing risk can be a high-growth company’s competitive advantage. Are your risk management practices enabling sustainable performance as your company grows? Watch risk management executives from Corning Inc., Under Armour, Inc. and Ernst & Young US as they discuss risk management insights for high-growth companies in our archived Thought Center webcast.

Technology sector nurtures growth

Start-up technology companies need more input from CFOs and their teams at an earlier stage. Our study report reveals that accelerating business dynamics are putting more emphasis on the finance function to nurture companies through rapid growth to become market leaders. Read about key issues including the financial implications of operating in a global environment (pdf, 501kb), developing an IT infrastructure strategy and more.

Global study on investing by technology companies

Innovation remains the technology industry’s most critical competitive factor. However, most technology companies still lack effective processes to manage the innovation investments that drive their success. This is according to a global study, "Balance point: bringing discipline to investment in innovation and growth", released by Ernst & Young in the US. Download an executive summary of "Balance point: bringing discipline to investment in innovation and growth" (pdf, 731kb).