Without a doubt, German Formula 1™ driver Sebastian Vettel ended this year’s Formula 1 racing season on a high note, winning his second title. Vettel went into his last race of the year with increased confidence, leaving many of the more experienced veteran drivers in his rear view mirror.

In my mind, Vettel’s performance is parallel to recent M&A activity in the Asia Pacific Region (APAC), which has outpaced more mature markets and has shown stronger sequential M&A growth than many regions globally, with a 44 percent increase from Q2 2011 to Q3 2011. The significant traction in deal activity that we observed this quarter in APAC is consistent with an overall flight to long-term growth prospects visible in the market.

Last month we began our Lunch and Learn webcast series.  The idea behind these is to drive some education around the elements of our IntraLinks platform that people are less familiar with.  On April 7th I will be discussing how our Q&A functionality can make everyone’s life easier.  Last month we dove into IL Design

I recently sat down with the folks at VisibleGains and other members of our technology team to talk about our thoughts on structured team collaboration, as well as search and our partner Attivio. Mush Hakhinian also gives an interesting talk about security with two-factor authentication and our partner RSA, while Charlie Weiblen discusses performance enhancement and our partner Akamai.

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InsideVenture recently unveiled changes to the initial public offering process that will open the IPO market to a greater number of companies and increase opportunities. They are leveraging IntraLinks' technology to provide all of their clients with a secure, on-demand platform for reviewing due diligence information. In this video, InsideVenture CEO Mona DeFrawi and IntraLinks' President and CEO Andrew Damico ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the new launch.