premise: 1. The confidential, proprietary and trade secret information of the Disclosing Party (hereinafter "Confidential Information") provided hereunder is any and all information, in whatever form (including electronic data) that will be disclosed to facilitate the potential transaction of business (related to the provision of SAP Services to HRM) between the Parties, including, but not limited to, portions or parts of the November 1, 2012 Agreement (including any schedules or appendices) between the Province of Nova Scotia and IBM, each Party's disclosure of intellectual property, techniques, sketches, drawings, models, inventions, know-how, processes, apparatus, equipment, algorithms, software programs, software source documents, and formulae related to the current, future and proposed products, documents and services, research, experimental work, development, design details and specifications, engineering, financial information, procurement requirements, purchasing, manufacturing, licensing, sales or service customer lists, business forecasts, sales and merchandizing, and marketing plans and information. 