IT organizations in many companies are focused on the day-to-day technical challenges or long-range technical planning. However, transition driven by business changes often creates a greater disruption in both magnitude and pressure. A merger or acquisition is a perfect example.

Unfortunately, due diligence efforts are often weak or limited in the area of IT. Due diligence typically focuses on commercial or operational issues and fails to consider system integration challenges. Announcement of a merger or acquisition is often a surprise to the IT group and creates immediate disruption in the following areas:

Megha Soft recognizes that the need for application integration and data migration are required during a merger or acquisition will evolve as the new company begins operations. It will be critical to merge certain integral operational areas on day 1, while standardization and synergies can be achieved over time. A project plan is created that achieves a seamless integration in the most critical areas and then plans milestones over an agreed upon timeframe that helps the new organization to achieve its desired synergies and return on investment.

Megha Soft is with a client through every step of the deal, through our DS3 protocol. Due diligence can be conducted to determine potential pitfalls as well as areas for synergy. Stabilization of critical areas is achieved at close with plans for standardization and synergy created over the following months.