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North American organizations managing a global WAN for the first time are presented with strategic decisions and options never experienced before. Bringing a global network infrastructure into a working state is different than deploying a WAN...

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Many North American organizations inherit a global data center facility due to a merger or acquisition, greenfield expansion, or an upgrade to an existing facility in another country. Deciding what to tackle first can be an overwhelming...

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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) often instil fear in the hearts of IT leaders, who wonder what will become of their people, processes, and technology in the new organization. Use this storyboard to align IT with M&A goals, plan for the new...

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IT must determine the business goals of the M&A, while also reviewing and revising its current staffing, applications, and infrastructure to address the needs of the post-merger organization.

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Deciding on a post-merger target technology environment is a crucial planning step for IT professionals who are about to go through a merger or acquisition (M&A). Use Info-Tech's Merger & Acquisition Target Technology Environment Selection Tool...

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92% of IT professionals who achieve their merger and acquisition (M&A) goals create an M&A plan with specific timelines outlined for application, infrastructure, data, and staff integration. Use Info-Tech's Merger and Acquisition Project...

(19-Feb-10) Three months after Hewlett Packard Development Company LP announced a friendly merger agreement with 3Com Corp. and a year after Cisco Systems Inc. entered the server space, Cisco said it will not renew HP’s systems integrator...

(16-Dec-09) Executives for Hartco-owned solution providers Metafore LP and Microserv, which announced plans to merge earlier this week effective in January, say the new Metafore will be better able to service national customers across the...

Growth through acquisition is common in the IT industry, and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) greatly enhances the speed and success of technology integration between firms. A merger is most often a business decision that is made with little...

When two enterprises merge through acquisition, all efforts must be taken to preserve the business value of the enterprise that was taken over. Moving through the integration of the systems infrastructures in a speedy manner will minimize any...

In one week, Bear Stearns saw its stock drop from $64 to $30. The next weekend, employees returned on Monday to find JPMorgan steering the ship and the stock price trading below $6. Hostile takeovers and bailouts can leave IT in the dark. IT...