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Information Technology's M&A Problem: A Briefing on IT Integration During Mergers & Acquisitions

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Overview Merger, takeover, acquisition; call it whatever one wants to but CIOs from all walks of life will likely agree, while Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activities can be exciting undertakings, they are typically rife with tension and ambiguity. As such, the guiding principles provided in this paper are designed to help CIOs facing these scenarios bring technology to the forefront of M&A discussions and planning, which is precisely where it should be.

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Publisher	Synapse SE	File Format	PDF
Date Published	November 2007	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
Topics	Infrastructure Management, Business Strategies, Business Management

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