At a recent lunch with old friends and IT associates, the topic of corporate acquisitions came up. We revisited some of the nightmares most of us had been through as IT executives who had been asked to merge the people, processes, and systems of another company into our own. We all agreed that consolidating those things through IT is one of the most difficult tasks any CIO faces. Fortunately, along the way, best practices and coping strategies emerge that can make the job easier—and even help you avoid many of the situations that haunt IT during the acquisition process. Here are 10 pitfalls to watch for. [1]
[1] By Mary Shacklett for Techrepublic
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