Merging two tech stacks is a high-stakes challenge that frequently arrives when you acquire a company, launch a new business unit, or replace a core platform. Whether you are navigating complex mergers and acquisitions or simply consolidating internal systems, you suddenly find two teams relying on different infrastructure, data models, vendors, and workflows. Everyone expects […]
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The first budget surprise in a deal is usually not the purchase price. It is the cleanup that follows. If you wait until after the letter of intent, you are often negotiating with the clock against you. Skipping thorough IT due diligence early in the process creates blind spots that threaten your total deal value.
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A deal can look clean until you ask the wrong questions. The seller has a polished deck, the demo runs fine, and everyone sounds confident. Then you start digging and find technical debt, vendor dependence, shaky security, and a roadmap held together by hope. That is where technology due diligence matters. Whether you are leading
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You can close the deal and still lose the value in the first 90 days. That happens when systems stay split, vendors keep pulling in different directions, and nobody owns the real decisions. Poor post-merger integration often leaves companies struggling with duplicate tools, fragmented data, and a team that loses momentum. When PMI is poorly
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You closed the deal. The press release is out. People congratulate you for “getting it done.” Then the actual work hits. Two companies now have to operate as one, and the gap between legal ownership and operational control is wider than most CEOs expect. Access is messy. Reporting definitions don't match. Teams keep both systems
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