Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) are among the most intense and challenging activities in business. Managing the IT integration risk associated with a merger has become a major component in determining the ultimate success or failure of M&As. Expectations regarding cost savings and economies of scale often focus on IT. In fact, IT plays a critical role in determining how effectively the merged organization is able to integrate processes and people, as well as deliver products and services to internal and external customers.
Merger & Acquisition Due Diligence
How does Litcom’s IT Due Diligence give you an advantage?
Litcom has developed a comprehensive IT Due Diligence Program leveraging our detailed IT Assessment methodology. As part of our IT Due Diligence process, we address our client’s requirements to understand an acquisition target’s IT environment. Litcom will review existing IT strategies, planned initiatives and commitments, a full breakdown of all direct and indirect IT costs, the current IT organization structure and resource skills, the technology infrastructure platform and environments, the application portfolio and any exposure to vendor / third party obligations. The benefits of our business-oriented IT Due Diligence Assessment approach include:
Thorough understanding of technology-dependent business objectives.
An inventory of all IT priorities, organization and capabilities, processes, and costs including all existing and planned contractual obligations.
An IT Acquisition Risk profile including mitigation strategies and associated high level costs for the recommended IT initiatives and priorities.
Litcom provides Merger & Acquisition IT Advisory services that enable our clients to understand the full IT risk profile of M&A transactions and determine the most effective way to integrate new organizations. We deliver IT Due Diligence services as part of an overall deal analysis and IT Post Merger Integration services upon completion of transactions.