A CIO's Guide To Merger And Acquisition Planning

January 20th, 2010

George Lawrie Vice President, Principal Analyst

With contributors:

Marc Cecere , Varun Sedov

Summary

With corporate restructuring on the rise in the wake of the credit crunch, CIOs risk consignment to mopping-up duties unless they can contribute at a strategic level to deliberations about mergers, acquisitions, and divestments. CIOs should familiarize themselves with tools and services that support corporate restructuring and prepare in advance a framework for IT consolidation or divestment that will contribute to their firms' achievement of strategic objectives.

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