Why focus on Information Technology?

Many companies will recognize the following situation: A target acquisition will give you a better position in a highly competitive market. But, after the acquisition is complete, you discover their hardware and software systems are outdated and won’t share information with your systems. You may have been down this road before, acquiring a perfect match only to find the integration requiring far more time and resources than originally planned because of information technology problems.

This scenario happens because often information technology isn’t evaluated during due diligence activities. And even when IT does make the list, it poses a problem: a thorough evaluation requires a breadth and depth of technical expertise that is in short supply at most companies.

The M&A Services Solution:

M&A Services principals identify the value of the information technology resources (hardware, software, human, and information) in terms of the new company’s ability to:

The M&A Services Process:

M&A Services principals are able to determine information technology strengths and short falls, and recommend what might be required to fully integrate it with the current systems. Accomplishing this evaluation in a short time frame requires senior level experience that is both broad, in terms of business knowledge and deep, in terms of technology. This is the edge that the principals of Merger & Acquisition Services, L.L.C. can provide to you.

As recently as ten years ago companies were spending between 6% and 10% of their annual revenues on data processing just to keep the books and produce reports. Today, more companies are spending less on information technology! Yet these companies depend on business intelligence of all types for survival and growth. Because of this, the payout from knowing the value of the information technology involved in an acquisition may make the difference between success and failure of the transaction.