IT Due Diligence in M&As: Minimize Risk and Maximize Opportunity

by Mike Sisco

In far too many mergers and acquisitions (M&As), companies conduct only legal and financial due diligence -- not IT. This approach is especially true in small and midsize companies (those with less than US $1 billion in revenue). The thinking is apparently along the lines of: "If we have the legal issues identified and we discover what is needed to develop a budget going forward, then we should be all right."

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IT Due Diligence in M&As: Minimize Risk and Maximize Opportunity February 2005

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