Replace Manual IT Due Diligence with Automated Technology to Streamline Mergers and Acquisitions Requirements
With one of the largest acquisitions in company history looming, a large, multi-billion dollar information services company wanted to replace its manual IT due diligence process for mergers and acquisitions with an automated solution. The company wanted more detailed information about its acquisition target’s IT assets, existing vulnerabilities, unlicensed software, unsupported applications and obsolete hardware platforms. Historically, these issues had caused significant post-acquisition problems and unexpected costs. Existing tools proved inadequate so the company needed to find an automated solution that could be executed remotely and scaled to a large, complex IT environment. It also required in-depth, accurate, and reliable due diligence information. Would the search prove futile?
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