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Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment That number is larger than most potential acquisition targets. So why are Indian outsourcing firms acquisition-shy? There is a clear feeling that it's cheaper for firms to grow organically than to spend... [06 Nov 2009]
Mergers and Acquisitions: The Business Risks Associated With Merging IT
White Paper Top-level management of a merger or acquisition is very stressful, with consideration of due diligence, managing corporate culture and defining the future direction the new company is to move in. Outsourcing of the IT... [22 Aug 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal gets official US stamp of approval
News The acquisition is part of a change in thinking for Oracle, which at one time eschewed mergers but has gone on a buying spree in recent years, gobbling up PeopleSoft and many other software companies. [21 Aug 2009]
Standardising Computing Solutions for Every European Employee
White Paper The UniCredit Group has developed and grown through a series of mergers and acquisitions that have positioned it as one of Europe's leading providers of financial services. Following the major... [30 Jul 2009]
Protecting Your Capital: Combating Cross Channel, Enterprise Fraud
White Paper Adding to the complexity is increased globalization and growth through mergers and acquisition, which make it harder to effectively monitor multiple portfolios and business lines. Fraud continues to... [02 Jun 2009]
Naked CIO: Oracle and Sun - good luck
Comment Inspired by Oracle's recent bid to purchase Sun and mumblings about the difficulty to integrate their product sets, I recalled the challenges IT had in several companies I worked for when trying to integrate systems as a result of... [27 Apr 2009]
Application Retirement: Road Map for Legacy Applications
White Paper Every organization needs to be actively looking at their IT portfolios for applications, systems, and platforms that cost them more to maintain than the value they are delivering.technologies like the advent of the internet are game... [01 Apr 2009]
Straight Talking - My ERP Supplier Has Been Acquired - Now What?
White Paper Given the recent abundance of mergers and acquisitions amongst the mid-market ERP vendors, IT directors managing an ERP system may feel uncertain about the future of their incumbent system. The ERP mid-market is... [21 Feb 2009]
OFT refers Capita IBS deal to Competition Commission
News Simon Pritchard, OFT senior director of mergers, said it approved the Anite acquisition on the grounds it was unlikely to reduce competition - unlike Capita's takeover of IBS. Capita has seen its... [21 Nov 2008]
Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Overcome Merger and Acquisition Obstacles and Drive Business Success With Microsoft Dynamics (Level 100)
White Paper The presenter explores the experience of these companies in more detail to help to understand how to use Microsoft Dynamics to support the company's growth via mergers and acquisitions and drive business success. [07 Nov 2008]
SAS CEO: "Teradata merger? They couldn't afford me"
News The market has undergone a lot of changes in terms of mergers and acquisitions. Since the alliance between Teradata and SAS, the BI space has seen some big-name consolidation including IBM's $5bn... [03 Nov 2008]
Is the credit crunch affecting IT?
News Big name mergers on the cards include Lloyds TSB and HBOS, and Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. Last month outsourcing services giant HP announced it is cutting more than 3,300 former EDS jobs from its UK workforce... [03 Nov 2008]
How financial turmoil will shape outsourcing
Comment For those firms undergoing mergers or acquisitions, there are some specific challenges to consider, particularly if there are existing outsourcing arrangements already in place. It is a comparatively straightforward task... [14 Oct 2008]
Phishers cash in on credit crisis
News It seems phishers are cashing in on the current economic crisis and climate of mergers between financial institutions. In one example that targets people affected by the Chase acquisition of Washington... [03 Oct 2008]
Beyond the Headlines: a Survey of Lessons Learned from Merger and Acquisition Activity
White Paper Andersen recently conducted a survey of executives from some of the largest companies in the technology, media and communications market segments involved in mergers, acquisitions and other similar transactions to bring... [02 Sep 2008]
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