Increasingly, shareholders are asking questions, especially at times of mergers or takeovers, about the combining of IT systems, and the implications this will have for the business. Often, these are questions best answered by the CIO. Here's how to put your best face forward in the glare of the spotlight.
By Umesh Ramakrishnan
March 2007, Issue 65
Invariably, when a merger or acquisition is announced, analysts, shareholders and other interested parties start asking shrewd questions about the prospects for the integration of the two companies on many levels.
They know that millions are put into IT systems and that control of the new enterprise often will follow decisions about which systems to keep, and which to scrap in the new entity. Many of the integration questions will revolve around the compatibility - or lack thereof -- of the IT systems of both enterprises. The executive best suited to answer these questions? The CIO.
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