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- International Network Services Case Study: Financial Services Organization
- Two large financial services companies formally completed a merger of equals and needed to integrate the disparate networks. The combined company, located in the Eastern US, provides corporate and retail banking, asset and wealth management, capital markets and securities brokerage services/products. After completing the merger, a primary objective was to...
- Tags: Merger, Network, Financial Service, Cisco Systems Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Networking, Investment, Finance
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- Consultants Corner: A BCP Survival Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions
- For survivors of the 1990s, the words "mergers and acquisitions" still bring about a feeling of dread. They may not be as prevalent today, but they still cause a fair amount of uncertainty. The result is often less staff, which means more work will be required of fewer people to...
- Tags: Acquisition, Merger, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
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- Momentum Webcast: The Importance of Software Asset Management During Mergers and Acquisitions (Level 100)
- This webcast discusses why Information Technology IT considerations are critical during the merger and acquisition process. A practice known as Software Asset Management SAM is important for IT executives to understand and implement during this critical time, because mergers can fail when two organizations do not fully understand the technology...
- Tags: Software, Acquisition, Merger, Webcast, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Tools & Techniques, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Management
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- Ameren Corporation Powers Legacy Customer Data Integration for Smooth Merger & Acquisition Transition With Informatica Enterprise Data Integration Platform
- Ameren Corporation, based in St. Louis, Missouri, has 2.3 million electric and 900,000 natural gas customers in Missouri and Illinois and is the second-largest utility in Illinois. The company wanted to convert and migrate large volumes of legacy data, through a standardized and reusable platform, to achieve a single view...
- Tags: Informatica, Merger, M&A, Ameren Corp., Data Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Finance
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- Wright Vigar Invests in New Technology to Support Growth Through a Merger and Acquisitions Strategy
- Wright Vigar is pursuing a progressive growth. To support this, the company needs technology that can quickly accommodate new workers and remote offices. To act in accordance with government legislation it also needs to be able to offer all employees flexible working options. By upgrading to Microsoft technology, the company...
- Tags: Merger, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Wright Vigar, Business Structures, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Productivity, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Investment
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- Symantec Corporation Selects Salesforce as Platform for Merger; Deploys to 3,900 Employees in Less Than Four Months
- In July 2006, Symantec Corporation merged with VERITAS Software, making it the world leader in providing solutions to help customers assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information. The company used the merger as a catalyst to rethink its CRM strategy and create a common CRM platform for the...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Symantec Corp., Merger, Sales Force Management, Sales
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- Human Capital Transformation Helps Multinational Pharmaceutical Companies Through Merger
- Human capital transformation is an approach that helps companies define, structure and realize their human capital management strategy by focusing on the development and delivery of services that target their most important assets ? employees. It builds a culture and operating model that helps everyone, including leadership, management and HR,...
- Tags: Merger, Human Capital Management, Human Capital Transformation, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
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- Human Capital Transformation Helps Multinational Pharmaceutical Companies Through Merger: Creating a Comprehensive Approach to Human Capital Management
- The case study describes about human capital management. Human capital transformation is an approach that helps companies define, structure and realize their human capital management strategy by focusing on the development and delivery of services that target their most important assets ? employees. It builds a culture and operating...
- Tags: Merger, Human Capital Management, Case Study, Human Capital Transformation, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
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- Messaging Server Consolidation Results in Company Merger Efficiencies for HP
- When HP merged with Compaq, HP's IT group needed to swiftly integrate HP's 100,000 mailboxes with the 90,000 Compaq mailboxes. This was a challenge because HP was running Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 and Compaq was running Exchange 2000 Server. The resulting, combined e-mail system, encompassing employees as well as...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Merger, Microsoft Exchange Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., E-mail Servers, E-mail, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications
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- Managing PCs After a Multinational Merger
- A recent merger between two pharmaceutical leaders resulted in the creation of a multinational corporation. It also brought together two very different infrastructures and management approaches. At the client level, integration would have to cover three continents, 45,000 users, a variety of hardware configurations, two operating systems, three office software...
- Tags: Merger, PC, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Desktops, Investment, Finance, Hardware
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- After Major Merger, BP Chooses Windows 2000 as Common Operating Environment
- British Petroleum, Amoco Corporation, Atlantic Richfield ARCO and Burmah Castrol combined between 1998 and 2000 to form BP. This new company has a market value of approximately $200 billion and a 100,000 member staff in more than 100 countries. BP has deployed the Microsoft Windows 2000 platform to integrate four...
- Tags: Merger, Environment, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, British Petroleum Co Plc, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance
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- Easy PDF Splitter and Merger (exe)
- Easy PDF Splitter and Merger is a simple, innovative desktop utility program that that simplifies the task of combining two or more Acrobat PDF files into a single PDF document without having Adobe Acrobat installed. Easy PDF Splitter and Merger provides unique merge methods that let you join documents in...
- Tags: Merger, Adobe PDF, APANSoftware, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-05-12
- Image: Top 10 U.S. tech mergers
- Here's a ranking of the leading U.S. technology merger and acquisition deals based on value.This chart ranks the leading U.S. technology merger and acquisition deals based on value. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, tech, mergers, Merger, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-02
- IT involvement in mergers and acquisitions
- The current economic news portends a potential serious downturn in growth. This usually means acquisitions and mergers. The purchase of Bear Stearns by JPMorgan Chase is one recent example. Anytime two companies merge, systems and networks must be quickly integrated. The success of this integration depends on how well the two IT Management...
- Tags: Acquisition, Merger, Information Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Tim Malone
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Mergers and Acquisitions: IT Testing Requirements
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are amongst the most strategic decisions that are taken in the corporate world. Whether private or public, directors of companies that engage in the M&A arena must ensure that they take all practical steps to ensure that shareholder value is at least preserved and, ideally, enhanced...
- Tags: Shareholder, Acquisition, Merger, M&A, Information Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-02-10
- Information Technology's M&A Problem: A Briefing on IT Integration During Mergers & Acquisitions
- Merger, takeover, acquisition; call it whatever one wants to but CIOs from all walks of life will likely agree, while Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activities can be exciting undertakings, they are typically rife with tension and ambiguity. As such, the guiding principles provided in this paper are designed to help...
- Tags: Merger, M&A, Information Technology, Integration, Synapse SE, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance
- White papers 2007-11-27
- Czech Telecommunications Operator Improves Decision Making With New Data Warehouse
- Czech-based GTS Novera is a nationwide telecommunications operator. It launched in 2005 after the merger of GTS Czech and Aliatel. Following a period of merger activity, Czech telecommunications operator GTS Novera inherited a number of operating systems. It wanted to create a single data warehouse that was able to integrate...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Merger, Operator, Decision-making, Telecommunications, Microsoft Corp., Czech Telecommunications Operator, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Telephony, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Networking, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- Excel Text Merger (zip)
- Excel Text Merger is a powerful Excel addin to merge text within a short matter of time. You can merge as many cells text as you want in a single process. It is a cute little addin to make your Excel more powerful than before. This version is the first...
- Tags: Addin, Merger, Excel Text Merger, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Mergers & Acquisitions, Office Suites, Software, Investment, Finance
- Software downloads 2007-11-23
- Talks to merge ultra-fast Internet networks fail
- Talks to merge two ultra-fast Internet networks that serve several U.S. universities failed to reach a conclusion. An excerpt from Associated Press: The two next-generation networks began with separate missions, but their technologies and services converged over the years. And Jeff Lehman, chairman of Internet2's board,...
- Tags: Merger, Network, Internet2, Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Networking, Investment, Finance, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Twins File Merger (exe)
- With Twins File Merger you can join/merge MP3, MPEG, text files, and Word documents into one big file. Whether you would like to make a big text-file or a non-stop CD, Twins File Merger does the job quickly, accurately and without losing any quality. Twins File Merger combines both simplicity,...
- Tags: Merger, Twins File Merger, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Word, Digital Video, Word Processors, Digital Media, Investment, Finance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2007-11-07
