IT Mega Mergers - For the Pros In the mergers and acquisition environment, there are often significant productivity gains and cost reduction opportunities to be achieved with the Information Technology (IT) functions. These include: Combining the merged companies IT organizations and functions Assimilating the acquired company IT capabilities and requirements Within a large corporation, there may also be opportunities for significant productivity gains and cost reduction. These may involve: Evaluation of the in-place IT department and business functional organization IT structure, responsibilities, capabilities and strategic requirements A review of a corporation's long standing geographically dispersed and relatively autonomous IT organizations This book provides a comprehensive program management based review of the Information Technology processes within an organization. The IT Strategic Business Review creates an opportunity for an independent and critical review of the IT organization's structure, cost, staffing, best practices and alignment with the business strategy of the company. An independent critical review has frequently resulted in identification of opportunities to restructure the IT function, increase investment potential, reduce cost, leverage IT best practices and policies, improve upon information security and adjust the alignment of IT strategy with the company's strategies to optimize return on investment (ROI). Company executives will increasingly incorporate the IT organization into the company strategic business planning process, as they perceive the greater value of IT contributing to the profitability of the company. IT exists to improve competitiveness and enable the business to be successful."