Mergers & Acquisitions

Position Yourself for Achievement

Storata will assist you in seamlessly integrating your IT systems

Sector Expertise

When companies merge, one of the toughest hurdles is integrating technology. With intricate and proprietary systems, merging different technology infrastructures can be both time-consuming and prone to compatibility problems.

Many IT integration projects do not achieve their intended results within five years, causing major disruptions for employees and affecting customer satisfaction.

Storata is the perfect ally for handling technology integration. As you concentrate on the logistics of merging companies, you can rely on us to safeguard your technology environment and manage the integration smoothly, ensuring minimal disruption for both teams.

Range and Service Outcomes

Storata’s customized solutions for companies undergoing mergers and acquisitions offer comprehensive, end-to-end support. This process includes:

1. Evaluating and Documenting Your Current Technology Setup

    • Understand Your Technology: Review your existing technology, compare it with industry benchmarks, and pinpoint any deficiencies.
    • Reduce Perceived Risks: Achieve clarity and simplicity in your technology landscape.
    • Scope Your Entire Environment: Assess all components, including value and supply chains.

2. Conducting a Risk and Opportunity Analysis

    • Align Technology with Business Goals: Determine if your technology strategy, applications, and spending are aligned with your business objectives.
    • Identify Risks and Opportunities: Uncover the true risks and opportunities presented by your current technology framework.
    • Benchmark Against Best Practices: Compare your technology setup with current industry standards and practices.

3. Preparing Your Organization for an Exit (Partial or Complete)

    • Formulate Strategic Hypotheses: Analyze market risks and opportunities, and develop strategies for transitioning or offboarding your technology to an external entity.
    • Create a Structured Data Room: Ensure that all compliance and security requirements are met.
    • Represent Offboarding Entities: Coordinate and participate in investor presentations, facilitating meaningful and secure discussions by aligning organizational content.
    • Structured Due-Diligence Approach: Develop and execute a systematic approach for conducting due diligence, ensuring all aspects are thoroughly reviewed. Provide prompt and detailed responses to any requests for additional insights.
    • Cost and Risk Evaluation: Assist in analyzing and validating costs and risks through a detailed report, ensuring each item is accurately assessed and documented.
    • IT Schedules and Transition Services: Prepare IT schedules for inclusion in the Purchase Agreement and outline the Services to be provided as Transition IT Services.

4. How to Prepare Your Organization to Integrate a New Entity:

    • Develop a Strategic Hypothesis: Analyze the risks and opportunities of the target organization and outline strategies and scenarios for successful integration.
    • Set Up Data Rooms: Implement well-organized data rooms, including technology and processes, to support the target organization on your behalf.
    • Facilitate Investor Engagement: Represent prospective investors to organize and participate in presentations, ensuring meaningful and secure dialogue between both parties.
    • Provide a Detailed Report: Deliver a comprehensive report detailing costs, risks, and approaches for integrating the target entity into your organization.
    • Assist in Cost and Risk Validation: Help validate costs and risks to guide your strategy for Best and Final Offers (BAFO) and negotiations.
    • Create IT Schedules and Transition Services: Prepare IT schedules for the Purchase Agreement and outline Transition IT Services to be included.

The team at Storata will support you throughout the entire process, from planning the strategy to executing it with precision. We focus on minimizing disruption and ensuring a swift and successful merger.

Benefit

Achieving smooth technology integration between merging companies is crucial for setting a successful foundation for the merger.

Accelerate Time to Success
  • Timely Technology Consolidation: Our expertise suggests that technology consolidation should be finalized within 12-18 months after the deal.
  • Efficient Discovery and Migration: Storata accelerates the discovery and migration process using a proven methodology and high-quality, secure, and cost-effective tools.
Mitigate Transformation Risk
  • Reduce Risk: We mitigate risk with the expertise of our team and reliable tools.
  • Systematic Asset Transfer: We manage the orderly migration of all digital assets, including necessary permissions, to your new digital environment.
Partner for Success
  • Enhanced Collaboration: Leverage Microsoft Teams, seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Office365, for streamlined teamwork.
  • Streamlined Workspaces: Consolidate and restructure workspaces in MS Teams with the right balance of openness and controls to enhance collaboration and achieve business success.

A merger or acquisition is a pivotal moment for everyone involved. Storata will partner with you to ensure that technology plays a central role in the success of the merger.
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