IT Due Diligence Consulting

During merger and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, IT is often overlooked or left until late in the process. This leads to unexpected costs and delays to integration after the deal.

Detailed IT due diligence ensures that you have a full understanding of the current IT environment — whether it will support the business’ changing needs post-acquisition, and what investment will be required to integrate with your business.

About Our IT Due Diligence Reviews

We look at the IT environment in detail, asking the important questions, and considering all areas:

Assessment of the reliability, scope and opportunities for IT applications, processes, infrastructure and teams. Do they meet the current and future requirements?
Assessment and quantification of IT synergies.
Review of capabilities of IT products versus any claimed benefits, competitor offers and against the current market.
We can help review the Transitional Service Agreement and be involved in the design, construction, costing, dependency and risks.
Guidance on integration and separation support and planning.

Highlights

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Maintenance

Key Personnel

Budgetary Analysis

Benefits

IT Systems Assessment

We ask the following questions:

What applications are already installed? What state are they in? Are the applications suitable for your company and the industry? How well supported are the current IT systems? Are those using the systems satisfied?

Comprehensive IT Solutions

We take a look at your hardware and leases obligations, review the network infrastructure, check on the service providers and identify any issues.

IT Organisational Assessment

We take a look at the size of the current IT force, their skill level, the headcount and then see how it compares to leaders in your industry.

IT Process Evaluation

A review of the current processes for applications development, IT operations, disaster recovery, IT security and cost management. We’ll also identify any IT management best practices that need implementing.