 it integration in m a strategy and readiness it integration in m a strategy and readiness hemraj mon 10272025 905 it integration in m a strategy and readiness want to show in why divihn enterprise architecture solutions enterprise architecture image manufacturing industries manufacturing image research industries research image why divihn image a technology company specializing in wireless communications with revenues of about 15 billion sought growth within its industry through vertical acquisitions of entire operating companies the challenge the client recognizing that the acquisition of entire operating companies was significantly more complex than its previous small horizontal acquisitions engaged divihn to assess their it m a readiness and equip them with a methodology and tools for integrating acquired businesses our solution two consultants were engaged to assess the client s it m a readiness from people process and technology perspectives through questionnaires documentation review and inperson and telephone interviews in addition to overall impressions we developed findings related to  business and it strategy governance it governance compliance and security observations relevant to m a it infrastructure application architecture and data architecture observations relevant to m a it due diligence emphasis and integration priorities potential technologyrelated risks to it synergy capture and integration timeline and budget it team strengths relevant to m a integration it team capability development opportunities relevant to m a integration other human factors including incremental it resource requirements for m a  highlights in a formal report and presentation divihn provided the client extensive feedback about their readiness and readiness gaps for it m a integration projects in terms of the extensibility and scalability of their technology footprint their knowledge skills and abilities including m a experience of the team and their process and governance maturity we provided remediation recommendations a capability development plan outline and an it m a integration framework and playbook along with tools templates and sample documents to facilitate planning and execution of envisioned acquisitions enterprise architecture solutions enterprise architecture image manufacturing industries manufacturing image research industries research image  