<p><strong>Two consultants were engaged to assess the Client’s IT M&amp;A readiness from people, process, and technology perspectives through questionnaires, documentation review and in-person and telephone interviews.</strong><br><strong>In addition to overall impressions we developed findings related to:</strong></p><ul><li>Business and IT Strategy Governance</li><li>IT Governance, Compliance, and Security Observations relevant to M&amp;A</li><li>IT Infrastructure, Application Architecture, and Data Architecture Observations relevant to M&amp;A</li><li>IT Due Diligence Emphasis and Integration Priorities</li><li>Potential Technology-Related Risks to IT Synergy Capture and Integration Timeline and Budget</li><li>IT Team Strengths Relevant to M&amp;A Integration</li><li>IT Team Capability Development Opportunities Relevant to M&amp;A Integration</li><li>Other Human Factors including Incremental IT Resource Requirements for M&amp;A</li></ul><p><br>&nbsp;</p>