M&A information technology best practices Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Introduction to the IT aspects of mergers acquisitions and divestitures Varun Joshi and Saurav Sharma The role of IT in mergers and acquisitions Peter Blatman and Eugene Lukac Aligning business and IT strategy during mergers acquisitions and divestitures Jason Asper and Wes Protsman Mergers and acquisitions IT strategy approach and governance: IT and its customers Chris DeBeer and Michael H. Moore Appendix A: M&A IT playbook overview Joseph Joy Shalva Nolen Simon Singh and Nikhil Uppal Appendix B: Sample M&A IT checklists Shalva Nolen Sreekanth Gopinathan and Devi Aradada Appendix C: M&A IT sample case studies Manish Laad Abhishek Mathur and Prasanna Rajanna About the editor About the website Index This book has been written to serve as a guide to mergers acquisitions and divestitures for executives and their direct reports