Managing application portfolios in merger situations

摘要: Today mergers of larger financial institutions are quite common place. You often find conglomerates that stem from a sequence merger & acquisition activities. In each such case, IT management is confronted with more than one set applications, service organization and the question how to deal situation. Typically likes reduce cost by migrating just application landscape organization. This article describes few observations patterns these challenges can be dealt with. The Challenge – Merging Services Mergers very place in world today. Large companies buying smaller ones or similar size merge. After typically finds at least two landscapes do things, serve business cause significant maintenance costs. They data centers, organizations for WANs, LANs PCs, running ERP software portfolios tailor made core companies. Often it driving force behind raise all kinds synergies justify an economical viewpoint. A subtype potential economies scale services. deals best handle merging operations. We use insurance as example. Examples have been anonymous. might also valid other industries. longer version paper, discussing influence factors depth listing cases could provided but would exceed paper format workshop this has prepared for. will refer types examples. term used groups holdings who own e.g. 5+ companies, business. if we same business, merged now legal entity. see there implications whether “merger equals” takeover. practice almost arbitrary forms merger-formed conglomerate ♣ not written under label my employer AMB Generali Informatik. anonymous observed many spots European industry over several years. personal statement opinions expressed herein ones.