Tech Issues In M&A Will Keep Dealmakers In The Cloud

"Every company is now a tech company." This phrase is heard more and more in the business community, from commentators to CEOs of multinational corporations. With few exceptions, every business today relies on information technology to survive. In every sector of the economy, from banks to retailers to energy companies, businesses depend on IT to manage their most important assets: their information and their customers.

If every company is a tech company, then every M&A deal is a tech deal―and to ensure the success of an M&A deal, companies must recognize that solving the IT puzzle should be a central pillar of their M&A strategy. While this has been true for the better part of two decades, the way in which IT has evolved has made defining what is being bought or sold more difficult than ever in recent years.