One of the most complex challenges in IT is the process of technology integration during a Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) event. IT executives need to ensure that innovation continues and that the new combined entity can capitalize on growth opportunities. Yet, each M&A event adds new cloud providers, networks, security practices, developer experiences, and methods of end-user access that need to be addressed to meet these goals. In this fifth episode of The Multi-Cloud Expedition, we’ll discuss the challenges of M&A IT integration with solutions you can implement at every phase of the process to accelerate time to value. The discussion will feature subject matter experts on M&A IT integration, and product demonstrations that show you best practices in action.
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Chapter Segments:
0:00 – Start: What is the Multi-Cloud Expedition? Customer Journey from cloud first to cloud smart.
2:33 – Recap of episodes 1-4 & overview of this episode: How being part of a merger or acquisition effects your multi-cloud environment.
4:51 – Industry Expert Intro: Joost Krikhaar, M&A Principal at Deloitte Consulting (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joost-krikhaar-ab6347/)
6:36 – Having an M&A ‘North Star’ to keep line of sight on what matters – why the M&A event is happening both initially and through the full process revisiting the investment thesis.
8:40 – The 5 phases of an M&A Lifecycle: Make/Buy decision; Target screening; Due diligence; Day 0 / Announce; Day 1+ / Announce to close. Then start thinking about infrastructure integration.
16:28 – How M&A events have changed: the need for speed, rapidly changing business fundamentals for faster time to value.
21:16 – How cloudification/multi-cloud has helped divestitures move more quickly. 24:21 – SME Intro: Jack Madden, EUC Product Marketing (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddenjack/)
26:26 – Providing security for application access between target and parent companies at Day 0.
28:28 – Demo: Launching a Horizon virtual desktop (VDI) from Horizon Hub. ‘VDI 101’. (https://www.vmware.com/products/horizon.html)
30:30 – Connecting a target company laptop to parent company resources rapidly and securely with logging/auditing.
32:06 – Starting Day 1 after deal completion. Dealing with key challenges for the end-user access without transferring devices.
38:05 – Demo: Workspace One Intelligent Hub providing secure application access customized to each user. (https://www.vmware.com/products/workspace-one/intelligent-hub.html.html)
40:38 – Like access from desktop or mobile devices, even for new employees, while maintaining zero-trust security.
43:10 – SME Intro: Puneet Chawla, Senior Technologist – Networking and Advanced Security (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisispuneet/ )
43:38 – Challenges for infrastructure team handling M&A events with migration journey phases: Discovery; Planning & Setup; Execution.
47:17 – Demo: Aria Hub Migration Assessment providing critical discovery required for infrastructure planning. (https://www.vmware.com/products/aria-migration.html)
53:10 – Demo: HCX+ service enabling planning plus network/site connectivity, with L2 extension to avoid re-IP, in preparation for migration. (https://www.vmware.com/products/hcx.html)
57:22 – Demo: HCX+ SaaS dashboard showing existing infrastructure and executing migration, including live vMotion.
1:00:48 – When migrating, planning takes longest – migration is quick with the right tool. Customer example evacuating from private DC to VMC on AWS in 48 hours.
1:02:52 – Q&A: How does Workspace ONE work with custom apps across different clouds? (https://www.vmware.com/products/workspace-one.html)
1:04:15 – Q&A: How can ‘aging’ apps be migrated to the cloud without downtime?
1:06:42 – Future content around best practices for M&A – blogs and VMware Explore session. https://via.vmw.com/HIPviC
1:08:20 – Wrap-up: Today’s topics review and look to our next episode on Modernizing Your Datacenter for Multi-Cloud. (https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition)
