The IT Side Of Acquisitions

Forbes.com (Dec 7 2009) Cloud Computing

1. The data center is one of the most complicated places on earth. There are legacy systems and data integration issues, spiraling costs for cooling and powering racks of servers, concerns over integration, security, outsourcing and virtualization--as well as data storage overload. Collectively, these interactions are enough to make any CIO throw up their hands in frustration. But what happens when corporate acquisitions are thrown into the mix, each with its own flavor of these same problems? Forbes caught up with Carol Fawcett, vice president of global information services at Quest Software ( QSFT - news - people ), a company that has been on a regular buying spree for the better part of a decade. Article Controls EMAIL PRINT REPRINT NEWSLETTER COMMENTS SHARE YAHOO! BUZZ Forbes: How many companies has Quest acquired or shut down? Carol Fawcett: We haven't done a lot of shutting down. We've only done that once in the ... (Read Full Article)

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