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.
So, how can you deliver faster time to value in your organization’s M&A activity, in the multi-cloud universe? Join us on the Multi-Cloud Expedition – a Livestream series airing on LinkedIn every month leading up to VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas. On the Multi-Cloud Expedition, we’re bringing together industry and VMware subject matter experts to discuss and demo solutions to the most pressing multi-cloud challenges today.
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. VMware has acquired over 50 companies in the past 25 years, and we work with our customers regularly on their integration processes. The discussion will feature subject matter experts on M&A IT integration, and product demonstrations that show you best practices in action.
Host Alexander Romero, Senior Director of Cross-Cloud Services at VMware, will lead the discussion, covering these topic areas:
- Getting employees productive from Day 0
- Software-defined networking and security best practices
- Cloud infrastructure consolidation
- Converging developer experience across clouds
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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 5 – Challenges of Mergers and Acquisitions Recap
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
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
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’.
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.
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
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.
53:10 – Demo: HCX+ service enabling planning plus network/site connectivity, with L2 extension to avoid re-IP, in preparation for migration.
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?
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.
The Multi-Cloud Expedition Livestream Series Continues
Monthly from February to VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas this year, we’re gearing up for a new edition of the Multi-Cloud Expedition. Wondering what’s next? Here’s what we’re planning (subject to change):
- February 22: Increasing Developer Velocity
- March 21: Fundamentals of Cost, Observability and Security
- April 19: Advanced Strategies for Governance and Security
- May 10: Resilience Against Ransomware Attacks
- May 31: Challenges of Mergers and Acquisitions
- June 28: Modernization Your Datacenter for Multi-Cloud
- July 26: Simplified Kubernetes Management
- & 9. August 21 & 23: Top 10 Multi-Cloud Challenges at VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas
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