Our client had acquired a competing company, and needed to assess the technology environment and create a plan for complete integration and digestion of the systems and services involved.  The ultimate goal was consolidation of the data centers and elimination of all redundant systems.

• Acquired systems were not well documented
• Previous technical staff with knowledge of the systems had left the organization
• Security standards were very different across the organizations, making integration difficult
• Uncertainty about the long-term viability of the acquired offices limited the options for investment in technology to remediate problems

The Kelso Group provided project leadership, management and business analysis services to assist the acquisition team with technical decision making and execution.  We performed a complete review and assessment of the technology footprint within the acquired company, and identified the security, stability, and support risks, with recommendations to remediate each.  We then coordinated and managed the execution of those recommendations.

Ultimately, one data center was completely eliminated and all resources consolidated to one site.  Redundant systems were decommissioned, and all staff were migrated to and trained on the primary systems for telephony, e-mail, and network authentication.  A project which had dragged for several years prior to our involvement was wrapped up in just over 6 months, resulting in significant cost savings for the acquiring company.