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IBRS strongly believes that Australian Mid Sized organisations must begin to actively manage their dealings with their business partners, suppliers and customers. At the same time, they must deal with staffing and budgets that are not keeping pace with the ever-growing requirements of their IT infrastructures. A top priority must be to find ways to decrease the total cost of ownership of IT infras...

Since the IT industry continues to consolidate, with acquisitions of both large and small companies a weekly event, users must keep several questions and action items in mind to respond effectively if and when one of their main suppliers is suddenly acquired. It is important to remember that all acquisitions are takeovers – there is no such thing as a friendly merger – and if you are a c...