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1、CiscoITCaseStudyITAcquisitionIntegrationHowCiscoITStandardizestheAcquisitionIntegrationProcessCiscoITdevelopsstandardsforassimilatingnewlyacquiredcompaniesrapidly,consistently,andwithminordisruptionCiscoITCaseStudy/BusinessManagement/CiscoAcquisitionIntegration:Cisco’sacquisitionofmor
2、ethan115companiessince1993couldhavemeantasignificantchallengeforintegratingnetworksandotherITelements.Instead,Cisco®IThasdevelopedastandardsetofprinciplesandprocessestohelpaccomplishtheseintegrationsrapidly,consistently,andwithminordisruption.CiscoITcontinuouslyimprovesitsintegratione
3、xpertisebyapplyingthestandardstoeachnewacquisition.ForCiscoasacompany,thesestandardsmeanshortertimetogainthevalueexpectedfromeachdealandtheabilitytopursuemoreacquisitions,morequicklyandatlowerrisk.CiscocustomerscandrawonCiscoIT’sreal-worldexperienceinthisareatohelpsupportsimilarenterp
4、riseneeds.“WithourstandardsfortheITinfrastructureandelements,wecanexecuteourintegrationplanmuchfasterbecauseeveryoneknowswhattodo.Weonlyneedtoworkonidentifyingandresolvingtheexceptionstotheplan,andthatisahugedifferenceforourabilitytocompletetheintegrationquicklyandsmoothly.”—TimMerrif
5、ield,Director,TechnologyInnovations,CiscoInternetBusinessSolutionsGroupChallengeCiscoexecutivesviewtheacquisitionofothercompaniesasanimportantstrategyforofferingnewproducts,reachingnewmarkets,andgrowingrevenue.Since1993,Ciscohasacquiredmorethan115companies,presentingCiscoITwiththechal
6、lengeofhowtointegratethosenewnetworks,ITsystems,andapplicationswiththeirCiscocounterparts.“Eachdecisionthateachinternalorganizationmakesaboutintegratinganacquiredcompanyhasarippleeffectonotherorganizations,soyouhavetoworkcarefully,”saysTimMerrifield,Director,TechnologyInnovations,Cisc
7、oInternetBusinessSolutionsGroup.Withmultipleacquisitionsoccurringeachyear,itwasessentialforCiscotodevelopstandardizedprocessesforintegratingthenewcompaniesineachofthecompany’smajorfunctionalareas,includingIT.“GiventhenumberofcompaniesthatCiscohasacquired,itwouldhavetakentoomuchtimetoa
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