Case Study: a pair of cancer-fighting organizations turn IT integration into a competitive advantage with Impact Advisors

Two Cancer-fighting Entities streamlines 850 applications and 4+ PB of storage with Impact Advisors

The merger of two cancer-fighting entities—an ambulatory care center and a research institution—presented a significant IT integration challenge due to their starkly different operating models and technologies. To plan the integration ahead of the formal merger, leadership enlisted the M&A consulting expertise of Impact Advisors to reduce risk, cut costs, and increase standardization.

Impact Advisors led three simultaneous workstreams focused on infrastructure integration, organizational structure, and application rationalization. The vendor developed over 150 tailored recommendations, 33 approved technology plans, and identified significant cost-saving opportunities by consolidating a portfolio of ~850 applications. The detailed plans positioned the newly unified organization to save millions in annual maintenance and streamline IT support through standardization upon the merger's completion.