Accelerating post-merger integration, accelerating synergy realization

One of the most underestimated threats to the success of any Merger and Acquisition (M&A) initiative is the failure to integrate systems, teams, and processes swiftly and strategically. A fast integration builds strategic momentum for the entire process and ensures critical systems, financial operations, and services continue uninterrupted. And, of course, synergies (such as cost savings and new revenue opportunities) can only be achieved after Day One.

Evolution Platform is Orange Business’s cloud-native Network-as-a-Service solution, designed to simplify mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, and divestments. Acting as a bridge between different IT environments, it avoids complex infrastructure integration. Its virtualized approach can reduce integration timelines from months to weeks and lower costs by up to 40% compared with traditional hardware-based strategies.
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The virtues of virtualization: Reduce the IT infrastructure costs of post-merger integration by 20-40%.

In a high-pressure M&A and carve-out situations, Evolution Platform vastly accelerates time to Day One, reducing IT and network integration timelines (typically 6 to 12 months) to a matter of weeks. Evolution Platform empowers you to activate connectivity, cloud and cybersecurity services on demand through a single console. That means faster integration, shorter Transition Services Agreements and more rapid access to synergy savings. With Evolution Platform, you can reduce integration costs by 20–40% while gaining the agility, security and simplicity needed to execute with confidence.

A platform for efficiency

A platform for efficiency

Evolution Platform helps businesses reduce the cost and complexity of post-merger integration by replacing slow, hardware-heavy processes with cloud-native, automation. Instead of waiting months to connect networks, applications, and security environments, organizations can onboard acquired sites and services in weeks through a single platform. This ensures business continuity, shortens costly Transition Service Agreements, and improves the employee experience with secure, low-latency access across locations. With on-demand services, consumption-based pricing, and unified visibility, Evolution Platform gives companies the speed, flexibility, and control to integrate faster while cutting infrastructure costs by 20–40%.

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Transforming the role of IT in merger preparations

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From bottleneck to catalyst: How rapid post-merger integration transforms the role of the IT function

In carve-in, carve-out and M&A scenarios, Evolution Platform transforms the IT function from a bottleneck to a catalyst. Instead of patiently combining two disparate networks – and waiting for hardware to arrive – you can use Evolution Platform as a secure bridge between the two environments.  Evolution Platform automates cloud, connectivity, and cybersecurity services – in near real time. That means faster access to applications and data, reduced disruption, and quicker realization of business value. Evolution Platform helps you simplify integration, minimize risk and deliver secure connectivity in hours and days—not weeks or months.

From Day One to synergy savings

In mergers and acquisitions, speed matters. Delays in IT integration can impact operations, disrupt employees, and postpone the synergies that justify the deal. Evolution Platform helps you accelerate through this critical phase. Its virtualized approach connects networks, cloud environments, and security services faster and more flexibly than traditional hardware-based methods, so you can deploy and adapt services in near real time. The result is a smoother Day One, faster synergy delivery, and 20–40% lower integration costs – helping you unlock value from M&A with greater confidence and control.

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