It can be extremely challenging to complete the hundreds of activities comprising a merger and acquisition (M&A) procedure. In particular, the process of merging the organizations’ IT infrastructure, including their internal networks, can prove to be difficult, slow, and expensive. Network consolidation initiatives that are not planned or managed appropriately often result in service availability, security, or compliance problems.

It is therefore vital that organizations understand all of their network connections, both old and new, and recognize that throughout the M&A process, these connections will be changing.

Lumeta’s industry-leading network assurance technology, IPsonar®, is a fully-automated, comprehensive solution that intelligently streamlines the M&A process for both companies’ networks. Only Lumeta’s Network Assurance solution can give organizations global visibility into their entire network infrastructure, reducing the risk of security gaps, unaccounted infrastructure costs, or rogue network devices.

IPsonar provides organizations with the intelligence to optimally drive consolidation efforts, empowering them to:

• Plan and execute network consolidation using facts, not assumptions.
• Create an accurate baseline of the entire network before networks are merged and compare that to a subsequent scan after the merge.
• Identify unmanaged devices that may violate policy.
• Improve service availability during transitional periods.
• Minimize security and compliance risks.