In cases when IT integration isn't smooth, it was suggested to have employees of the acquired company remain in it for a couple of years until the databases have been combined successfully and information has been derived from each employee. But how can one expect employees to stay with the acquiring company if they are unhappy? In these cases, I would assume there are some financial incentives to make people stay. It makes me wonder if there are other ways that the company can contractually revive that information upon acquisition.
Another topic I wanted to discuss in this blog was the tech news report I read this morning regarding the use of body scanning in public places as a means of detecting individuals carrying bombs and other explosives. I think that it can be a good way of keeping events and transportation stations safe, but it can clearly backfire and cause some unrest among the public. I don't have much confidence that we will have any sort of privacy in the future as technology improves.
Your seond observation first: Mark Zukerberg of Facebook fame has said in public that the concept of privacy is an outdated notion..get over it...
ReplyDeleteFirst observation: smart people, prior to a public announcement of a merger or acquisition, get the acquired comany to back up ALL their data and to supply the aquierer with all the data in advance....