Here's How To Stay Sane While Being Acquired

As the pace of change quickens throughout the IT industry, the appetite for mergers and acquisitions in the channel is expected to increase.

But while an acquisition can be key to a company's growth, reach, or even survival, the process is no picnic, and it's never less picnic-like than during the due diligence process. In an Inc.com blog, Patricia Fletcher acknowledges that due diligence is intense and stressful.

It doesn't have to be unbearable, though, and companies that enter the process with their heads on straight will be able to power through to the finish line. You can see Fletcher's original post here. Armed with some advice from the folks at IHS, Fletcher lays out three important considerations for companies preparing to be acquired.