See both sides
Inventory identity, mail, backups, vendors, and security on both environments. Duplicate licences and missing MFA are cheaper to find now than after the first Monday.
Services · Managed Integration
Mergers and acquisitions IT
Join two technology environments so the acquired company keeps working, with the CyberSecure Canada stack as the landing zone.
Who it is for
Deal teams who cannot leave a weaker network behind.
Owners, operators, and deal teams growing by acquisition. The acquired company’s email, files, and line-of-business apps have to keep running. Ease comes from one B.C. firm that already runs IT and security, not from pretending a merge is a weekend cutover.
How the work is sequenced
The same failure modes. The same order of work.
The sequence is how EC runs this offer: see both sides, keep people working, then join and retire, with security as the highest priority at every step.
Keep people working
Logins, email, and files have a path. Help desk and 24/7 technical support sit in the same firm. The rest of the join is planned, not improvised in the outage.
Join, then retire
Line-of-business systems and Power Platform connections come next. Duplicate vendors and licences are cleaned up. Custom work, when off-the-shelf will not join, sits with Managed Engineering.
Security is the highest priority
The target state is Managed Security: CyberSecure Canada certified, with SentinelOne, Defender 365, MFA, Passportal, backups, and KnowBe4. Security is the landing zone.
Features and benefits
What the join actually includes.
Systems that survive the join
Identity, email, files, and line-of-business applications are planned so the acquired company can keep working while the stacks come together.
Vendor and licence cleanup
Duplicate vendors, licences, and contracts are managed so you are not paying twice or left without support after day one.
Security is the landing zone
The CyberSecure Canada certified stack (endpoint, identity, email, backups, MFA) is the target state.
Custom and Power Platform work
Where off-the-shelf tools will not join the two environments, Managed Integration and Engineering pick up the connection work.
Before close
Inventory identity, mail, backups, vendors, and security on both sides before day one, while there is still time to sequence the join.
Day one continuity
People can still log in, send mail, and open files on Monday. The deeper join of line-of-business systems follows without parking operations.
Proof
Vendor management, custom solutions, Microsoft 365, and the CyberSecure Canada certified stack are how we run the join. Pricing and scope are set in the assessment.
Related: Managed Integration · Managed Security · Microsoft 365 · Managed Engineering
Questions
Do you have a named M&A methodology?
The work is sequenced as before close, day one, and after close. Security is the landing zone.
When should we call you?
Before day one if you can. Identity, mail, and backups are harder to fix after the first Monday. Book an assessment on Contact.
Does security wait until after the merge?
No. Security is the highest priority. The target state is the same stack as Managed Security, including MFA.
Is this only for Microsoft shops?
Microsoft 365 and Power Platform are the documented connection layer. Line-of-business systems are in scope when they have to be joined.
Next step
Talk about the join before day one.
Call (604) 888-7904 or book an assessment. Office hours are Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday closed.