Technology integration costs are routinely underestimated in M&A transactions. RLM builds detailed cost models that capture migration expenses, ongoing run-rate changes, contract penalties, licensing implications, and the timeline to synergy realization — giving deal teams the financial clarity they need.
RLM provides independent, vendor-neutral advisory that gives deal teams and integration leaders the technology clarity they need to make informed decisions and execute with confidence.
We build a complete view of technology spend across both entities — cloud consumption, carrier contracts, software licenses, managed services, and internal labor — normalized into comparable categories for accurate analysis.
We identify specific cost reduction opportunities — platform consolidation, license optimization, carrier renegotiation, headcount efficiency, and vendor leverage — with realistic timelines and confidence levels for each savings category.
We estimate the one-time costs required to achieve synergies — migration labor, professional services, hardware refresh, contract termination fees, and the temporary cost of running parallel environments during transition.
We model multiple integration scenarios with different timelines, platform choices, and migration sequences — showing how each variable affects total cost, time to synergy, and net present value of the technology integration.
We build a month-by-month projection of when savings begin, when integration costs peak, and when the combined technology spend reaches its optimized run-rate — aligned to the deal's financial model and board reporting requirements.
We establish the tracking framework for monitoring actual versus projected costs post-close — dashboards, variance triggers, and the governance model that keeps integration spend on track and synergy targets accountable.
Start with a no-cost assessment — we'll map both organizations' technology spend and build the cost model that gives your deal team financial clarity.
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