The role of technology in today’s M&A projects is a critical factor in driving a successful M&A – organizations need to consider how to use technology to ensure a secure, but practical and seamless transition in giving user’s day one access to corporate resources. Identity and access management is a key component in ensuring that your users stay productive after an M&A transaction occurs. We recently sat down with guest speaker Merritt Maxim, Principal Analyst at Forrester, to discuss why identity is so important to ensure a successful M&A project, and how a cloud identity and access management solution accelerates and simplifies M&A. Below are the key takeaways from our discussion. Q (Teju): In a traditional M&A transaction, there's a common need to consolidate multiple domains in order to provide users access to critical business applications. The challenge with domain consolidation is that it can be expensive and time consuming.