Partnership between IT Due Diligence specialists Roach & Stolz of Munich, and Ecosystem Consulting, Paris

Munich, May 7, 2009 - The Munich based IT Due Diligence experts, Roach & Stolz Software GmbH, and the Paris based IT Due Diligence specialists, Ecosystem Consulting, have signed an agreement to create a strategic partnership.

The partnership covers shared expertise on approach and methodologies, joint sales and marketing, as well as cooperating on project assignments for the English, French and German speaking countries in Western Europe.

Simon Roach, Managing Director of Roach & Stolz stated that “the companies also intend to standardize their structured IT Due Diligence service offerings such that they can participate more effectively in cross-border assignments”.

Pascal Hureau, Managing Director of Ecosystem Consulting and a former Gartner consultant, added that “an exchange and alignment of both companies’ IT Due Diligence best practice guidelines will serve as a boost in broadening the delivery of these specialist services, which are all too often delivered in an ad-hoc manner in the industry today”.

Software Technology and IT Due Diligence services are primarily used by venture capital, private equity or strategic investors when evaluating technology oriented companies, but also companies that rely on IT to conduct their business.

More recently there has been a growing interest from organizations seeking better ways of deriving value and leverage from their IT assets to optimize business performance or preparing their organizations for a trade sale. IT due diligence assessments have been shown to be an ideal vehicle for this purpose.

About Roach & Stolz Software GmbH:

Roach & Stolz Software GmbH based in Munich, is a provider of IT Due Diligence services for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity investments.

With well over 20 years of experience in software productization, IT infrastructure and telecommunications, Roach & Stolz has advised on numerous mergers and acquisitions. In doing so, the firm, which is greatly valued by its clients for its focus and professional approach, has developed its own best practice methodologies for conducting the IT Due Diligence process. These days IT Due Diligence services are not only used for transactions involving technology based companies, but also for those involving traditional "bricks-and-mortar" industries which have become increasingly dependent on IT to conduct their business.

About Ecosystem Consulting:

Ecosystem Consulting has its headquarters in Paris, France. Ecosystem Consulting is led by Pascal Hureau and Christian Broches, both having more than 25 years experience in the IT industry, including several years in business consulting within Gartner. Ecosystem Consulting helps investors assess target companies through IT Due Diligence services. These assessments focus on the maturity of IT and its contribution to business value and performance. Ecosystem Consulting service offering also include change management, business and IT alignment and human capital optimization.

Ecosystem Consulting – 10 rue de la Paix – 75002 PARIS – France
Contact : pascal.hureau@ecosystem-consulting.com

Contact Information:

Roach & Stolz Software GmbH
Obermaierstrasse 2, Altstadt-Lehel
80538 Munich
Germany

Tel: +49.89.2020.888.0
Fax: +49.89.6600.291.7
Email: info@roach.stolz.com
Web: www.roach-stolz.com

This release was published on openPR.