M&A Is Quietly Driving a Surge in Cloud Migration – CloudTweaks
Behind nearly every merger or acquisition is a cloud migration project waiting to happen. Once a deal closes, IT teams need to bring together users, data, identities, applications, and devices that may have operated in entirely separate environments. That work often must happen on a tight timeline, turning M&A into a growing source of cloud migration demand.
Global dealmaking has entered 2026 with renewed momentum. PwC estimates global M&A value could reach approximately $4 trillion this year, up 13% from 2025, while KPMG’s latest M&A research points to continued optimism among corporate and private equity dealmakers.
Each one of those transactions creates a technology challenge that IT teams need to address. An acquisition may require two Microsoft 365 tenants to be consolidated, while a merger can bring together separate identity systems, devices, collaboration platforms, and security policies. A divestiture creates its own set of demands, often requiring teams to...
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