Last week we asked the question Could it get any worse?
Well, Toby has excelled as usual and the acquisition of Autonomy must go down in history as one of the worst, most value-destroying deals in the history of the Tech Industry and Corporate America.
This story is a bit like “Air Crash Investigations”. It’s not just one factor that conspired in a complete M&A disaster, but a number. Let’s list them:
So apologies for our listeners, this one is over 30 minutes duration, but it's necessary to cover all of the salient points of this tech industry disaster.
Last week we asked the question Could it get any worse?
Well, Toby has excelled as usual and the acquisition of Autonomy must go down in history as one of the worst, most value-destroying deals in the history of the Tech Industry and Corporate America.
This story is a bit like “Air Crash Investigations”. It’s not just one factor that conspired in a complete M&A disaster, but a number. Let’s list them:
So apologies for our listeners, this one is over 30 minutes duration, but it's necessary to cover all of the salient points of this tech industry disaster.