08/31/2017

Considering Consolidation

Take short-term tech steps to guard against risk to your organization

Several high-profile mergers and acquisitions among association technology vendors have made the headlines in recent years, and many association leaders are concerned about what tech consolidation could mean for them.

It may just be a good thing. “M&A activity in the association tech sector will ultimately make the vendor ecosystem more healthy,” Rick Bawcum, the CEO of Cimatri, argues in a recent blog post. “The overlap in basic functionality between solution providers motivates them to consolidate in order to efficiently apply capital in their product development activities.”

If vendors can operate more efficiently, they may be able to create better products and deliver them faster to associations, he says.

Please click here to read the complete article from Associations Now.