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hire and retain qualified staff; it will research the market for the best
players and attempt either a strategic partnership to build a joint ven-
ture and achieve a particular initiative, or simply acquire and merge
the two companies to create a stronger, more capable conglomerate.
From an IT manager’s perspective, this work involves integrating
servers, organizations, assets and application processes, and only stan-
dards can help to ease this particular job. Your ability to present these
abilities and to demonstrate them in action can help you in getting
support for further investments and create a real business ...