Divestitures And Carve-Outs: Untangling Spaghetti
Citrix, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
In the world of corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) grab the big headlines. They are the high-stakes, high-visibility deals that capture the imagination. But there's another side to that coin that can be more complex, technically difficult, and demanding for the IT organization: divestitures and carve-outs.
If you're a CIO who has been involved in one of these, you know this pain. This isn't just the simple reverse of an acquisition. It's more like performing open-heart surgery on a living enterprise. The business is still operating at full speed, yet you are tasked with surgically separating systems, data, and processes, all while making sure neither the parent nor the child company flatlines.