Reducing M&A risks based on facts

Black box reality

Your M&A target's software is maze of technologies and millions of lines of code.
How do you (and your advisor) know if it is rock-solid, efficient, and safe?
Guesswork, interviews, and commodity tools are no longer enough.

Zero subjectivity

ISO 5055 offers the only way to pinpoint hidden flaws and avoid post-deal surprises. It codifies the toughest rules for resiliency, efficiency, maintainability, security of software, based on a ten-year effort by CMU, MIT, CISQ, Mitre, OMG.

Highest accuracy

CAST automatically ‘understands’ how complex software works. It deciphers the internal structures and finds all you should know about its actual condition. Today, it is the only product fully applying ISO 5055, the new standard for structural quality.

High-accuracy value & risk assessment in a week

Machine-generated software intelligence enables deep, fact-based technology due diligence

ISO 5055
based

Without developers

Without
developers

Any size application

Any size
application

Any mix of technologies

Any mix of
technologies

Composition

Complete software bill of material - own source, open source, 3rd-party components.

IP risks

Legal exposures, security risks, obsolescence of open-source used in the software.

Architectural flaws

Critical flaws in the application construction. Remediation actions and effort estimates.

Structural condition

ISO 5055-based view of the application Reliability, Security, Efficiency, Maintainability.

Technical debt

Cost of corrective maintenance based on OMG-ATDM spec and ISO 5055 standard.

Cost savings

Opportunities to reduce the costs of software maintenance and infrastructure use.

Cloud maturity

Cloud optimization blockers, estimated remediation effort, best-fit cloud native services.

Green impact

Opportunities for changing the code for reducing energy consumption.

Benchmarks

Unique comparison of the application against peers in same industry.

At the heart of due
diligence done by

Fact-based
Technology Due Diligence

Sample Report

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Fact-based Technology Due Diligence

CAST delivers high quality results that are
simple, seamless, and smooth.

Erik Oltmans

Associate Partner

CAST delivers high quality results that are simple, seamless, and smooth.

EY Executes More Objective Technology Due Diligence for M&A using CAST Highlight

What our clients experienced

I can see in minutes what took three months to find before

David Ruggiero
Modernization & Cloud Advisory Leader
Kyndryl

We worked with CAST and blew our client’s mind. Within a month we were able to deliver tangible insights.

Vishy Padmanabhan
Partner
Bain & Company

CAST complements our offerings with hard facts and metrics.

Benjamin Rehberg
Partner & Managing Director
BCG

M&A Technology Due Diligence:<br>The 5 insights you should consider to reduce your investment risk

M&A Technology Due Diligence:
The 5 insights you should consider to reduce your investment risk

#1 in M&A Technology due diligence checklist - Application Portfolio Analysis

#1 in M&A Technology due diligence checklist - Application Portfolio Analysis

Software Intelligence for Critical M&A Decisions

Software Intelligence for Critical M&A Decisions