Case Study

Deloitte completes M&A technology due diligence of enterprise e-commerce platform in days
Deloitte

Deloitte is a global professional-services network of roughly 460 000 people in 150 + countries, delivering audit, consulting, tax, risk, and advisory services. www2.deloitte.comIts dedicated M&A teams use data-driven insights to guide clients through the full deal lifecycle – from strategy and due diligence to execution and integration – unlocking value in complex transactions.

300k
lines of code

automatically scanned in
target firm’s premises

Less than
10 days

from kickoff to readout
presentation

Deloitte leveraged CAST Highlight to rapidly perform fact-based technology due diligence on the entire application codebase – without the code ever leaving the client’s premises

“Using CAST and our expertise, we confirmed the software platform’s scalability, identified key improvements, and provided the client a clear roadmap, based on facts.”

Mathieu Correia

Partner, Technology M&A

Deloitte leveraged CAST Highlight to rapidly perform fact-based technology due diligence on the entire application codebase – without the code ever leaving the client’s premises.

Challenge

The client, a global insurer with over 10 million customers, engaged Deloitte for technology due diligence. Deloitte’s Technology M&A team was asked to assess a B2B e-commerce platform for automotive parts comprised of over 300K lines of code. The focus was on the system’s scalability, modularity, security posture, and potential integration risks.

The client wanted to determine the effort required to adapt the platform to their standards and enable strategic operational changes in response to evolving market conditions.

Solution

Deloitte’s Technology M&A team leveraged CAST Highlight and collaborated with the target firm’s lead solutions architect.

Because the firm’s source code had to remain on-premises, Deloitte supplied scanning scripts, enabling the target firm to independently analyze the application codebase within their environment.

Results

The entire process, including scanning the codebase, analyzing the results, and presenting the readout to the client was completed in less than 10 days.

The analysis revealed above-par software health, positioning the software in the top 10% benchmark for e-commerce applications and indicating robust coding practices, low technical debt, and a short time-to-market for the operational changes foreseen by the client.