Finally, if the acquirer and target companies can agree on who will run the combined company and put in place the systems, processes, and culture needed for it to appear seamless to customers on the day the deal closes, then the deal passes the integration test.
Some of that reduction has taken place as districts band together and use their combined buying power to get lower prices in request-for-proposal processes that shrink the number of providers eligible to offer products to educators.
Mountain View was also quick to highlight how responsive it's been to industry concerns -- citing the fact that it receives and processes more copyright complaints in a day than it did in all of 2009 combined.