Data Migration News Watch: Charter Acquires Cox Communications and Liberty Broadband on the Same Day
On August 20, 2026, Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR) announced the closing of two simultaneous M&A transactions. One of these transactions will likely not involve an immediate major data migration. The other certainly will. The first transaction saw Charter absorb and dissolve Liberty Broadband, a…
Data Migration News Watch: Devon Acquires Coterra, Plans Ahead
In one of the largest oil and gas M&A actions this year, on May 7, 2026, Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) closed its acquisition of Coterra Energy. Post-close, Devon’s market capitalization is roughly 55 billion dollars as of this writing. Statements from the organization’s leadership strongly…
Data Migration News Watch: AT&T Says It’s “Pretty Much” Done Converting Lumen’s Fiber Customers
On AT&T’s Q2 2026 earnings call, CEO John Stankey said, “We’re converting market-by-market, and we’re pretty much getting to the back end of that now,” referring to the integration of systems from AT&T’s acquisition of the Mass Markets fiber portion of Lumen Technologies’ business. All…
Data Migration News Watch: Breathtaking Scope Change
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley.” Robert Burns wrote that in 1785, and it holds up remarkably well as a description of post-acquisition data migration. Last year, healthcare provider Northwell Health acquired Nuvance Health, its 21st acquisition since Northwell was…
What CommonSpirit Gets Right About EHR Migration Timelines
Epic is not just winning the electronic health record (EHR) market anymore. It is becoming the default. When two health systems merge today, the odds are good that both sides were already on Epic, or one of them was about to be. It would be…
The Day 101 Problem: Why Post-Acquisition Data Migrations Fall Apart Right When They Shouldn’t
First in a series on the challenges of post-acquisition data migration. Day 40 usually looks fine. Leadership is aligned, the branding refresh has shipped, and the all-hands meeting went well. Everyone feels good about where things stand. Day 90 tells a different story. Finance is…