Industry Insights

Driving Business Value with a Fractional CIO

Discover how fractional CIOs provide strategic IT leadership on a part-time basis—helping businesses accelerate innovation, improve collaboration, and drive measurable value without the overhead of a full-time executive.

PIP’s AI PoV: Differentiated Results Come from Tailored AI Solutions

We have found there is business value to be generated using AI, it just requires a bigger vision. Dive into what we have seen with GenAI in Middle-Market Private Equity.

Trends Defining Middle-Market Private Equity in Q1 2025

We’ve identified four key trends we’re seeing in early 2025—and what they might mean for how you operate in the quarters ahead.

Inhouse Software Development: Friend or Foe?

Proprietary Software Development can be a Significant Asset or can Impede Growth and Agility. Here are some signs we look for when we look under the Hood of a Software Engine. […]

IT Due Diligence Checklist: Must-Assess Technology Elements Prior to Any Acquisition

Due diligence — technology due diligence specifically — is an important part of the M&A process. It has become essential […]

Understanding Technical Debt (+ Underlying Risks When the Bill Comes Due)

Similar to any credit card, the bill for a company’s technical debt will always come due. And, just like credit […]

Digital Maturity: What It Is, How to Achieve It, and the Digital Maturity Model to Drive Business Transformation

Before you learn to run, you must learn to walk. Before you take leaps in business, you must evaluate where […]

The New Hybrid Workforce: Maximizing Outcomes with a Return-to-Work Plan Backed by Technology

While the future of work had encompassed remote and hybrid work models pre-pandemic, the shift to these working models is […]

Celebrating Women in Private Equity

Since 1911, women have been celebrated during March, International Women’s Month, in some way, shape, or form.  What started off as International Women’s […]

IT Due Diligence Transformed: Driving More M&A Value Creation with Technology

More than ever, technology is vital to business growth. Thanks to the lockdown, digital transformation has accelerated at a pace […]

As Market Trends Shift, Technology-Driven Value Creation Evolves

In the first half of 2020, Private Equity deals fell by 36% year-over-year due to the COVID-19 pandemic – with buyouts falling by […]

Three Reasons Why Private Equity Firms – and Their Portfolio Companies – Need a Data Analytics Strategy

Data has the power to create incremental portfolio value – in fact, data-driven, digitally-mature companies achieve ~30% higher net profit […]

How to Harness Data Analytics to Drive Business Value and Maximize ROI

Data-driven decisions have always been integral in creating business value. Now, as companies ready themselves for continuous pivots while navigating […]

Why Cybersecurity is Now a C-Suite and Board Matter (+ 4 Ways to Prepare with the Defense in Depth Approach)

Private Equity investors, C-suite executives, and board members are familiar with the high-stakes decision-making required to operate businesses, make deals, […]

As Cyber Risks Increase, Performance Improvement Partners, Launches Cybersecurity Guide for the Private Equity Sector

The 2020 Private Equity Guide to Cybersecurity: New Risks, Responsibilities, and Remediation Strategies, provides PE firms and their portfolio companies […]

Business Insider: Cyberattacks against financial firms are up 238%. Experts explain why deep-pocketed private equity firms are most at risk

Due to the pandemic, cyber attacks have been on the rise with private equity firms quickly becoming a top target. […]

PIP’s Pro Bono Cyber Security Workshop Recognized by ACG Middle Market Growth

In the newest article recognizing how members of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) community are giving back in the […]

Business Continuity in a Time of Uncertainty

John Bisack March 13, 2020 – The health and safety of our clients, staff, and community remain a top priority […]