Pros
A potentially fabulous opportunity to be a part of huge corporate transformation. There is a lots of industry competition but the market is huge and so they only need to stake out a little piece of it to make it work.
Cons
Very disheartening and frustrating for IT. Very little sense of accomplishment, security or pride in what you do. There was a real lack of a positive message that what you were doing was a vital 'cog in the machine'. Yes, there was so much effort & contribution from every part of the business that had to pull together to transform yellowbook to the new digital products of hibu. Without a doubt. But from this persons IT perspective - the biggest message was always a bit jumbled and messy - but it came thru as 'you cost too much and don't be too sure we won't just send your job overseas.'