Mergers and Staff

About a month ago we were approached by the owner of a small specialty hosting company and after talks his company merged with us. Since day one of this merger there has been problem after problem, from his mismanagement of customers, to very little auditing when it take to client information, money and even the IP/server allocation. Currently we have 3 servers; 2 are his and the other is our main shared server. We have about 64 (the majority are his and he has no list what so ever of what is assigned to who). I am really beginning to wonder if this was even worth is and if it is even worth continuing to put the effort into managing this company or if I should just grab what assets I can and leave the remains of the business. What do you guys think; also any advice as to what I should do?

I also have another question; we have 10 staff yet the vast majority of them just take up space, request leave or just disappear for no reason at all. Should I try retraining them, toss those who do not work or should I jsut fire them all and only run this myself with my business partner. We have about 150 clients. Some are high maintenance.

EDIT: Also what are the best payment processors to use. I would think accepting credit cards yourself without using a merchant alternative like paypal or 2checkout would be better but you still need those *other* options. Thus the question what options are better per-say.

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