IT Modernization efforts are in full swing to create greater agility and productivity, all while shifting away from significant capital expenditures.  Enterprise’s desire and expect a best of breed supplier for each element in their environment.  Working to achieve this provides a massive undertaking in terms of expert analysis and review of solution providers.  When you factor that in, along with managing the integration of those provider solutions to reach a synergistic result, the level of effort can often be multiplied due to the complexity.  Once a steady state is achieved, it takes further analysis to understand how well the interoperability has been optimized.