ABSTRACT
The ingredients of a convergent approach are oriented toward both technological advancement and economic benefits for both the consumers and the producers of implementations that are aligned with a convergent approach, or in other words standards compliant. The economic benefits stem from the choices that accrue from a variety of implementations for a given function or a set of functions that are standards conformant. The implementation choices allow adaptability to different business models. This flexibility provides opportunities to optimize both capital and operational costs associated with implementations. The technological advancements appear as innovation in implementations that spur a competitive market environment for growth and expansion, in a foundation of interoperability.
