Article: Merger Integration: BofA's Fleet Of Headaches: Benefits from acquisition will take years.(Bank of America's acquisition of FleetBoston)

Bank of america bit off a mouthful when it bought FleetBoston, and the digestion promises to be fraught with all the trials and tribulations emerge in the wake of such consumption. And when the stress of keeping pace with sweeping regulatory changes and industry-wide strategic initiatives is added, tech staff on both sides of the transaction are in for a fair amount of sweating.

"There will be a lot of hiccups. Whenever you have a merger of this magnitude, it's going to be a long process, and there will be a very long path to integration," says Jim Beams, director of consumer banking research for Financial Insights, an IDC company.

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