
8 ◾ Enterprise Architecture A to Z
Table 1.1 Example of an Information-Intensive Firm (e.g., a typical financial firm)
Firm’s annual revenue $10,000,000,000
Lower-end operation
IT budget (yearly) $600,000,000
RTE $240,000,000
Staff $72,000,000
Amortized IT hardware $55,200,000
Software licenses $40,800,000
Communications $28,800,000
Voice $24,480,000
Data $4,320,000
External services $31,200,000
Facilities, etc. $12,000,000
Development $360,000,000
Embedded hardware, range
a
$165,600,000–$276,000,000
Embedded applications, range
b
$1,800,000,000–$2,880,000,000
Midrange operation
IT budget (yearly) $800,000,000
RTE $320,000,000
Staff $96,000,000
Amortized IT hardware ...