Global IT Ecosystem Versus OS/400 Ecosystem, Table B OS/400
IT Jungle Estimates for 2004 All IT Share of OS/400 Share of Share
Wares Minus PCs Spending All IT Spending OS/400 of IT
Hardware Servers $50 B 2.1%   $1,500 M 2.5% 3.0%
Other Hardware $100 B 4.3%   $1,200 M 2.0% 1.2%
Software Core ERP & Related Applications $100 B 4.3%   $1,500 M 2.5% 1.5%
Systems Software (OS+DB) $25 B 1.1%   $350 M 0.6% 1.4%
Other Software $125 B 5.3%   $350 M 0.6% 0.3%
Telecom/Datacom Just Telecom/Datacom for IT $100 B 4.3%   $500 M 0.8% 0.5%
Total IT Ware Spending $500 B   $5,400 M 1.1%
Now, Add in the People--This Time, Services and Salary Together
IT People Programmers, Managers, Admins, etc $1,250 B 53.2%   $54,170 M 88.6% 4.3%
Total Headcount 15 Million   650,000 4.3%
Peopleware (Services) All Kinds, Because I Am Lazy $600 B 25.5%   $1,600 M 2.6% 0.3%
Total IT People $1,850 B 78.7%   $55,770 M 91.2%
 
Total Spending $2,350 B   $61,170 M 2.6%
People to Ware Ratio 3.70   10.33
Notes:
1. IT Spending means money spent for IT operations at companies, including IT vendors
2. Sales do not include reseller channel markup for any products.
3. PC expenditures for IT and OS/400 shops removed
4. For the OS/400 platform, IT people costs means literally the salaries and overhead of OS/400-related IT employees; costs
    for IT platforms associated with other platforms at OS/400 shops are not included.
5. Now, the percentages are percent of total IT costs.


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