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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2007
Vijaykumar Musuvathy, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Vijaykumar Musuvathy, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for estimating information technology integration costs. Capital data, staffing data, and integration goal data associated with a target enterprise are recorded. Capital data includes at least one of infrastructure data, computer data, network element data, and retail store data. Staffing data includes information technology staff data, employee data, and contractor data. Recorded data includes the capital data, the staffing data, and the integration goal data. A back office cost, a retail cost, an infrastructure cost, and a computer cost are estimated based on the recorded data associated with the target enterprise. The back office cost, the retail cost, the infrastructure cost and the computer cost are combined to produce an information technology integration cost. The information technology integration cost is output by an output device.