Research Suggests Government IT Spending Will Go Up
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Government IT budgets are predicted to increase 1.3% annually until 2017 according to a Gartner study. This increase will allow chief information officers to better manage IT services. Much of the additional funding will be spent on data centers, IT services, and software, indicating a focus on centralized infrastructure. Priorities include modernizing legacy systems, cloud computing, and mobile devices. While internal technology may be cut, digitizing public services is a key government priority as agencies aim to provide more digital options to citizens.
Research Suggests Government IT Spending Will Go Up
- 1. Research Suggests Government IT Spending Will Go Up Facebook.com/storetec Storetec Services Limited @StoretecHull www.storetec.net Cuts in government budgets have been a recurring theme over the years since the last election, but new research suggests that its chief information officers (CIOs) will soon have more money to spend on IT. Analyst Gartner carried out an extensive study in the final three months of 2012 and has now offered a prediction stating that IT budgets will increase by 1.3 per cent a year in the government and education sectors until 2017.
- 2. Much of this money will go on data centres, IT services and software, suggesting local authorities are keen to centralise their infrastructure. Indeed, when asked what their technological priorities were for this year, legacy modernisation, cloud computing and mobile devices were among the top answers. It may be, therefore, that the 'bring your own device' trend and document scanning for online storage are set to become even more important in the future. At the same time, internal technology services and devices will probably see cuts in spending, Gartner suggested, which supports this trend.
- 3. "After years of being told to do more with less, many government CIOs report that budgets have stabilised or are increasing, placing them in a better position to deliver and manage IT services more effectively and efficiently," said Gartner's research director Rick Howard. It comes after the Office for National Statistics revealed a 0.1 per cent reduction in inflation during July 2013, something that could have encouraged positivity over budgets.
- 4. Digitising services, especially public-facing ones, is already a priority for the government as we move into a digital age. The NHS has a target of going completely paperless by 2018, while the National Apprenticeship Service was named among the first digital-by-default departments in December 2012. Part of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Intellectual Property Office and HMRC will also put more of their applications online to make life easier for service users while also boosting security.
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