Future IT Trends and Projects: Norway Public Sector (Industry Focus)

Publication Date	January 2007
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Report
Pages	19
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT04311

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Summary

Introduction

The Norwegian government has experienced a fast take up of IT and has a sophisticated attitude to how it can be used within the public sector. IT vendors need to be aware that there are a number of specific areas where the focus will lie until 2010.

Scope

Significant IT initiatives, deals and vendors in Norway
Government initiatives impacting IT in the public sector
Local government IT spending in Norway, 2004-2009

Highlights

Datamonitor identifies the key trends that are occurring within technology in Norway within government, education and healthcare. IT vendors must demonstrate that they have the vision to implement sophisticated IT solutions due to the advanced nature of Norway's technology implementation.

Reasons to Purchase

This report explores and highlights the key trends that exist within Norway and the potential areas for vendors' investment.
Datamonitor identifies where growth exists and highlights strategies that vendors should take in order to maximize upon these opportunities

Content

Catalyst
Summary
Methodology
Key Trends
- Norway is moving towards adopting open source software across all of government
- System integrators (SIs) need to be able to work with both open source and proprietary software
- The Norwegian government is introducing eSignatures to enable eGovernment
- IT vendors will have to provide solutions that comply with eSignatures
- The Norwegian government is heavily integrating IT into healthcare
- IT vendors must demonstrate that they have the vision to implement advanced IT solutions for healthcare
Profile Of Technology In The Public Sector
- Significant IT initiatives, deals and vendors in Norway
- Government initiatives impacting IT in the public sector
- Selected IT Projects in Norway
- Government
- Healthcare
- Procurement in Norway
- Important vendors in government
- Services
- Software
- Datamonitor's public sector IT forecasts for Norway
- Government structure in Norway
- Central Government
- Elections
- Local Government
- Justice, Safety and Defense
- Social Security/national Insurance schemes
- Healthcare
- Education
- Regional perspectives
Norway In Figures
- Core facts about Norway
- Population
- Economy
- Government spending
Appendix
Further reading
- Definitions
- References
List of Tables
- Table 1: Norwegian demographic and government information
- Table 2: General Population statistics, 2000-2004
- Table 3: Statistics about IT usage in Norway and EU (25 countries)
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Local government IT spending in Norway, 2004-2009
- Figure 2: Expected changes to IT budgets from 2006 to 2007 within Nordic enterprises
- Figure 3: Enterprise application software sales in the Nordic public sector and healthcare sectors, 2005-2010
- Figure 4: Government spending by type as a percentage of total spending, 2004
- Figure 5: Unemployment as a percentage of population, 2001 to 2004, for Norway, EU (25) and EU (15)
- Figure 6: Central government spending for Norway and EU as percentage of GDP