U.S. Government 2008 Go-to-Market Strategy Guide

Publication Date	February 2008
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	29
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC04139

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Summary

This Government Insights report presents a comprehensive view of the IT trends, challenges, and opportunities that will shape the U.S. federal, state, and local government sectors in 2008. Government executives are seeking to maximize the business value of their technology investments by driving technology-enabled business innovation and minimizing technology risk through accurate planning. Governments are optimizing their technology budgets through standardization and consolidation, driven by the need to reduce operational costs and increase government value through improved service delivery. FY08 is about government doing more with the same, optimizing resources and finding new ways to extend IT enterprises to meet changing citizen and internal business needs.

"Last year's continuing resolution prevented new initiatives from being released at the federal level. In 2008, we expect to see catch-up behavior for new initiatives such as the OMB Infrastructure Optimization Initiative, with departments and agencies looking for support to analyze and comply with upcoming guidelines and reporting requirements. All levels of government will begin to invest in secure technologies that dynamically enable citizen service and input at the point of need; invest in IT innovations and architectures to reduce operational costs; and move from assessment and rationalization of IT assets to standardization, consolidation, and virtualization,"says Adelaide O'Brien, research manager, Government Insights.

Content

Government Insights Opinion
In This Report
Situation Overview
- Government Health and Outlook for 2008
  - Government Shape and Size
  - Figure: U.S. IT Spending Opportunity by Industry
  - Government Indicators and Key Business Metrics
  - Table: U.S. Federal Government Budget, 2006 and 2007 ($B)
  - Figure: U.S. Federal Government Outlays Share by Category, 2007
  - Table: U.S. Federal Government Enacted Discretionary Spending by Agency, 2007
  - Table: U.S. State Government General Fund Expenditures, 2006 and 2007
  - Figure: U.S. State Government Distribution of General Funds
  - Table: U.S. Government Number of Employees and IT Spend by Level of Government
  - Table: U.S. Federal Grants for the Top 5 Awardees, FY06
  - Table: U.S. Federal and State and Local Government Software and Equipment Consumption Growth, 1Q07-3Q07
  - Figure: U.S. Federal and State and Local Government Software and Equipment Consumption Growth, 1Q04?2Q07
Future Outlook
- Business Initiatives That Will Drive IT Investments in 2008
- Figure: U.S. Government Top Critical Business Initiatives, 2007
  - 2008 Predictions
- 2008 IT Investment Priorities for the Government
- Table: U.S. Government IT Spending by Level of Government, 2007 and 2008 ($M)
- Figure: U.S. Federal Government Civilian IT Budget Share by Segment, 2008
- Figure: U.S. Federal Government DoD IT Budget Share by Segment, 2008
- Figure: U.S. State Government IT Budget by Segment, 2008
- Figure: U.S. Local Government IT Budget by Segment, 2008
  - 2008 Software Investment Priorities for the Government
  - Table: U.S. Government Software Spending by Level of Government, 2007 and 2008 ($M)
  - Figure: U.S. Government Top Application Investment Plans, 2008
  - Figure: U.S. Government Emerging Technology Investment Plans, 2008
  - 2008 Infrastructure Investment Priorities for the Government
  - Table: U.S. Government Hardware Spending by Level of Government, 2007 and 2008 ($M)
  - Figure: U.S. Government Storage Installation Share by Level of Government, 2007
  - Table: U.S. Government Storage Systems Spending by Environment, 2007 and 2008 ($M)
  - Figure: U.S. Government Mean Number of Server Installations by Platform, 2007
  - Table: U.S. Government Server Spending by Platform, 2007 and 2008 ($M)
  - 2008 Communications Investment Priorities for the Government
  - Figure: U.S. Government Communications Technology Investment Plans, 2008
  - 2008 Services Investment Priorities for the Government
  - Table: U.S. Government Services Spending by Level of Government, 2007 and 2008 ($M)
  - Figure: U.S. Government Business Process Outsourcing Investment Plans, 2008
  - Figure: U.S. Government Sourcing Preferences for Business Process Outsourcing
Essential Guidance
- Going to Market in U.S. Government
- Table: Issues Facing Key Decision Makers in Government
- Table: U.S. Federal Government IT Spending for the Top 5 Agencies, 2008
- Figure: U.S. Federal Government IT Spending Growth for the Top 5 Departments, 2008
- Table: U.S. Government IT Spending for the Top 5 States, 2008
- Figure: U.S. Government IT Spending Growth for the Top 5 States, 2008
- Competing Effectively in Government
- Table: Worldwide IT Revenue for the Top 5 IT Vendors, 2006
- Table: Worldwide Software Revenue for the Top 5 Software Vendors, 2006
- Table: U.S. Services Revenue for the Top 5 Services Vendors, 2006
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