Worldwide Government 2008 Top 10 Predictions

Publication Date	January 2008
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	9
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC03853

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Summary

This Government Insights report discusses the 10 top predictions for 2008 that will heavily influence the direction and magnitude of IT investment, management, and evaluation, and it presents four key market drivers affecting these aspects of IT across multiple geographies and levels of government.

"Government is the second-largest IT market, with the second-highest growth rate,"according to Thom Rubel, Government Insights' government programs director."Governments are also working to optimize their resources and find new ways to extend their IT enterprises to meet changing citizen and internal business needs while holding down costs."

Content

In This Report
Situation Overview
Future Outlook
- Prediction #1:"Gov 2.0"Will Replace"e-Gov"as Governments Seek to Gain Additional Value from Citizen Interaction and Business Transactions
- Prediction #2: Infrastructure Optimization and IT Resource Repurposing Will Replace Solutions as the Top Government IT Trend
- Prediction #3: Government Will Begin to Experiment with"Everything as a Service,"Including Software, Infrastructure, Datacenters, and Tools
- Prediction #4: Governments Will Look to Squeeze More Value from ERP by Making Substantial Investments to Extend Foundational Capabilities to Further Integrate Back- to Front-Office Operations
- Prediction #5: Continuing Government Security Breaches Will Drive Governments to Invest in Secure Content Management for Mobility
- Prediction #6: Governments Will Lead by Example in Green IT, Primarily to Justify Broader Public Policy and Regulations
- Prediction #7: Government Will Pervasively Use Metrics to Hold Agencies Accountable for Justifying IT Investments, Performance, and Program Management Improvements
- Prediction #8: The First Substantial Wave of the Government Workforce Retirement Bubble Will Force Governments to Measurably Broaden the Use of Telework and Reexamine Sourcing Strategies
- Prediction #9: Political Elections and Transitions Will Cause Significant IT Investment and Governance Disruption for U.S. Federal and State Governments
- Prediction #10: There Will Be Accelerated Investment in 2008, But the Five-Year Overall U.S. IT Government Spending Picture Will Remain Relatively Flat
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