2011 Trends to Watch: Government Technology
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Introduction
During 2010, agencies have begun to face the reality that 2011 will be a difficult year, requiring considerable budget austerity. With the exception of the Asia-Pacific region, which is still experiencing a fairly healthy economy, nations across the board are wrestling with far-reaching cuts in an attempt to close significant budget deficits
Features and benefits
As governments search for better ways of working and delivering efficiencies but at the same time are often looking for more innovative means of doing this, the IT and technology community should see an opportunity to work together with governments to achieve their objectives
Your key questions answered
Introduction
During 2010, agencies have begun to face the reality that 2011 will be a difficult year, requiring considerable budget austerity. With the exception of the Asia-Pacific region, which is still experiencing a fairly healthy economy, nations across the board are wrestling with far-reaching cuts in an attempt to close significant budget deficits
Features and benefits
- Gives an overview of the current operating environment for the global government technology markets.
- Identifies drivers and barriers to government technology, highlights dominant business strategies, and explains how technology can enable the latter
As governments search for better ways of working and delivering efficiencies but at the same time are often looking for more innovative means of doing this, the IT and technology community should see an opportunity to work together with governments to achieve their objectives
Your key questions answered
- How will efficiency and cost savings drive adoption of alternative delivery models?
- How do business intelligence (BI) and analytics will underpin transparency and accountability agendas?
SUMMARY
Catalyst
Ovum view
Key messages
BUSINESS TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY ENABLERS
Repercussions of global recession driving government reforms
STRAINED RESOURCES REQUIRE NEW DELIVERY MODELS
Making the taxpayers penny go further
A new way of procuring services
Consolidating contracts
Government cloud and shared services
Taking non-core functions out of house
CHANGING DYNAMICS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUENT
Rethinking the roles
Power to the people
Performance and accountability
Transparent Government 2.0
CREATING TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH WORKING SMARTER
Shaping the smart communities of the future
Intelligent city management in the age of austerity will be firmly focused on cost reduction and efficiency
Mobile becoming the connector to the constituent
National security, data protection, and privacy
Greater collaboration across national security agencies
Identity management will facilitate new services
Information management and business intelligence
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations for government agencies
Doing nothing is no longer an option
Web 2.0 and co-production
Broadband is only one piece of the puzzle
Work to build trust in order to gain real transformation in public service delivery
Recommendations for vendors
Everything is on the table, now government needs to save real money
Be prepared to take on some risk
APPENDIX
Methodology
Further reading
Author
Ovum Consulting
Disclaimer
Catalyst
Ovum view
Key messages
BUSINESS TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY ENABLERS
Repercussions of global recession driving government reforms
STRAINED RESOURCES REQUIRE NEW DELIVERY MODELS
Making the taxpayers penny go further
A new way of procuring services
Consolidating contracts
Government cloud and shared services
Taking non-core functions out of house
CHANGING DYNAMICS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUENT
Rethinking the roles
Power to the people
Performance and accountability
Transparent Government 2.0
CREATING TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH WORKING SMARTER
Shaping the smart communities of the future
Intelligent city management in the age of austerity will be firmly focused on cost reduction and efficiency
Mobile becoming the connector to the constituent
National security, data protection, and privacy
Greater collaboration across national security agencies
Identity management will facilitate new services
Information management and business intelligence
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendations for government agencies
Doing nothing is no longer an option
Web 2.0 and co-production
Broadband is only one piece of the puzzle
Work to build trust in order to gain real transformation in public service delivery
Recommendations for vendors
Everything is on the table, now government needs to save real money
Be prepared to take on some risk
APPENDIX
Methodology
Further reading
Author
Ovum Consulting
Disclaimer
