This forecast includes spending by government on internal services, software, IT services, data center, devices and telecom services.
“IT services, which includes consulting, implementation, IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing, will be the largest overall spending category throughout the forecast period within the government sector,“ said Anurag Gupta, research director at Gartner.
“Government spending on IT services is expected to grow 3 percent in 2014 to reach $1.9 billion, up from $1.8 billion in 2013 – with the business process outsourcing segment growing 5.3 percent in 2014,” he added.
Meanwhile, internal services, which refer to salaries and benefits paid to the information services staff of an organization, will achieve a growth rate of 2.7 percent in 2014.
Software, on the other hand, will achieve the highest growth rate within spending categories with 10.8 percent in 2014 to reach $350 million in 2014, up from $316 million in 2013.
Gartner expects software spending to be led by growth in vertical specific software (software applications that are unique to a vertical industry
“Singapore is one of the leading countries in adopting an e-government roadmap. We expect the government to explore: new delivery channels especially through the cloud, ‘agile’ development methodologies, engaging citizens, and leveraging analytics to monitor overall department performances,” said Gupta.
The report, “Enterprise IT Spending for the Government and Education Markets, Worldwide, 2012-2018, 3Q14 Update,” provides more detailed information on government sector IT spending.
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Quelle/Source: eGov Innovation, 24.11.2014
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