Mobile, Modernization, And Cloud See The Money In 2013
June 24, 2013
Grazed from IT Jungle. Author: Jenny Thomas.
IT departments around the world can practically be heard crying out "show me the money" after years of tight budgets and sweeping cutbacks. And while the overall picture for IT spending still isn’t looking too rosy, there are a few areas that will get an infusion of cash this year, according to a recent survey of spending by government sector organizations on hardware, software, IT services and telecommunications by Gartner. The Gartner analysts are projecting that worldwide IT spending by government organizations will total $449.5 billion in 2013, which is a slight decrease of 0.1 percent from 2012.
This is also a revision to Gartner’s original 2013 spending forecast of 0.2 percent growth, which it blames on weak economic development. But Gartner did identify three areas where spending was likely to increase: mobile technologies, IT modernization, and cloud computing. Professional services and big data were also noted as areas where investment was anticipated to be strong this year…
Mobile computing was a top priority for the surveyed government agencies worldwide. Demand is strongest in agencies with more decentralized staff and those that have a large field workforce, such as border patrol agents, inspectors, and social workers. The adoption process for mobile computing will develop over time, as agencies begin to replace existing hardware with new mobile infrastructure and devices…
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