Abstract
In this study, Government Insights provides an updated overview of IT spending
trends and forecasts in the Western European government sector. On the
qualitative side, the report analyzes IT adoption trends in the sector and
describes major drivers and inhibitors of IT adoption. On the quantitative
side, focus is on spending in hardware, packaged software, and IT services for
the major European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K.)
between 2006 and 2011; IT spending is provided for central government, local
government, and central government subindustries.
Balancing revenue with expenditure will continue to be a challenge for Western
Europe. Competition for government funds will continue and growth and a
successful economy are essential in order to sustain government revenue. Slow
growth in tax revenues will undoubtedly have an effect on the capacity for
governments to spend on ITC. The forecast assumptions for the Western European
ITC market remain the same for this 3Q update, and Government Insights
anticipates little change in planned ITC expenditures as a result.
"Governments will increasingly be required to demonstrate the real value of ITC
investments. Technology investment continues to be subject to intensive review;
measuring the impact of ITC investments will become increasingly necessary as
governments are pressured to make further investments. Investment in hardware
will be steady over the next few years, and it will be important for
governments to pay attention to their information technology infrastructures
because data rich, highly interactive solutions will make unprecedented
processing demands," said Jan Duffy, EMEA research manager, IDC Government
Insights.
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