Predictions on the Canadian Government Sector in FY08 - A Government Insights-TIG Study

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Government Insights Opinion
• In This Report
• Situation Overview
  • Extensive Survey of Canadian Government Executives
  • Figure: Respondents Evenly Distributed Between Business and IT Decision Makers
  • Figure: Pan-National Geographical Distribution of Respondents
  • Figure: Respondents by Government Level
    • Electronic Service Delivery Far Less Prominent than in 2006
    • Figure: Top Policy/Program Priority, 2004, 2005, and 2006
    • Figure: Government-Specific Applications Top IT Challenges/Projects
    • Figure: GSAs Also Top Software Investment Priority
    • Figure: Content Management and Consolidation Lead Secondary Mindshare
    • Vendors Vie for Government Mindshare
    • Figure: IBM Has the Edge in Server Familiarity
    • Figure: Cisco Tops Network Familiarity
    • Figure: Dell Has Lost Ground to IBM and HP in Storage
    • Figure: Oracle Leads Familiarity in Business Application Vendors
    • Figure: Microsoft Leads Application Development Tools Mindshare
    • Figure: Microsoft Also Leads System Infrastructure Software Mindshare
    • Figure: IBM Leads IT Services Familiarity
• Future Outlook
  • Government Executives Expect to Spend More on Hardware and Software
  • Figure: Expected Change to Storage Spending in FY08 by Government Level
  • Figure: Expected Change to Server Spending in FY08 by Government Level
  • Figure: Networking Equipment Is a High Growth Market
  • Figure: Applications and Application Development Tools Spending Will Grow
  • Figure: Expected Change to Application Software Spending in FY08 by Government Level
  • Figure: Expected Change to SIS Spending in FY08 by Government Level
  • Figure: IT Services Spending Relatively Flat
    • Vendors Battle to Increase Share of Hardware, Software, and Services Wallet
    • Figure: Server Spending to Increase Most Readily with HP and IBM
    • Figure: Storage Dollars Going to HP and IBM
    • Figure: Network Spend Remains with Cisco
    • Figure: Expected Change to Application Spending Share by Vendor
    • Figure: Microsoft Will Reap Wallet Share in AD&D
    • Figure: Expected Change to SIS Spending Share by Vendor
    • Figure: Expected Change to IT Services Spending Share by Vendor
    • Governments Are Investing in SOA, Consolidation, Systems Management, and Security
    • Figure: SOA is the Top Infrastructure Investment Priority
  • Productivity and Modernization Will Require Maximized IT Delivery and Consumption Models
  • Figure: Current Stage of Shared Services Solution for IT Implementation
  • Figure: Customer Care Management Tops Business Process Shared Service List
  • Figure: Level of Concern with Shared Services Risks
  • Figure: Level of Concern with Shared Services Risks
• Essential Guidance
  • Advice to Vendors
  • Advice to End Users
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis