The Government should invest in IT, not cut back

A survey carried out by SAP, the enterprise software vendor, supports this point.

As part of the study, research firm Coleman Parkes found that 60 per cent of central government IT heads felt public sector IT could be more ambitious. But 80 per cent of interviewees in central government, and 60 per cent in local government, said they were being asked to do more on lower budgets.

Of course, there is a case for making Government IT more efficient, and I am sure our friends at SAP will happily provide some sophisticated technology to do this. But whether Government IT is efficient or inefficient is rather beside the point. The question Government chief information officers (CIOs) should be addressing is whether investing in IT will make their departments’ core business processes more efficient, or more effective.

Over the last decade, private sector CIOs – as well as enterprise IT vendors – have become much better at speaking in business language, and explaining that spending a pound on IT is worthwhile, if it saves more than a pound in the business.

Sorce By: http://www.itpro.co.uk/622405/the-government-should-invest-in-it-not-cut-back