*NEW RESEARCH* UK public sector SITS market trends & forecasts

When we published last year’s UK Public Sector SITS Market Trends & Forecasts report, we sought to differentiate between ‘what Government says it is going to do’ (particularly at the Cabinet Office level) and ‘what the purchasing organisations will actually do’. This is still relevant, but less so. Just over a year later, our view is that the actions of the Cabinet Office have changed the way that those across Whitehall think. A new way of procuring and managing ICT services and software is now firmly embedded across central government departments and agencies. Moreover, it has penetrated beyond the walls of Whitehall and into the broader public sector. Certain ways of behaving are now a given.

Many of the actions taken to change the Government’s approach to ICT procurement and delivery have helped deliver substantial efficiency savings. However, as we highlighted in our analysis of the Autumn Statement (see Autumn Statement: Efficiency through Transformation), the low hanging fruit has been picked, particularly in Whitehall. Further savings will be far harder to achieve. And increasingly we will see organisations compelled to invest in digital technologies, and the associated transformation of their organisations, processes and systems, if they are to continue making savings in the broader budget. We will also see the spotlight increasingly focused on the frontline of public service delivery i.e. in the wider public sector.

 Subscribers to TechMarketView’s PublicSectorViews stream, can now download UK public sector SITS market trends & forecasts (December 2014). In the report we provide our detailed view of the market trends in all areas of the UK public sector - central government, local government, education, health, police and defence. And we consider how those trends will impact the different areas of the SITS market - from infrastructure services to application services, from business process services to software – through the General Election period and beyond. If you are not yet a subscriber, then... why not? Please contact Deb Seth to find out more.

Posted by: Georgina O'Toole at 15:16

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