{"id":293,"date":"2018-01-16T12:03:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T12:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=293"},"modified":"2018-01-16T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T12:05:09","slug":"public-sector-ict-expenditure-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/01\/16\/public-sector-ict-expenditure-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Sector ICT Expenditure in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotlandis.com\/\">ScotlandIS<\/a> has launched a report on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotlandis.com\/news\/2018\/january\/groundbreaking-insight-into-public-sector-ict-expenditure\/\">Public Sector ICT Expenditure in Scotland<\/a> using data for current and projected spend. It hopes the report will make it easier for suppliers to assess market\u00a0opportunities and make informed\u00a0investment decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The report, produced\u00a0in partnership with\u00a0Scottish\u00a0Government, breaks down spend by the public sector on ICT over the past six years as well\u00a0as forecasting outlays up to 2021. It\u00a0looks at\u00a0various segments of the market\u00a0and highlights opportunities for businesses to win contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The report predicts an increase in\u00a0spend\u00a0on\u00a0mobile and flexible working. The move to the\u00a0cloud in both private and hybrid forms\u00a0is\u00a0forecast to continue\u00a0and\u00a0increased public sector spend on cyber security\u00a0hardware and software is also expected.<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast briefings to launch the report\u00a0will\u00a0take place in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotlandis.com\/events\/2018\/january\/breakfast-briefing-public-sector-ict-market-future-market-opportunities-and-how-to-seize-them-edinburgh\/\">Edinburgh<\/a> (Wednesday 17 January) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotlandis.com\/events\/2018\/january\/breakfast-briefing-public-sector-ict-market-future-market-opportunities-and-how-to-seize-them-glasgow\/\">Glasgow<\/a> (Thursday 18 January) and will be joined by Scottish Procurement. The\u00a0events will outline\u00a0the\u00a0key\u00a0opportunities on the public\u00a0sector ICT market\u00a0and\u00a0give attendees\u00a0advice on ways to\u00a0make the best of\u00a0these opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ScotlandIS hopes its new report will make it easier for suppliers to assess market opportunities and make informed investment decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,94,54],"tags":[57,111,112,113,110,97],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contracts","category-digital-technology-products-and-services","category-ict","tag-ict","tag-public-sector","tag-public-sector-spend","tag-report","tag-scotlandis","tag-scottish-public-sector"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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