UK government organisations are more focused than ever on delivering e-government services.
Research firm Kable says that 36% of public sector organisations increased investment in ICT from 2014 to 2015, compared to only 24% the previous year, Computer Business Review reports.
Some 28% of institutions increased their ICT spending slightly, by between 1% and 5%, while 8% have invested at least 6% more, Kable's analysis shows. From 2013 to 2014, just 2% of companies intended to increase ICT investment by 6% or more.
Another 37% of companies' budgets remained unchanged in 2014-2015, a notably smaller proportion than the 46% recorded in 2013-2014.
Overall ICT spending was split in the following ways: 27% on hardware; 23% on software; 15% was diverted to services; 14% went on communications; 12% on consulting and 9% was spent on other IT verticals.
In terms of hardware, the main three verticals for investment this year were clients (18%), network and communication equipment (13%) and high-end servers (13%). Processors were the least invested area at 7%.
For software, spending was mainly focused on licences. British institutions spent a whopping 32% of their budgets on this area. A further 21% was invested in software vendor support costs and maintenance, while software as a service (SaaS) spending reached 18%; platform as a service (PaaS) 17%; and the final 12% of their budget was spent on 'other' software solutions.
Kable surveyed 135 British governmental institutions for the report, named ICT Customer Insight.
Source: http://www.misco.co.uk/blog/news/03543/uk-public-sector-pushes-egovernment-agenda-with-increased-ict-spending