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State & Local IT Market Forecast, 2012-2017 (May 2012)

Deltek's State and Local IT Market, 2012-2017 forecast report analyzes issues that will shape the size and direction for vendor-furnished information systems and services nationwide.

Description

Deltek’s State and Local IT Market Forecast, 2012–2017 report details how state and local demand for vendor-furnished IT systems and services will grow from $56.4 billion in 2012 to $64.9 billion in 2017, bringing $8.5 billion in new spending to the market at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1%.

Key Findings

This report analyzes the trends in the state and local information technology market using a sample of the IT budget request recently released by governors, mayors, and county commissions, coupled with Deltek’s in-depth knowledge and understanding of state and local IT procurement and long-range IT plans to forecast spending trends over the next five years. When forecasting this market, Deltek focuses on trends related to technology, acquisition processes and regulations that will shape the size and direction of this marketplace.

Key forces currently shaping this market include:

• Significant improvement in the economic and fiscal fundamentals of state and local governments
• Governors declaring victory of fiscal crises (a bit prematurely) and pivoting toward growth agendas
• Implementation of technology to dramatically bend the cost curves in the Education (primary/secondary), General Government services, and Justice/Public Safety verticals
• Programmatic streamlining that will drive reactive IT consumption for integration and modernization later in the forecast period
• Governments reaching the breaking point of lifecycle extensions that have prevented refresh of commodity IT such as PCs, printers, and LAN infrastructure

The market remains fettered with uncertainty due in part to federal partisan gridlock that prevents national coordination of key initiatives such as health IT and Pre-K through 12 education reform.

Critical Insight for Vendors

The report provides companies and other interested parties with a detailed view of state and local IT spending and a market forecast for the next five years, and is designed to enhance a vendor’s business development planning process with relevant strategic analysis and market forecasts. The report provides recommendations that will guide IT vendors to maximize their market positioning messaging and agency relationships to best take advantage of state and local business opportunities.

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