2015 Government IT Spending: 3 Suggestions
While federal IT budgets continue to be strained, too often this leads to a balancing act — between supporting mission objectives and complying with strict mandates — that CTOs must endure with every major IT expenditure.
Achieving optimal efficiency across federal IT departments, while protecting the taxpayer bottom line, will only happen if agencies implement solutions that are forward thinking while still cost efficient. Agency IT leaders must find ways to create innovative solutions that will meet the requirements for both today and tomorrow, that offer scale, and that won’t become obsolete before they offer a positive return on investment. Below are three things every agency needs to consider and/or incorporate when planning and budgeting their IT.
1. Think “embrace and extend” vs. “rip and replace.”
Since most agencies will have already made massive investments in technology systems, it simply doesn’t make sense to rip all of those systems out and start over. Even with the authority to do so, it would be both an expensive proposition and likely an unnecessary one. Instead, agency IT managers need to look for places they can invest and get more out of what they have already implemented and consider where they can add and enhance existing software, hardware, and cloud operations for improved speed, security, and vitality.
Full article by By Chris Steel, InformationWeek Government
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