GovTech has published the top ten priorities, along with the top ten technologies, reported by the The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) in the USA. The entries on the list will come as no surprise to any government IT Manager anywhere, although there may be some adjustment as to what the priority is and what the definitions are. The list of priorities is:
1. Consolidation / Optimization
2. Budget and Cost Control
3. Governance
4. Health Care
5. Cloud Computing
6. Security
7. Broadband and Connectivity
8. Shared Services
9. Portal
10. Mobile Services/Mobility
The top 10 technologies, applications and tools are
1. Virtualization
2. Legacy application modernization / renovation
3. Cloud computing
4. Mobile workforce technologies
5. Networking: voice and data communications, unified
6. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
7. Identity and access management
8. Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Analytics (BA) applications
9. Document/Content/Records/E-mail management: active, repository, archiving, digital preservation
10. Public Safety Radio Network
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