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IT spending 'set to rise at UK councils'
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Councils across Britain are increasing their reliance on IT communications with a £3 billion cash injection, according to reports. However, the Society of IT Management (Socitm) warned that this nine per cent rise on last year's figures will not be enough to meet the targets set by the government. "Our assessment is that local government ICT functions have more resources than they had one year ago," said the Socitm's recent survey of local authority IT directors. "This might suggest that ICT is beginning to make the transformation away from being regarded as just a support service and therefore a cost that can be cut." Making sure that services were cost efficient and secure were the two highest concerns for local authority directory IT directors, according to the survey. However, it was added "that the amounts being purchased are not sufficient to maintain the asset base at the standard planned". The report's author John Serle advised that "by pooling resources, authorities could solve this problem and get better value for money overall". Azzurri is transforming the way organisations buy and use communications and information technology.  |
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