What’s Out/What’s In? Local Government Technology Predictions for 2010
PTI Staff Contact: Dale Bowen, 202-626-2456.
January 5, 2010, Washington, DC -- Public Technology Institute (PTI) has identified its list of technology trends and predictions that will impact the local government marketplace in 2010.
"Based on interviews that PTI has conducted with IT executives representing local governments across the U.S., many of these trends have already begun and will grow stronger over the next twelve to eighteen months while some of the predictions have just begun to take hold," said Alan Shark, Executive Director of PTI.
PTI is a national, non-profit technology research organization created by and for city and county governments.
What's Out and What's In for 2010
| IN | OUT |
| Technology infrastructure | Physical infrastructure |
| Energy Assurance Planning | Typical emergency response plans |
| Renewable energy plans | Energy management plans |
| IT leaders as technologists | IT leaders as technicians |
| M-Government | E-Government |
| Software as a Service | Custom software apps |
| Netbooks | Laptops |
| Android operating system | iPhone operating system |
| Virtualization | Numerous servers |
| LTE & WIMAX | GSM & CDMA |
| Extended four day week | Traditional workday |
| CIO certification, nationally | Lack of uniform CIO requirements |
| Power through sharing | Power through owning |
| Centralization | Decentralization |
| Open Source | Proprietary |
| Citizen engagement & social networking | Treating citizens as mere customers |
| Capacitive touch screens | Resistive touch screens |
| Augmented reality | Virtual reality |
About PTI
Public Technology Institute promotes innovation and collaboration for thought-leaders in government, and advances the use of technology to improve the management and delivery of services to the citizen.
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