E-Commerce buzz words sound great in theory, but innovation often founders on the shoals of “getting there from here” as IT managers slog through the details of converting to new systems and programs. Federal agencies have been turning to shared services, data consolidation, commodity IT and, especially, the cloud. Directives to reform IT have been flying out of the OMB at regular intervals for the past 18 months. Vendors offering a variety of software products are envisioning solid marketing opportunities at federal agencies for the next several years. A key aspect for implementing change, however, is acquiring the tools that bring change about.
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Federal IT Managers Get New Tools for Hammering Out Innovations
Posted by: John K. Higgins May 2, 2012 05:00 AME-Commerce buzz words sound great in theory, but innovation often founders on the shoals of “getting there from here” as IT managers slog through the details of converting to new systems and programs. Federal agencies have been turning to shared services, data consolidation, commodity IT and, especially, the cloud. Directives to reform IT have been flying out of the OMB at regular intervals for the past 18 months. Vendors offering a variety of software products are envisioning solid marketing opportunities at federal agencies for the next several years. A key aspect for implementing change, however, is acquiring the tools that bring change about.