Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ccb82c/queensland_governm) has announced the addition of the "Queensland Government ICT Market Overview 2008-09" report to their offering.

The Longhaus and Queensland Government Chief Information Office (QGCIO) ICT Baseline provides deep insights into both the spending and composition of the Queensland Government's ICT investments. This is achieved through the combination of Longhaus' industry research on ICT spending in the public sector, and the detailed asset profiles of the ICT portfolios of Queensland's budget-funded departments.

Starting with national comparisons to industry investment, Longhaus' analysis outlines key Queensland Government spending areas across 7 application and 5 technology segments covering 46 and 19 respective sub-categories. Data provided in this overview report also includes a high-level presentation of market-share for major vendors and suppliers, and future replacement spending for departments.

This report provides a summary of the overall Queensland Government ICT market for 2008-09. It provides critical information for the ICT industry to enable sales, marketing and business planning based on:

• Overall spending across the general government sector
• Top level analysis of the major aspects of application and technology asset portfolios; and
• Strategic analysis and market forecasts.

Additional reports which provide detailed analysis of key ICT industry market segments and agency specific profiles are available to supplement this market overview.

In 2008-09, annual Queensland Government ICT spending reached $1.5 billion , of which 56% or $845 million was directed towards ongoing operations of the sector's existing business applications and technology infrastructure. The balance being split between growth on existing assets at around 11% and new investments of approximately 33%. Longhaus' Queensland Government ICT Market Overview 2008-09 is the second in a set of longitudinal reports that outlines major technology investments of the Queensland Government, using the Queensland Government Chief Information Office's own ICT Baseline data. This data is an important source of information for forward-planning and procurement strategies specific to ICT in the Queensland public sector.

For vendors and suppliers within the ICT industry the ICT Baseline provides Longhaus with detailed information on 5,055 individual assets for strategic analysis and forecasting. This analysis is designed to assist organisations derive potential business opportunities and identify issues that will shape the size and direction of the Queensland government marketplace.

The analysis of the 2008-09 data highlights significant increases in investment and operational expenditure on technology driven in part by the Public Safety Network rollout and commencement of activities in relation to the Technology Transformation Program (TTP) including preparation by departments for migration of technology infrastructure to CITEC and the Polaris data centre. In contrast, application expenditure remained steady with continued focus on addressing recommendations by the former Service Delivery and Performance Commission in relation to the Shared Services Initiative.

Companies Mentioned:

• SAP
• IBM
• Aurion
• HP
• Oracle
• Sun
• Genesys
• Microsoft
• Dell
• Cisco

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ccb82c/queensland_governm