Future Technology Adoption in the US Government

21 December 2009 Geoff Zeiss

A recent report by INPUT has identified five technologies that are expected to see “huge” increases in adoption by the US government over the next five years.

  • Cloud computing
  • Open source software
  • Virtualization
  • Service oriented architecture (SOA)
  • Geospatial technology

According to INPUT US government spending on technology from 2009 to 2014 is expected to grow at about 3.5 % per year from 2009 to 2014, but spending on these five technologies is expected to grow much faster.

  • Cloud computing – $370 million to $1.2 billion – 27 % CAGR
  • Virtualization – $800 million to $1.4 billion – 12 % CAGR
  • Open source software – $290 million to $430 million – 8 % CAGR
  • SOA – $330 million to $660 million – 17 % CAGR
  • Geospatial technology – $860 million to $1.4 billion – 8 % CAGR

Major drivers for adoption of these technologies by the US government include reducing costs, energy efficiency, more control over software code, and government transparency and accountability.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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