[May 24, 2013] Local Government ICT Spending in the UK to 2016/17 - Services Market Tweet (M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lwvgc4/local_government) has announced the addition of the "Local Government ICT Spending in the UK to 2016/17 - Services Market" report to their offering. This report is based on Kable's detailed, bottom-up research and analysis of the UK public sector's spend on ICT and our five-year forecasts at a product and sector level. This report contains a product-by-product market size and forecast for spend on services. Services Markets Covered Hardware maintenance - Also includes support but first-line helpdesk for end users is only included here if dedicated exclusively to specific hardware. Software maintenance - Includes upgrades, patches and support but first-line helpdesk for end users is only included here if dedicated exclusively to specific software. Custom software - Includes software development and tweaks/templates for off-the-shelf applications. Investment in open source software is included here. IT outsourcing - A significant category that covers all outsourced provision of IT including desktop, hosting, and data centres and helpdesk. Managed communications - This includes managed voice, data and mobile communications services attached to an SLA that requires the management and hosting of the majority of the service stack by an external provider. Simple calls and lines services are excluded. IT consultancy - This category includes all professional services to ICT managers that are not covered by other services category. It also includes contract or temporary staff whom either the customer or the supplier prefer to identify as consultants. Training - This applies to the training of ICT staff in ICT technologies and the training of non-technical staff in ICT applications, rather than the training of ICT staff in non-technical skills. Systems integration - Contracted IT projects or programmes relates specifically to the deployment, configuration and roll out of one or more applications and associated infrastructure within an enterprise. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lwvgc4/local_government About Research and Markets Research and Markets is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends. CONTACT: Research and Markets, Laura Wood, Senior Manager. [email protected] Fax from USA: 646-607-1907 Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 Sector: Services (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/categories.asp cat_id=35&campaign_id=lwvgc4), Local Government (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/categories.asp cat_id=80&campaign_id=lwvgc4) ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.com on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). (c) 2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]