According to a recent survey from Gartner Inc., the public sector has the longest buying cycle for technology purchases, at 22 months on average.
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Customers are overwhelmed by the number of security products out there. Experts at this year's Toronto Enterprise Security Solutions Summit think they have a solution to this problem.
Many CIOs find themselves left out of the loop - bypassed by line-of-business managers taking it upon themselves to pick out and deploy technologies from a vast array of Software-as-a-Service and cloud options
The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance is calling out to municipal, provincial and federal governments for the creation of technology test beds that would provide opportunities current procurement processes don
Canada's public sector and ICT vendors are working together to address the challenges of doing business with government. Public Sector Research's Chris Bishop details some of these procurement issues and what's being done about them.
A much-needed overhaul to provincial government guidelines surrounding technology vendor procurement contracts may do away with an often convoluted and frustrating negotiation process. The Government of Ontario will start using new terms and conditions for small, low-risk technology contracts.