5 May 2005
New research has discovered that 44 per cent of IT decision makers involved in public sector IT are not fully aware of IT standards and legal requirements.
Furthermore, the National Computing Centre, Benchmark of IT Strategy 2005, found that the other half were neither aware of such requirements nor aware of the impact on IT.
Stefan Foster, managing director of NCC said: "This is an alarming figure, indicating significant lapses in compliance and poor adoption of best practice. What is more shocking is the potential impact this will have on businesses who don't comply.
"The public sector will soon demand compliance as part of the tendering processes through initiatives such as e-Gif (e-Government Interoperability Framework).
Mr Foster went on the warn that: "Larger corporates will also insist on compliance to standards so as to minimise risk in their supply chains, so non-complying IT functions beware - you could affect the fundamentals of your business."
The survey was conducted amongst 300 IT decision-makers in the public sector.© DeHavilland Information Services plc
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