The Case for Infrastructure Spending on Legacy Modernization
”An Intelligent Investment in today’s crisis for tomorrow’s citizen.”
Given the impacts of the current financial crisis, concerned politicians across the globe are contemplating increased funding for infrastructure as a means to stimulate economies. According to the recent stimulus bill, public sector infrastructures include computers, networks, applications and cyber-security.
Most of the mission-critical information processing systems deployed in the public-sector are over twenty years old. These systems have become obsolete, archaic and are costly to operate (on average 75% of your IT budget). The inflexibility of these systems is preventing government from quickly and cost-effectively providing the services that are being demanded.
The exposure and risk of inoperative or un-secure systems is growing every day.
An investment in IT infrastructure, particularly the replacement and retirement of legacy systems, would:
- Prevent and avoid operational and security risk of critical systems like motor vehicles, health, vital statistics, social services and justice.
- Significantly reduce the operational expenses, up to 75%, of old and antiquated technology.
- Employ the contemporary IT skills that are available and/or entering the market, replacing the legacy skills that are becoming scarce and will soon be obsolete.
- Provide agile, globally competitive, systems that can adapt quickly and cost-effectively to new program priorities and legislative changes, necessary for modern and responsive government.
- Provide local jobs in the short term for modernization projects.
- Train a work force with high-value skills that will be in demand in both the public and private sectors once the economy is back on track.
MAKE Technologies is pleased to invite you or your staff to attend a Webinar to learn more about how State Governments have successfully modernized critical legacy systems and achieved the results mentioned above. It will be worth the 30 minutes you should allow. Please join my colleagues and I for this refreshing and positive message on how to properly use infrastructure spending as an investment in the future as well as a vehicle for economic recovery.
Sincerely
William (Bill) Bergen
CEO, MAKE Technologies Inc
Please join us for this refreshing and positive message on how to properly use infrastructure spending as an investment in the future as well as a vehicle for economic recovery. Duration 30 Min.
10:00 – 10:30 AM PST / 1:00 – 1:30 PM EST
Speakers
Bill Bergen, President and CEO MAKE Technologies Inc.
Christian Cotichini EVP Strategy
