Singapore govt's IT spending expected to hit US$3.2b in 2014: Gartner

Singapore

VARIOUS e-Government and Smart Nation initiatives planned by Singapore over the next few years are expected to keep government spending on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) on the upswing till 2018.

And research agency Gartner reckons that government spending on ICT will grow by 3 per cent each year over the next four years: from US$3.2 billion this year, to US$3.3 billion in 2015, to US$3.7 billion in 2018.

IT spending includes those related to inter…