The CDW-G State & Local Government Technology Investment Curve is an assessment of public-sector purchasing behavior across all 50 states in the United States. The Curve provides an unbiased, objective assessment of purchasing behavior over four years for the purpose of:
  • Highlighting trends in State & Local government IT buying
  • Comparing technology investment behavior across all 50 states
  • Enabling State & Local IT customers to find similar or more progressive references to validate purchases or approaches
  • Providing an investment roadmap for CDW-G’s vendor partners to improve their approach to the State & Local government IT market
  • Enhancing the market dialogue by providing real information to government and industry decision makers
The Curve is based upon research from the Center for Digital Government and CDW-G sales data from 2003 to 2006. This is the third of several Technology Investment Curves, and focuses on storage IT products.



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Lead Investors


State & Local governments that understand the value of technology and its impact on the business of government.
The investors:

•   Are cognizant of the risk-reward tradeoff, but tolerant of the risk and capable of managing it
•   Have legislative and/or political support for IT agenda
•   Have association or institutional support for IT education
•   Prioritize storage expenditures across multiple product categories


Early Investors


Savvy technology practitioners that readily translate technology to mission value within the context of government.
The investors:

•   Constantly scan best practices and readily adopt as appropriate
•   Have legislative and/or political support for IT agenda
•   Have association, cross-agency organization or institutional support for IT expenditures


Early Majority


Proven technology leaders with a firm grounding in both technology and policy.
The investors:

•   Focus on technologies with proven success
•   Weigh the quality of the vendor equally with the quality of the technology








Barbara Crystal
CDW-G Public Relations
847-968-0710
bcrystal@cdw.com