The CDW-G State & Local Government Technology Investment Curve is an assessment of technology purchases across all 50 states in the U.S. The curve provides an understanding of IT investment trends across the most active segments within the $48 billion state & local IT market for the purpose of:
  • Highlighting trends in state & local government IT buying
  • Outlining investment behavior for customers to compare across states
  • Enabling government customers to find similar or more-progressive references to validate purchases or approaches
  • Providing a 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 since 2000. This is the second of several Technology Investment Curves, and is focused only on 802.11 wireless components.



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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 IT 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