But there’s little point in dwelling on it much longer, as finally al the negativity seems to be over. All sectors, including the public sector, are today as open as ever to the business enablement of IT. Whereas government has long been content with legacy applications, the old enterprise architecture is under pressure from several angles:

A universal desire among public service entities to expose their inner workings to citizens has led to an interest in e-business applications.

The inefficiency of paper has led many to consider the business process improvements of electronic document management systems.