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Oracle INFORMATION INDEPTH NEWSLETTERS
Public Sector Edition
October 2008

Prepare Now for the Change from E-Government to Oracle iGovernment, Says Oracle’s Juan Rada

Over the next 15 years, new second-generation Web applications could transform how governments interact with their constituents and usher in an era of increased interagency collaboration, according to a road map Oracle presented at the just-completed Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.

Dubbed Oracle iGovernment, the new initiatives will build on the e-government foundation that has been evolving for more than a decade. But rather than primarily offering an information-sharing vehicle, Oracle iGovernment will use the Web to deliver new ways for citizens to conduct transactions and dynamically interact with agencies.

For governments, an Oracle iGovernment infrastructure promises to break down process and information silos among agencies and departments, which could increase collaboration, and provide business analytics to help shape public policy.

“Citizens’ requirements have been changing over the past 20 years, yet the government has been slow in creating services to serve different constituents and different types of needs,” says Juan Rada, Oracle senior vice president for the public sector and education and health sciences.

Rada says the “i” in Oracle iGovernment represents innovation, integration, and intelligence.

Oracle will offer the building blocks for Oracle iGovernment enhancements with a suite of technologies that includes Web portals; service-oriented architecture (SOA); a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) engine; and database-security, identity management, content management, and business intelligence capabilities. The application building blocks include specific solutions based on case management products for social services, law enforcement, and courts. Many of the applications are being modified and enhanced to serve better the needs of tax and revenue agencies, defense, as and citizen services.

“As we talk to governments around the world we’re finding that many are concerned about how to use the IT infrastructure in the future for a new generation of policy processes and implementations,” Rada says. “These questions are appropriate for Oracle because we are in the unique position of being able to offer a complete stack of technology from infrastructure to applications for Oracle iGovernment.”

He adds that as a long-time vendor serving the public sector, “we have already tailored many of our products to serve the needs of this area.”