Purchase trends for various Networx services are shown below. In the first half of FY2015, NBIPVPN purchasing is up 14% and purchasing services to manage this bandwidth is up 12%. Sixty percent of federal spending on Networx is Network Based IP Virtual Private Networks (NBIPVPN) and management of these services. Today, the bulk of services purchased are Internet Protocol (IP)-based services. Most of us have seen this same trend in our personal buying. Unsurprisingly, today less than 10% of the purchases are voice-related services. Twenty years ago, more than 70% of federal purchases were voice related - either long distance voice or toll-free services. Internet Protocol Services Sales Dominate These purchases–and their associated trends–are also helping us shape the next-generation Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract, which GSA intends to have ready for government-wide use in 2017. Like our last telecommunications insight blog, we wanted to explore and dive into some interesting trends we’ve seen in our Networx program. Overall, purchasing for network services on Networx exceeded $820M in the first half of the fiscal year, a 7.6% increase over the same period last year. Federal communications purchasing in the first half of FY 2015 shows that Networx continues to be a stable program with steady growth driven by demand for bandwidth. Most federal agencies continue to purchase network services through GSA’s Networx telecommunications program. For this Great Government through Technology Blog post, we welcome special guest author Bill Lewis, the Program Manager for GSA’s Networx program.
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