A comparative analysis of government hosting strategies

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Mariano Beiró
Mariano Beiró works as a Professor at the Department of Engineering of Universidad de San Andrés and Associate Researcher at CONICET in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He holds a PhD in Engineering from Universidad de Buenos Aires, and has also been a postdoctoral researcher at ISI Foundation between 2014 and 2017.His research interests include different aspects of Computational Social Sciences, such as online discussions in social networks, human mobility and user geolocation, using techniques at the intersection between complex networks and data science.

ABSTRACT
In this work I will present a large-scale analysis of the adoption of third-party serving infrastructures in government digital services. Drawing from data collected across 61 countries spanning every continent and region, capturing over 82% of the world’s Internet population, we examine the preferred hosting models for public-facing government sites and associated resources. Leveraging this dataset, we analyze government hosting strategies, cross-border dependencies, and the level of centralization in government web services. This research contributes to understanding the evolving landscape of serving infrastructures in the government sector, and the choices governments make between leveraging third-party solutions and maintaining control over users’ access to their services and information.