-
State Dept. to Consolidate Data Centers
The U.S. State Department has posted a notice indicating it will consolidate its data center, according to Federal Computer Week. The consolidation plans are described in a presolicitation notice on the Federal Business Opportunities Web site. The project “includes a broad range of services not limited to hardware and software evaluation and recommendations, configuration management system design and implementation, physical server virtualization and transition, and LAN administration support for server transition and consolidation,” the document states.
The Obama administration’s stimulus plan includes $290 million for a “Capital Investment Fund” for the Department of State to beef up its IT security and mission-critical operations, with $38 million of that earmarked for the Agency for International Development.
About Rich Miller
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
Featured Cloud Articles
Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
Tools that most IT teams use to evaluate TCO and ROI are inadequate for application to the cloud.
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
As cloud computing and virtualization continue to evolve, new demands are placed on storage and vendors are adapting to new IT trends.
Featured Modular Articles
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
IO has created a modular data center for LexisNexis within a short drive of the company’s global headquarters in Dayton, Ohio.
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
With its latest expansion, Microsoft’s investment in its data center campus in southern Virginia has reached $997 million – and that’s minus the cost of a roof.
August 20th, 2009