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Kundra: Fed Data Centers 7 Percent Utilized
April 9th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Many federal agencies are using just 7 percent of their server capacity, according to federal CIO Vivek Kundra, who called that low utilization level "unaccaptable." In an appearance Wednesday, Kundra continued to make the case to shift federal IT infrastructure to a cloud comuting model. Read More
IRS Data Centers Gird for Tax Season
March 29th, 2010 : Rich Miller
IT executives at the IRS say it has made huge strides in modernizing its data centers and hardware, which processed 139 million returns and issued $298 billion in refunds in 2009. But the GAO says the modernization effort hasn't moved quickly enough, and continues to fault the IRS for weaknesses in its security practices. Read More
Australia’s $1 Billion Data Center Consolidation
March 23rd, 2010 : John Rath
The government of Australia hopes to save up to $1 billion by centralizing all its data center services, a project that will extend through 2025. Read More
NASA Reworks $1.5 Billion Data Center Contract
March 10th, 2010 : John Rath
NASA announced that it is reworking the agency's strategy for acquiring an enterprise data center, and postponed the release of a final request for proposals for what could have been a $1.5 billion contract. Read More
Next Up for Consolidation: New York City
March 2nd, 2010 : Rich Miller
New York City has announced plans for a data center consolidation to cut costs and eliminate redundancies in its IT infrastructure. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the consolidation will save the city up to $100 million over five years. Read More
Feds Commence Huge Data Center Consolidation
March 1st, 2010 : Rich Miller
The federal government has begun what looms as the largest data center consolidation in history, hoping to dramatically reduce IT operations that are currently distributed among more than 1,100 data centers. Read More
Retiring A Data Center. With an Axe.
February 26th, 2010 : Rich Miller
What becomes of a data center when it reaches the end of its usefulness? What procedures and rituals are required when a data center is turned off? Dean Nelson details the process as eBay powers down its oldest data center. Read More
California Plans Fast Data Center Consolidation
February 11th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday stipulating that California reduce the total amount of data center square footage currently utilized by state agencies by 25 percent by July, and by 50 percent by July 2011. Read More
State Dept. to Consolidate Data Centers
August 20th, 2009 : Rich Miller
The U.S. State Department has posted a notice indicating it will consolidate its data center, according to Federal Computer Week. Read More