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U.S. Army to Deploy Clouds, Modular Data Centers
April 4th, 2012 : Rich Miller
In a move to modernize its infrastructure, the U.S. Army will spend up to $249 million to deploy private cloud computing services and modular data centers. General Dynamics, HP and Northrop Grumman are among the service providers selected for the Army Private Cloud contract (APC2). Read More
Kundra: Data Centers are the Digital Fuel Powering the Economy
March 20th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Vivek Kundra, the first CIO for the federal government, said pessimism about the federal "cloud first" policy is based on misunderstandings about the government's ability to work with third-party providers. More than 4,700 federal IT systems are already being managed by thrird-party providers, Kundra said in the opening keynote at Data Center World in Las Vegas. Read More
AiNET to Convert Department Store into CyberNAP
March 19th, 2012 : Rich Miller
IT solutions provider AiNET is converting a former department store into a 300,000 square foot data center where it will offer high-security hosting space, the company said today. Read More
Report: Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra Departing
January 27th, 2012 : Rich Miller
It looks like there's another departure for a high-profile technology leader in the federal government. U.S. Chief Technology Office Aneesh Chopra has decided to step down, with a formal announcement expected later today. Read More
Feds Now Plan to Close 1,200 Data Centers
January 4th, 2012 : Rich Miller
The U.S. government is continuing its aggressive effort to consolidate its data centers, and has again increased its target for the number of facilities it expects to close to 1,200, according to Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel. Read More
CenturyLink, Verizon Win Government Contracts
December 21st, 2011 : John Rath
CenturyLink (CTL) has won a $250 million, multi-year order for the Department of Defense, while Verizon Business (VZ) will support the Army National Guard with a $28.8 million networking solution. Read More
Will Defense Cloud Yield to Commercial Clouds?
December 21st, 2011 : John Rath
Plans to favor the DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) cloud for data center consolidations for military departments and agencies may be set aside in favor of private sector clouds. Read More
Data-Driven Government: Open Data in NYC
October 13th, 2011 : Colleen Miller
In this video Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York Rachel Sterne says access to technology, open government, engagement with citizens and industry, are the city's digital priorities. Read More
Federal Consolidation Spreads to Telco Closets
October 7th, 2011 : Rich Miller
The U.S. government has once again boosted the number of data centers included in its huge data center consolidation, from 2,100 to 2,800. The government is no longer limiting its data center count to those centers measuring at least 500 square feet. Read More