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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
Roundup: NetApp, Tilera, Fusion-io
September 29th, 2011 : John Rath
NetApp to supply storage for Sequoia supercomputer, 6WIND software now optimized for Tilera chipsets, Fusion-io memory selected by Deutsche Bank. Read More
Cloud News: VCE, Joyent, Arista, QTS
September 22nd, 2011 : John Rath
VCE Vblock serves as foundation for NASA initiative, Joyent and Arista announce Taiwan cloud, QTS achieves PCI certifications, Deutsche Telekom pushes for German cloud. Read More
Signs of Progress on Government 2.0
September 21st, 2011 : Rich Miller
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra and his deputy, Chris Vein, were on stage with Tim O'Reilly at the Strata Summit, and came bearing hopeful news. Chopra said the U.S. is "on the cusp of a data revolution in government." Read More