The U.S. Army has recorded a 38 percent reduction in the number of enterprise data centers as the military branch works to achieve its goal of 10 data repositories by 2025. The service branch said Monday it has identified 1,157 data centers that are subject to closures as part of its plan …
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has extended the contract ceiling for its milCloud 2.0 private cloud platform from $92 million to $498 million, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. John Hale, DISA’s cloud portfolio chief, said at a cloud summit in Washington that DISA opted to extend the milCloud 2.0 contract ceiling and performance period …
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The Government Accountability Office has recommended for agencies to complete cost savings goals under the Office of Management and Budget‘s data center consolidation initiative. GAO said in a report published Wednesday agencies aim to reach $8.2 billion in savings and avoidances through fiscal year 2019 but 10 agencies have not yet fulfilled their savings …
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The Defense Department Inspector General has urged the DoD chief information officer to revise the department’s data center consolidation strategy to work toward its 60-percent goal by fiscal 2018. DoD IG said in a report released Tuesday the department and its components did not meet the requirement to consolidate 40 percent of its data …
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Federal CIO Tony Scott plans to implement guidelines that work to help federal agencies develop a strategy for the consolidation and optimization of their data centers, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes that Scott told the station the Office of Management and Budget seeks a balance between decreased data …
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The General Services Administration will host the fall edition of the Digital Innovation Hackathon at its headquarters on Oct. 16 and feature challenges for teams from industry and academia. GSA said potential projects include the development of tools for greenhouse gas reduction visualization, data center consolidation and travel data analysis. The …
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The Government Accountability Office found the government has achieved $3.6 billion in estimated cost savings and avoidances from fiscal year 2011 to 2014 through the Office of Management and Budget‘s information technology reform program. GAO said in a report to Congress published this month that approximately $2 billion was from data center consolidation and optimization, …
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A Government Accountability Office report indicates that several federal agencies encounter challenges when they estimate or report savings from their data center consolidation efforts. Eleven of 21 agencies underreport planned cost savings between fiscal years 2012 and 2015 by around $2.2 billion under the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative, GAO said …
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Defense Information Systems Agency officials say that consolidating data centers does not hinder the agency’s information technology support work for defense organizations, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared Serbu writes the number of defense enterprise computing centers that DISA operates declined from 18 in 2008 to 10 as of May …
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has shuttered a defense enterprise computing center in Huntsville, Alabama, and expects the closure to save the Pentagon $3.2 million a year, Defense Systems reported Thursday. DISA says it has reduced the number of agency-run DECCs from 18 to 10 facilities since 2008, with an …
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