While data center consolidation is the goal, server virtualization is an important step. So, how are agencies doing? Specifically, what have they virtualized, and what is the unrealized virtualization opportunity? Is the next logical move desktop virtualization? In October 2011, MeriTalk surveyed 302 Federal, state, and local government IT decision makers to understand their aspirations for and barriers to virtualization, as well as what’s next for government virtualization initiatives. […]

Since the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) launched FDCCI in 2010, agencies have scrambled to meet the 2015 deadline of closing 1,200 data centers. More than halfway to the key date, agencies have found that data center consolidation can save money, boost efficiencies, and free up dollars that can be used for innovation or to fund other programs. But, while agencies are realizing tangible benefits as a result of consolidation, they are challenged to demonstrate quantifiable cost savings. […]

Federal CIOs are surrounded by data. But more is not always better, and they are searching for ways to better manage the large and growing amounts of structured and unstructured data that their agencies collect and store. […]

Federal IT issues are on top of everyone’s mind. Shrinking budgets and demands to innovate make the Federal CIOs job harder than ever. Public-private collaboration is more critical now than ever. […]

With fewer resources, Federal CIOs have difficult decisions to make. But cutting corners on important solutions that protect data and applications is not sustainable. Public-private collaboration is a key to success. […]

IT has changed how Federal agencies deliver services. New applications automate processes, keep more agents in the field, and empower tens of millions of citizens to self-serve. And as data use escalates, so does the government’s reliance on data centers. […]

What’s the path forward for modernization? Feds recognize the innovation opportunity and are looking to cloud to help bridge the gap. […]

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) promises to be a lean, mean, cost-cutting machine, but what do Feds that are on the road to SDN say – is it all clear skies ahead? Download our report, “Automation to Support Government Imperatives: Dawn of SDN,” to find out. […]

The Federal CIO Council launched a government-wide Data Center Consolidation Task Force to consolidate and increase efficiencies and to help meet the overall Federal target of a minimum of 800 data center closures by 2015. The Task Force comprises data center program managers, facilities managers, and sustainability officers from 24 agencies that work together to share progress toward individual agency goals. This dataset reflects information provided by the agencies. […]

The Administration has expanded the data center consolidation initiative to include data centers of any size, rather than just those 500 square feet and above. And as we expand the initiative we are also expanding our goal. Moving forward, the government’s goal will be to close at least 40% of identified data centers, consistent with our original consolidation goal. That means we’ll be looking to consolidate at least 1200 data centers by the end of 2015 – a goal that requires us to continue aggressively rooting out duplication and waste in our expanded baseline of 3,133 data centers. As of March 2012, updates reflect a shift from calendar year to fiscal year reporting. This dataset reflects information provided by the agencies. […]

Data center closures for the Departments of State and Education. […]

The electricity rate would more than double in Chelan County, Wash., which would have dire consequences for data centers in the area. […]

Renewals for data center outsourcing deals during the past year reveal a drop in prices, thanks to increases in automation, and server and storage demand. […]

If you are looking for the Office of Management and Budget’s IT policy plans for 2016 and the IT passback disappointed you, see my earlier notebook entry, the really interesting future-cast came from the fiscal 2015 4th quarter update of the Smarter IT Delivery cross-agency priority (CAP) goal. […]

The art of analytics developed to the point that it can predict highly complex systems and structures. So it was inevitable that the enterprise would turn it toward their own data infrastructure. […]

Stacking containers inside a former steel mill creates a new modularly designed data center with abundant power. […]