One of the biggest stories of the last year in federal government IT news has been reducing data center footprint for both civilian and military agencies. While civilian agencies have…
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PODCAST: The Unforeseen Challenges of Optimizing Data Centers
by GTI Editors June 23, 2017In a recent episode of the Federal Technology Insider Podcast, we sat down with Jay McCargo and John Stanton of ARServices to discuss the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI), a…
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PODCAST: Data Center Optimization Initiative – Cutting Costs and Securing Networks Through Fewer Data Centers
by GTI Editors June 21, 2017In August of 2016, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer released a memorandum detailing the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI)…
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Digital Transformation
DCOI Best Practices and Protocols: Justice Department’s Klimavicz and State Department’s Parker-Hill Share Their Thoughts
by Chelsea Barone June 6, 2017With IT modernization at the top of many federal agencies’ priority lists, it’s no surprise that the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) is a more prominent topic for discussion. Because…
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Digital Transformation
3 Fundamental Steps for Data Center Optimization
by Jenna Sindle April 25, 2017In February 2010 then Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, introduced the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) to assist agencies in stemming the “growth in redundant infrastructure [that] is costly, inefficient,…
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Digital Transformation
The Data Center Optimization Initiative: Consolidation, Cloud, or Both?
by Nate Rushfinn Crocker December 22, 2016Is DCOI about data center consolidation or moving to the cloud? Yes—DCOI is about both! A Perfect Storm In 2010, Vivek Kundra announced that the federal government had 10,584 datacenters.…
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Digital Transformation
Is Data Center Optimization an Essential Part of Cloud Strategy?
by GTI Editors September 8, 2016Speakers at the ATARC Cloud Computing Summit in Washington, D.C., last month made the case that federal initiatives aimed at consolidating and optimizing data centers are cloud computing initiatives as…
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How USAID is Putting Open Data to Work Using Mobile Apps With international aid organizations creating terabytes of data each day about the projects they administer and the communities they…
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Deputy CIO of the USDA Shares Best Practices for IT Consolidation and Optimization
by GTI Editors August 9, 2016Consolidation, optimization, and agility are the three hottest topics in IT this summer, especially for federal CIOs. While the process of moving away from legacy systems and modernizing IT infrastructure…
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A panel of federal executives immersed in implementing policies laid out in FITARA – the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act – say the law is really helping them move…