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Fed News Roundup 16 July 2015

CTOvision

DOD Business Systems Modernization: Additional Action Needed to Achieve Intended Outcomes, July 16, 2015 GAO Info Tech (Today) - What GAO FoundThe Department of Defense (DOD) has implemented 5 of the 16 recommendations made by GAO since June 2011 to address each of the overarching provisions for improving business.

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Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services had embarked on a data center building boom to handle soaring demand as attendees gathered for its 2019 re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Eleven data center deals are now the subject of a suit by Amazon vs. two former AWS real estate managers and others. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop).

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Number of US Government IT Facilities Rises to 7000 - Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

As it seeks to consolidate its IT infrastructure across dozens of agencies, the government has had trouble sorting out how many data centers it has, and even more trouble adding up all the server closets, which includes rooms smaller than 100 square feet. Now Over 7,000 Data Centers. New Focus on Optimization.

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“Cloud First” Lesson’s Learned from ViON

Cloud Musings

This “Cloud First” initiative was a complement to the 2010 Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) , which was created to reverse the historic growth of Federal data centers. Apart from physical relocation of equipment, customers achieved data center consolidation thru virtualization.

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Hybrid Cloud Versus Hybrid IT: What’s the Hype?

Cloud Musings

On the other hand, hybrid IT appears to be the sensible choice for leveraging traditional data center investments. Data center investment business models always promise significant ROI within a fairly short time frame; if not, they wouldn’t have been approved. Jackson 2015 ) Follow me at [link].

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Rob Davies, ViON SVP, Talks about Government Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

Through ViON on Demand, ViON’s customer can procure and consume a range of IT hardware and software suited to their specific needs (compute, storage, data center networking). This organization also drives budget allocations and decision along those same operational layers. Kevin: What about the budgeting models?

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Rob Davies, ViON SVP, Talks about Government Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

Through ViON on Demand, ViON’s customer can procure and consume a range of IT hardware and software suited to their specific needs (compute, storage, data center networking). This organization also drives budget allocations and decision along those same operational layers. Kevin: What about the budgeting models?