Feds to cut 800-plus data centers by 2015

Feds to cut 800-plus data centers by 2015
CIO Kundra looks for data center consolidation, cloud computing to improve federal IT productivity


Computerworld - WASHINGTON - The White House Thursday announced plans to restructure IT by consolidating federal government data centers and applications, and adopting a so-called "cloud first" policy.

The federal plan, released by federal CIO Vivek Kundra, calls for eliminating at least 800 of the government's 2,100 data centers by 2015, as well as shifting some work to commercial, private and government-run cloud computing systems.

The goal, he said, is to help agencies share services and avoid duplication.

Since his appointment near the start of Obama's administration, Kundra has been a strong advocate of cloud computing, of transparency in IT spending and the use of dashboards.

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