Federal Data Center Consolidation a Virtually Impossible Task

eweek.com (Jul 6 2010) Cloud Computing

1. In his article in eWEEK’s sister publication, Smarter Technology, Dennis McCafferty reports on the results of a study that shows that White House efforts at consolidating federal data centers to save money and improve operational and energy efficiency will be a tough nut to crack. As McCafferty points out, the agencies are territorial, they don’t want to use private vendors, and relatively few federal IT managers believe in the process. The article references a MeriTalk survey that reveals that federal managers don’t have the guidance they need to close down unneeded data centers, they don’t have operational guidance about how they’re supposed to consolidate with another agency, and they don’t have any assurance that their needs will be met if another agency is in charge of their data center. But in reality, the problem is a lot worse than the survey indicates. (Read Full Article)

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