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“ The goal is to take out the human factor where possible to help data centers both in the public and private sectors to achieve greater efficiency and lower costs. ”
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Achieving Federal Data Center Modernization
Federal Computer Week (Oct 16 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling , Emissions
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Government organizations must overcome hefty challenges to meet evolving IT mission goals in 2009 as the impact of the ongoing economic crisis, along with wars overseas and an extensive economic stimulus program are complicating their efforts to modernize, consolidate and transform data center operations.
For instance, while a general rule for data center hardware has typically been three to five years between upgrade and/or replacement, in the current economic climate, government IT organizations are extending life cycles and leveraging legacy systems to squeeze more from existing IT assets, particularly servers, storage, and power equipment.
Meanwhile, regardless of the state of the economy, the amount of data to be managed continues to grow exponentially, especially as new types, such as video, continue to gain in popularity. At the same time, the sweeping changes ‘stimulated’ by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will likely have the biggest long term ...
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