Lessons From President Obama's First CIO

Explore Forbes.com (Nov 16 2011)

...Comment now Posted on behalf of contributing author, management consultant and speaker Dave Gardner Vivek Kundra speaking at Dell World 2011 Lewis Carrol wrote in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, “If you don’t k......s that were years behind schedule and hundreds of millions of dollars over budget. For example, the Department of Defense spent 10 years and $850 million on an ERP system that simply didn’t work ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Vivek Kundra   Department of Defense

Why shutting down 800 federal data centers won’t be easy

Explore GigaOM (Aug 1 2011) Cloud Computing

...y, operate and provision IT resources. Already, at least two major federal IT hotbeds, NASA and the Department of Defense, have deployed their own cloud infrastructures to standardize the development and management of new......ctual data centers that will be more difficult to move. Then there’s the resignation of Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, who has been a champion of cloud computing and has been pushing consolidation since he took ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Juniper Networks   Office of Management and Budget

US Government Names 114 Data Centers to Close by End of Year

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Jul 21 2011) Cloud Computing

...llars by cutting costs for infrastructure, real estate and energy," US chief information officer Vivek Kundra said in a statement. "At the same time, it will improve the security of government data and allow ......umber of federal data centers increased from 432 to more than 2,000. Data Center Knowledge says the Department of Defense is closing 114 data centers by 2012, the largest number of facilities of any department ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Office of Management and Budget   Vivek Kundra   Data Center Knowledge

Feds Will Shutter 137 Data Centers in 2011

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 28 2011) Cloud Computing

...nters this year, and expects to close 98 more by the end of 2011, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra said in an update on the government's data center consolidation and cloud computing strategy. The U......are foot data center contained 218 racks of gear, and had an annual power bill of $1.2 million. The Department of Defense will be the busiest consolidator for the balance of 2011 ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Office of Management and Budget   Vivek Kundra   Department of Agriculture

The Pentagon’s Top Cloud Computing Supplier

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jan 7 2011) Cloud Computing

...overnment began what could be the largest data center consolidation project in history. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra outlined the details for reducing IT operations that are currently distributed among more than 1,10...... instead of 1,100. With any room larger than 500 square feet being classified as a data center the Department of Defense accounted for 772 of those data centers. Challenges A consolidation project of this scale w... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Vivek Kundra   Department of Defense

IBM Launches Cloud for Federal Government Agencies

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Nov 2 2010) Cloud Computing

...ties help organizations meet government consolidation policies mandated by Obama administration CIO Vivek Kundra in February, which is on track to finalizing the plans before the end of the yaer. The Federal Comm...... with 15 federal government organizations, including the Department of Housing & Urban Development, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, and Departmen... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Vivek Kundra   IBM   Department of Defense

Feds Discover 1,000 More Data Centers

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 13 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...stration as it seeks to streamline the government’s IT infrastructure. For months, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has cited the existence of 1,100 federal data centers as evidence of government waste and inefficie......gencies have the most data centers? Not surprisingly, those with the most distributed operations: + Department of Defense (772) + State Department (361) + Department of the Interior (210) + Health and Human Services (185)... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Uptime Institute   Office of Management and Budget   Vivek Kundra