1. Articles mentioning both General Services Administration and Vivek Kundra

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    1. Federal Agencies Given Until October to Detail Data Center Consolidation

      Explore Web Host Industry Review (Jul 27 2011) Cloud Computing

      Federal Agencies Given Until October to Detail Data Center Consolidation ...e latest update in the ongoing initiative to consolidate government-wide  data centers, federal CIO Vivek Kundra has implemented a new set of deadlines for federal agencies in which they must outline their consol......on initiative relates to green government and federal real estate initiatives. The task force, the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget will all be responsible for developing a government... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Office of Management and Budget   Vivek Kundra   General Services Administration

    2. Apps.gov to Begin Offering IaaS Cloud Services

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 22 2010) Cloud Computing

      Apps.gov to Begin Offering IaaS Cloud Services ...s a Service (IaaS) offerings through the government’s Apps.gov cloud-based services storefront, the General Services Administration said Thursday. The GSA has awarded contracts to 11 applicants, including many of the major players ......nse for the federal government and for the American people,” said federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra. “Cloud computing services help to deliver on this Administration’s commitment to provide better va... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Vivek Kundra   General Services Administration

    3. Feds Discover 1,000 More Data Centers

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

      Feds Discover 1,000 More Data Centers ...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......e of the agency-level consolidation plans to include proposals to use cloud computing services. The General Services Administration is in the final stages of shoring up the requirements for a government-wide program to certify and ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Uptime Institute   Office of Management and Budget   Vivek Kundra

    4. US government commissions datacentre guidebook

      Explore ZDNet UK (Aug 25 2010) Construction

      US government commissions datacentre guidebook The General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) are working with ......centres, up from 432 in 1998. In February 2010, the federal government's chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, issued a memorandum for the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative. In the document, Kundra ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Vivek Kundra   General Services Administration

    5. Government Taps the Power of Cloud Computing

      Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 22 2010) Cloud Computing

      Government Taps the Power of Cloud Computing ... greater transparency through the use of innovative technology. Following this mandate, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has recently promoted virtualizing and consolidating data centers and operations, and ultimately sh......on they offer. With an initial goal to cut down the cost of managing these sites by 50 percent, the General Services Administration (GSA) turned to Terremark’s Enterprise Cloud infrastructure to provide hosting, storage and disaste... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Vivek Kundra   Data Center Knowledge   General Services Administration

    6. Extreme makeover: Cutting data centers down to size

      Explore Federal Computer Week (Feb 18 2010) Cloud Computing

      Extreme makeover: Cutting data centers down to size ... done is it’s driven the cost and investments in technology across the board,” said federal CIO Vivek Kundra in a press conference last fall. “We cannot continue on that trajectory.” The trend of unbridle......ses 10 to 100 times more energy than a typical office space of the same size uses, according to the General Services Administration. Approximately one-half of a data center’s energy use ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gartner   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Vivek Kundra

    7. Feds open online cloud storefront

      Explore FierceGovernmentIT (Sep 16 2009) Cloud Computing

      ... architecture and free social media and Web 2.0 tools such as wikis and blogs. The site runs on the General Services Administration's GSA Advantage engine. Along with the Apps.gov announcement, NASA announced that NASA Ames is laun.......gov announcement, NASA announced that NASA Ames is launching its own cloud platform called Nebula. Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, unveiled Apps.gov during a press conference at ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Vivek Kundra   General Services Administration

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