Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of March 24th

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 25 2012) Construction , Fuel Cell , Cloud Computing , Servers

...re-fabricated components that can be assembled into a complete data center. Too Hot for Humans, But Google Servers Keep Humming – Raising the temperature in server racks can make a data center more efficien......y – The information revolution is changing our society and economy, according to former federal CIO Vivek Kundra. And data center managers are on the front lines of that revolution. “The work you do on a daily ba... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Vivek Kundra   Data Center Knowledge

Federal Push for ‘Cloud’ Technology Faces Skepticism

Explore The New York Times (Aug 21 2011) Cloud Computing

efore cost-cutting became fashionable in Washington, Vivek Kundra, the White House’s chief information officer, was working to shrink the federal government’s enormo......ctors and delivered to government employees as services over the Internet. Contractors like Amazon, Google and Lockheed Martin market their cloud services as a way for private companies and government agenc... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   Lockheed Martin

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

Explore GigaOM (Aug 1 2011) Cloud Computing

... of its complex applications and strict compliance requirements, the government won’t likely follow Google’s lead of building custom servers and implementing innovative data-center-cooling methods, but it c......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 the of... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Juniper Networks   Office of Management and Budget

Selecting Your Data Center - Part 1

Explore Linux (Oct 28 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling

...et our facility, budget, and connectivity needs. The Sense of Urgency The CIO of the United States, Vivek Kundra, for data center consolidation within the US government, as well as offering a strong recommendatio......nnual review list. Even the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recently to outsource the email to Google. This model does not appear to be going away anytime soon. The "Selecting Your Data Center" Series ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Vivek Kundra

Google Plans Private Government Cloud

Explore InformationWeek (Sep 16 2009) Cloud Computing

In conjunction with federal CIO Vivek Kundra's launch of Apps.gov and declaration of support for cloud computing, Google on Tuesday said that it plans to create a government cloud to provide government agencies with acce... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Vivek Kundra   Energy Department