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Cloud Enables Federal Government to Shut 100 Data Centers in 2011

The Obama administration unveiled plans to shut down more than 100 of its 2,094 data centers by December 2011. Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra told a Senate subcommittee today that this year the U.S. government could shut down 100 of the 800 data centers it intends to close by 2015.

Mr. Kundra who is heading the consolidation initiative said today at a hearing of the Federal Financial Management and Government Information subcommittee, “We’ve already identified over 100 data centers that agencies” can shutter this calendar year.

According to Kundra, the government also is making progress on an initiative to move agency systems to a shared pool of computing resources such as servers and data storage in the cloud. Several agencies have identified 75 computer systems that can be moved to the cloud and are in the process of engaging companies to carry out the migrations.

Mr. Kundra plans to reduce government technology spending, totaling almost $80 billion a year through a plan including the key elements of Data-center consolidation and cloud computing, and has indicated that as much as $20 billion in technology expenditures could be moved to the cloud.

According to David McClure, Associate Administrator for GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, who also testified at the hearing, the General Services Administration expects to reduce data center costs by $2 million annually.

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Source: cloudcomputingzone.com | 13 Apr 2011 | 3:30 pm