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As companies make the move to big data, they're encountering new issues: the cost of storage and continuously expanding volume. Big storage, explained The Register's Dave Cartwright, doesn't come cheap. Companies need to consider more sensible ways to store their data so it takes up less space ...
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Project managers assigned to FDCCI efforts need to assess and move data stored in more than 3,000 data centers. There is an overabundance of structured and unstructured data that not only depletes storage capacity, but also requires significant expenditures to manage and secure. They need an efficie...
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The FDCCI goals are to shrink the overall energy and real estate footprint; reduce the cost of hardware, software and operations; increase government’s overall IT security posture; and shift IT investments to more efficient platforms and technologies. This vast scope includes closing roughly 1,200 d...
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Inside the FDCCI: Cost Management The 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management, spearheaded by Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel, has been underway for nearly three years.  The goal of this initiative is to increase operational efficiency. Reducing the number...
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Two years ago, the Office of Management and Budget launched the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), which aims to close 40 percent of the federal government's 3,133 data centers by the end of 2015. Central to accomplishing this goal is not only closing data centers, but also making...
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