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UAEB2G Market Advisor
The B2G Market Advisor blog covers topics of interest to the government contracting community including industry trends, competitive landscape, sourcing new opportunities, small business designations and teaming for the U.S. federal, state, local and Canadian governments. Written by GovWin’s experienced analysts and experts, the B2G Market Advisor blog empowers companies to get ahead of the competition and win more business in the public sector.
September 2019 Federal Analysis: Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, and Data Center Spending
The landscape for cloud computing, mobile applications, and data center technology was a key area our federal government analysis team looked at in September.
IT Modernization at the Department of Agriculture
Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture published its budget request for fiscal 2019. It contains some interesting propositions as far as informa...
Federal Data Center Consolidation and Optimization: Where's the Savings?
Agencies are now reporting only $656M in planned savings from data center consolidation and optimization efforts for FY 2016 through 2018. This number falls $3.3B short of the anticipated savings agencies estimated for the same time period in November 2015.
How Many Data Centers Does the Department of Defense Actually Have?
The Department of Defense may have far more data centers than it is reporting.
More Time Needed for Data Center Optimization
According GAO’s Director of IT Issues, Dave Powner, agencies will need more time to meet data center optimization goals.
Army's New Schedule for Closing Data Centers
Back in December 2016, the Secretary of the Army, frustrated by the Service’s poorly-executed effort to meet its data center closure targets, is...
Contracting Opportunities for Data Center Optimization and Mobility Expected to Remain Strong
Deltek expects federal contracting opportunities aimed at data center optimization and consolidation to remain strong over the next five years, as well as efforts to promote enterprise mobility and mobile citizen engagement.
New Initiative Continues Federal Data Center Optimization
Last week, federal CIO Tony Scott, released the final version of the new Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI). The new initiative applies to the 24 CFO agencies including the Department of Defense and supersedes the former Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) that was launched in 2010. The memo sets a framework for achieving the data center consolidation and optimization requirements of FITARA, and is meant to refresh and refocus the federal data center strategy. The plan also establishes criteria for successful data center efficiency plans and the metrics that OMB will use to measure successful implementation of these strategies.
Energy Department Targets Data Center Efficiency
The federal government anticipates billions of dollars in cost avoidance in coming years through agency data center streamlining. Estimates for government-wide potential savings through fiscal 2019 exceed $8 billion.
FITARA Update and Way Forward
FITARA is about fixing CIO authorities, delivering modern solutions quickly, and efficient IT stated Dave Powner, Director of IT Issues at GAO, during a forum in Washington, DC on March 30th sponsored by Meritalk.
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