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US Government Begins Largest IT Consolidation in History

miller60 writes "Saying 1,100 data centers is too many, the federal government has begun what looms as the largest IT consolidation in history. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has directed federal agencies to inventory their assets by April 30 and prepare a plan to reduce the number of servers and data centers, with a focus on slashing energy costs (full memo). Kundra says some applications may be shifted to cloud computing platforms customized for government use."

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  1. Re:... if you can spell "Cloud Computing" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frosted butts!

  2. An Invitation From Microsoft: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Welcome to the Windows Seizure Platform.

    Fail.

    Yours In Ashgabat,
    Kilgore Trout

  3. Re:meow by Pojut · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes it was!