While the number of Federal data centers grew four times from 1998 to 2010, the average amount of computing power used by those centers was only 27 percent. At the end of 2010, the federal government announced a plan to reduce the number from nearly 2,100 centers to about 1,300 through closing and/or consolidating of
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Federal IT spending expected to continue but consolidate
Monday, April 25th, 2011While federal IT spending has been relatively flat since 2009, the FY 2012 proposed budget includes a total IT spending of $79.5 billion. This is 1.9 percent increase from FY 2010. Although the projected increase in the FY 2012 IT spending is relatively flat, spending on major IT projects is proposed to increase 9.5 percent.
