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Derecho helped HHS prepare for Sandy's wrath

Frank Baitman, the CIO at the Department of Health and Human Services, said his agency applied lessons from this summer's Derecho as it prepared for the storm hitting the region this week. He said HHS tested and fixed server fail-over problems.

Tags: management , technology , Frank Baitman , HHS , Hurricane Sandy , continuity of operations , telework , Jason Miller

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Managing federal data centers

ThunderCat Technology founder Tom Deierlien joins host John Gilroy to talk about how his company can help your agency with its data center consolidation.
May 1, 2012

Tags: technology , Vivek Kundra , data center consolidation , Tom Deierlien , Thundercat Technology , DFAS , Army Corps of Engineers , Customs and Border Protection , NetApp , Knight Point Systems , Riverbed , FDCCIConnect.com , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk

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IT concerns at large agencies

Tony Trenkle, chief information officer and director of the Office of Information Services at the Centers for Medicar and Medicaid Services talks about the IT challenges at his agency.
March 6, 2012

Tags: technology , Tony Trenkle , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , federal IT , silos , Project management , Scope creep , Gov 2.0 , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk

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St. Elizabeth campus not big enough for DHS

Agency requests $75 million in 2010 to consolidate leases in D.C. metro area. Acquisition and records management among other high ranking priorities in budget request.

Tags: management , technology , contracting , Elaine Duke , DHS , GSA , AFCEA , St. Elizabeths , acquisition workforce , Acquisition interns , records management

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Data center proliferation must end, Kundra says

The number of data centers has almost tripled over the past 10 years across government. One estimate is that 80 percent of all these capabilities are underutilized. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says cloud computing is part of the answer to reducing the data center infrastructure.

Tags: contracting , technology , Gary Winkler , Jeff Sorenson , Vivek Kundra , Greg Wilshusen , Diane Watson , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , Army , OMB , GSA , GAO , DHS , IAC/ACT , Executive Leadership Conference , APCs , cybersecurity

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Improved data center makes Los Alamos even smarter

Tags: technology , Los Alamos , CDW-G , Leon Lopez , Anil Karmel

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What you need to know about data center consolidation

Learn what technologies and strategies must be used effectively and efficiently to properly consolidate your data centers. Josh Stephens is the vice president of technology at SolarWinds

Tags: In Depth , technology , consolidation , data management , SolarWinds , Josh Stephens

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As a federal pioneer of LEED, NOAA grasps savings

From the soon-to-be renovated headquarters of the General Services Administration, to the green roof of the main New York City Post Office, the federal government is making energy-efficient-and-sustainable buildings a top priority. But a little over three years ago, one federal building in the D.C. area led the way in the design and construction of a new generation of green buildings.

Tags: green government , management , NOAA , Paul Pegnato , GSA , Tony Alonso , Green buildings , LEED , Max Cacas , Greening of Government: buildings

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HP proposes dung as fuel source for data centers

A team of Hewlett-Packard researchers has come up with an idea for an environmentally friendly data center.

Tags: technology , HP , manure-for-fuel

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