Data Center

A View Toward Consolidation

How agencies will winnow data centers*:

54% Virtualizing servers

50% Virtualizing storage

43% Retiring unused or underutilized servers

30% Building a private cloud

16% Using a public cloud

*Respondents could select more than one answer.

A View Toward Consolidation

How agencies will winnow data centers*:

54% Virtualizing servers

50% Virtualizing storage

43% Retiring unused or underutilized servers

30% Building a private cloud

16% Using a public cloud

*Respondents could select more than one answer.

A View Toward Consolidation

How agencies will winnow data centers*:

54% Virtualizing servers

50% Virtualizing storage

43% Retiring unused or underutilized servers

30% Building a private cloud

16% Using a public cloud

*Respondents could select more than one answer.

SOURCE: “Federal Data Center Addiction” survey of 200 federal IT managers, MeriTalk, November 2010

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— Vivek Kundra, U.S. CIO, discussing the administration’s“25-Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management”

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