Data Center Consolidation: Strengthened Oversight Needed to Achieve Billions of Dollars in Savings

by U.S. Government Accountability Office

Over the last 15 years, the federal government's increasing demand for IT has led to a dramatic rise in the number of federal data centers and a corresponding increase in operational costs. According to OMB, the federal government had 432 data centers in 1998 and more than 1,100 in 2009. Operating such a large number of centers is a significant cost to the federal government, including costs for hardware, software, real estate, and cooling. For example,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503135608
• ISBN13: 9781503135604
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"