US federal government to near 800 data centers, walk into the cloud

Sure, it has been a few months because the National Security Agency asked for a $900 million supercomputing complex – you realize, to assist out with all that internet wiretapping . But concern about deficit spending will mean shuttering 800 other federal data centers within the US, or 40 percent of total government capacity. The closures are portion of a bigger push toward greater efficiency and consolidation, with an estimated savings of $3 billion a year; moving services to the cloud will mean more savings in licensing fees and infrastructure. Single-digit savings might seem like chump change if you realize the federal information technology budget runs around $80 billion a year, but hey, it is a start, right?

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