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Infrastructure
IRS flips storage for virtualized cloud service offering
Unisys acquired the IRS’s storage systems, then converted them into a virtualized storage-as-a-service offering that allows IRS to pay for storage capacity as needed.
Infrastructure
Concierge service for big data transfers
Argonne National Labs’ Globus offers cloud-based service that manages bandwidth and improves reliability in transferring very large datasets.
Infrastructure
SSA fortifies data future with move to all virtual storage
SSA is embracing virtualization across all of its media – including tape – as it migrates to a new 300,000 square-foot National Support Center in Urbana, Md., which opened last September.
Infrastructure
Data center balances storage and networking of five universities
The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center has adopted a cloud-based approach for the petabytes of data it stores in a two-year-old facility in Holyoke, Mass.
Infrastructure
Balance tape and flash in layered storage mix
Tried-and-true tape combined with emerging flash technologies give data center operators control over how they manage storage systems, speed backups and reduce costs.
Infrastructure
Containers wait on sidelines for expected government uptake
Containers offer agencies application productivity gains, but more testing is needed before the technology becomes part of the government cloud tool chest.
Infrastructure
2015: Cloud automation turns from operations to applications
In the new year, look for sophisticated orchestration layers to improve data integration between cloud-based applications and greater emphasis on network virtualization.
Infrastructure
Microsoft broadens government cloud offerings
Microsoft expands its cloud offerings for public sector customers with Azure Government, Dynamics CRM Online Government and a set of software services meeting federal security standards.
Infrastructure
Cloud-based analytics keeps Montreal's buses full and ridership growing
A combination of cloud computing and business analytics has helped the city of Montreal track the habits of individual public transit riders — and reward their loyalty.
Infrastructure
Data analytics charts new path to heart attack survival
A Wake County, N.C., EMS team uses data analytics to uncover a new treatment protocol that extends survival rates for heart attack patients.
Infrastructure
NCI cracks open cancer research by moving it to the cloud
The agency is looking for cloud-based architectures to give cancer researchers complete bioinformatics infrastructure as a service, with built-in compute, storage, security and analytics.
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Growth of IPv6 puts pressure on government to support next-gen Internet
The increase in IPv6 deployment must come from the government, the content delivery networks, the Web hosting companies and in the consumer electronic space.
Infrastructure
IBM introduces Watson to the public sector cloud
The IBM Watson Developers Cloud could help agencies tap the cognitive computing for fraud analysis, intelligence surveillance and more.
Infrastructure
AWS WorkSpaces may spark federal demand for desktop as a service
The recent announcement by Amazon Web Services of a new managed desktop-as-a-service offering called Amazon WorkSpaces may give a much-needed boost to governmentwide adoption of virtual desktops.
Infrastructure
6 steps to data center savings
The goal of any consolidation project is savings. Here’s a checklist to help make sure things go right.
Infrastructure
Boosting data center efficiency without upfront costs
Agencies can use Energy Savings Performance Contracts, under which they pay for work out of future energy savings.
Infrastructure
State finds power in data center consolidation
Utah's state government cut its number of servers from 1,864 to 591 and saved $4 million on its IT budget.
Infrastructure