Pentagon to target most expensive data centers for consolidation

By Jordana Mishory / April 14, 2016 at 11:07 AM
The Pentagon is targeting its most expensive data centers for consolidation, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen. Speaking at a media roundtable Friday, Halvorsen said the Pentagon is behind on consolidating its data centers and is looking at steps it could take to improve in this arena. "Internal to the DOD we are looking at some very specific actions, for example, identifying what are our highest cost data centers, and then being fairly directive," Halvorsen said. "I...

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