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MCSELMS: Small office bytes off huge savings

MCSELMS: Small office bytes off huge savings: "They might be just a handful of people, yet each year their Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) office saves the entire Corps tens of millions of dollars. Under Product Group 10 Information Systems and Infrastructure, their enterprise-wide reach has sped computer support to the front lines to keep the latest software at warfighters’ fingertips."

SoftLayer Opens New Virginia Data Center - Data Center Knowledge

SoftLayer Opens New Virginia Data Center - Data Center Knowledge: "SoftLayer has opened a new data center location in northern Virginia, expanding its capacity to meet growing demand. The company said the new facility provides space for an additional 10,000 servers on its growing network, which also includes data centers in Dallas and Seattle. SoftLayer announced in March that it would expand its on-demand hosting infrastructure to the East Coast through a five-year, $40 million contract with Internap Network Services (INAP)."

Virginia is for Data Centers (Still) - Data Center Knowledge

Virginia is for Data Centers (Still) - Data Center Knowledge: "arts of northern Virginia are running short of power for data center projects, but state officials say there are still plenty of quality development sites. Companies considering Virginia for data center projects may want to look beyond the most crowded data center clusters, according to Michael MacNeilly, the Project Manager for Business Development at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership."

Lesson on How Not to Build a Navy Ship - New York Times

Lesson on How Not to Build a Navy Ship - New York Times: "With the crack of a Champagne bottle against its bow, the newly minted Navy warship, bedecked with bunting, slid sideways into the Menominee River in Wisconsin with a titanic splash."

Data center locations ranked by operating cost

Data center locations ranked by operating cost: "What are the three most important considerations when building a successful data center? Location, location, location.

To that end, Princeton, N.J., location consultants, The Boyd Company Inc., recently published its list of the top data center cities in the U.S. The study compares the cost of operating a data center in 35 U.S. cities -- including 25 of the nation's largest financial centers as well as 10 other locations -- ranked by estimated annual operating costs, scaled to a data center employing 75 workers and occupying 125,000 sq. ft. of new space."

GAO: DOD wastes billions on weapons contracts

GAO: DOD wastes billions on weapons contracts: "Defense Department officials shouldn’t forbid cost-plus contracts when building major weapons systems, but they need to get a better grasp early on about the validity and specifications for expensive programs, an acquisition expert said today."