When U.S. Army Col. Dave Acevedo, CIO/G-6 ADCCP Team, says the “stars — meaning Army brass — are literally aligned behind data center consolidation”, it shows how serious government is about reducing its data center footprint.



“We have a forcing function and it’s called the chain of command,” Acevedo, the lead for Army data center consolidation, declared at a forum in Washington held last month entitled “Beyond Data Center Consolidation.”