The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced it will spend $250 million on the implementation of a cloud-based unified communications network. The advanced communication technology will allow the Army to reduce costs through server consolidation and optimize its fixed and containerized data centers.
The Army has decided to let third-party providers maintain and operate the unified communications network and mobile data centers connecting all the DoD's branches. The unified communications network will integrate the tools and technology necessary to reduce overall spending and increase collaboration and communication across vast distances and time zones.
Data Center Dynamics reported the move to a unified communications network in the DoD comes as more federal agencies are working to comply with the White House mandate to consolidate all government data centers and deploy more services through cloud-based technology. This will reduce spending on facilities, energy, travel and infrastructure.
The source reported the DoD has the highest number of data centers of all the federal agencies, and will be consolidating more offices with the unified communications network than any other governmental body. The goal of the unified communications network is to get all the branches connected by the end of 2012, resulting in the closing of more than 150 data centers between 2010 and the end of the year.
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