More than 70 percent of agencies report that they have either maintained or increased their number of data centers, despite a federal initiative calling for reductions with a 2015 deadline, according to a recent survey. The study from Alexandria, Va.-based MeriTalk and data storage company Actifio estimates that agencies will spend $16.5 billion simply storing non-productive data copies in the next decade. The Federal Chief Information Officer launched the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) in 2010 to prevent these…
