Defense IT


Sequestration slows the pace of data center consolidation

Efforts by the Army and Navy to meet the Defense Department’s mandate to consolidate data centers have been slowed by the automatic budget cuts that took effect earlier this year – an irony considering that the process is one of the Pentagon’s top priorities for saving money in a tight budget environment.

Defense Department to connect itself via $750 million contract for a high-speed fiber-optic network

CenturyLink wins Defense Research & Engineering Network III contract.

Air Force names new round of winners in $6.9 billion NETCENTS-2 contract

Of the nine companies that won the original award in 2012, only four were chosen this time.

Webcast

  • Improving Performance Management and Project Control to Meet Cost/Schedule Milestones in DoD Procurement

    It can be nearly impossible to build annual budgets that consider forecasted project and program work plans along with detailed cost data, particularly when attempting to reconcile actual and projected program costs with actual schedule performance. In this webcast, a defense IT program manager will share best practices and hard-won lessons aligning critical data on project performance, cost systems and schedules for truly big picture program management insight. Read more