Arkansas embarks on executive-branch data center consolidation

StateScoop: Speaking before Arkansas lawmakers this week, a technology department deputy director broached one of state government technology's most promising and challenging subjects: consolidation.

Arkansas plans to spend $15 million within the next two to three years consolidating data centers for the state's executive branch agencies. As first reported by ArkansasOnline, Carder Hawkins, deputy director of the Department of Information Systems, told a financial oversight subcommittee on Wednesday that after four years it's estimated the restructuring will save the state between $4 million and $5.4 million annually.

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