2009.07.02: July 2, 2009: Headlines: COS - Niger: Internet: Computers: IT: Tech Biz Now: State Department CTO Charlie Wisecarver (RPCV Niger) is overseeing a massive four-year consolidation of 900 servers, sending them out to a shiny new off-site data center while consolidating applications
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2009.07.02: July 2, 2009: Headlines: COS - Niger: Internet: Computers: IT: Tech Biz Now: State Department CTO Charlie Wisecarver (RPCV Niger) is overseeing a massive four-year consolidation of 900 servers, sending them out to a shiny new off-site data center while consolidating applications
State Department CTO Charlie Wisecarver (RPCV Niger) is overseeing a massive four-year consolidation of 900 servers, sending them out to a shiny new off-site data center while consolidating applications
Behind Charlie is the network status of the Department's African operations. (Forwarding this E-mail may violate the State Secrets Act. Though you'd be doing us a solid. So, fo for it.) Charlie grew up in Lexington, Va, and joined the Peace Corps to teach English in Niger, where he met his wife. After a stop at DoD, they were accepted to the foreign service and went to Indonesia, where he started playing around with computers (notably the IBM XT and the Wang minicomputer). Alas, a $500M budget and a few hundred employees leave little time for leisure: "I like to garden, but all I've got right now are weeds."
State Department CTO Charlie Wisecarver (RPCV Niger) is overseeing a massive four-year consolidation of 900 servers, sending them out to a shiny new off-site data center while consolidating applications
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State Department CTO Charlie Wisecarver is overseeing a massive four-year consolidation of 900 servers, sending them out to a shiny new off-site data center while consolidating applications. Make that two off-site data centers: "If something happens to one, we can run the entire agency without missing anything."
In front of a tapestry from his days in Quito, Ecuador (those State Department guys go everywhere), Charlie rattled off some other big projects: overseeing the now-halfway complete desktop consolidation of the agency's 28 bureaus, to bring all IT needs under one roof, and, increasing workforce mobility. "Our goal is for all our diplomats, from Albania to Zimbabwe, to be able to log on securely from anywhere, instead of being tied to a particular location.
Behind Charlie is the network status of the Department's African operations. (Forwarding this E-mail may violate the State Secrets Act. Though you'd be doing us a solid. So, fo for it.) Charlie grew up in Lexington, Va, and joined the Peace Corps to teach English in Niger, where he met his wife. After a stop at DoD, they were accepted to the foreign service and went to Indonesia, where he started playing around with computers (notably the IBM XT and the Wang minicomputer). Alas, a $500M budget and a few hundred employees leave little time for leisure: "I like to garden, but all I've got right now are weeds."
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