MRP-AMS-Data Center & Cloud Standard Investment
Investment ID: 005-000003291
Overview
Program Title
MRP-AMS-Data Center & Cloud Standard Investment
Description
This Standard Investment includes tiered data center facilities that house and protect critical IT equipment including the space, power, environment controls, racks, cabling and smart hand support. Also includes online and network attached storage and computing capabilities.
Type of Program
Standard IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
ROI is qualitative, not quantitative. As part of the data center consolidation, agencies are required to migrate applications to the cloud. USDA select Microsoft Azure as the solution for the dept's applications. Primary benefits include 24/7 coverage and automatic scaling as needed to satisfy user demands. Also, use of the Azure platform ensures MRP IT that mission area programs will have access to latest versions of the company's applications. Azure technicians are responsible for applying all security and software patches.