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The IT Consolidation Programme of the German Federal Government

The German Cabinet decided in summer 2015 to substantially modernize the IT of the German Federal Government. One pillar of this modernization programme is to consolidate the IT of the Federal Government in a small number of data centers. The programme contains:

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  The consolidation of the already existing data centers of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure including their subordinate agencies.
  
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  The consolidation of the remaining IT of the federal government.
  
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  Establishing an IT controlling.
  
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  Consolidation IT procurement.
  
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  Development of innovative IT services for the federal government including trusted federal cloud services.