{"id":1236,"date":"2012-08-28T13:36:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2012-08-28T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T17:36:41","slug":"1236","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/28\/1236\/","title":{"rendered":"Zerowait goes to Washington, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I visited Garth Spencer from Senator Carper\u2019s staff <\/span>Monday in the Hart Senate Building, and while there had the opportunity to photograph this very small \u201cSenate Waste Receptacle\u201d. I found it rather ironic that I was there to speak about the huge amount of waste the government incurs each year by allowing government IT groups to specify \u201cOEM only\u201d or \u201cNew only\u201d for IT purchase and support contracts. Over the last 10 years Zerowait has built an international business by offering exceptional deals on off-lease NetApp systems with transferable software licenses and top notch NetApp support. Along the way we\u2019ve sold and maintained systems for various government and military agencies, saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is a very small percentage of the Federal Government\u2019s IT support expenditures. For the last decade the majority of our hardware, service,\u00a0 and support business has been with commercial customers, but perhaps the time has come for\u00a0 Federal Government\u00a0 departments to tighten their belt also?<\/p>\n

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\u00a0During our discussion we discussed the multiple ways that Delaware\u2019s Senator Carper and the Senate IT Committee could\u00a0 easily reduce Federal\u00a0 IT costs, without effecting reliability. \u00a0<\/span>Sequestration offers the government the chance to reset many of the wasteful spending habits it has fallen into. By\u00a0 taking full advantage of the commercial IT marketplace for service and support alternatives\u00a0 the Department of Defense and other Federal\u00a0 departments could affordably maintain and grow their\u00a0 IT assets even as spending was reduced. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Allowing competition for hardware support for all Federal IT equipment is an easy place to start saving money. The Federal Government could easily stretch their IT budget if it would follow the lead of our Gobal commercial customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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