Federal 100: Mark Weber
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Mark Weber
President, U.S. Public Sector
NetApp
The work: Helped agencies meet the goals of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative and capitalize on private-sector best practices to ease the transition to the cloud.
The impact: Weber helped give federal leaders the confidence to move from being cautious adopters to IT innovators.
The nuts and bolts: Weber worked with agencies to identify optimization metrics and potential cost savings in data center consolidation. Recognizing the growing demand for big data capabilities, he was also a key advocate for NetApp’s acquisition of Engenio, a technology that supports high-performance computing; full-motion video; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions
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