{"id":669,"date":"2007-08-30T07:06:35","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T11:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/government-to-auction-off-15m-worth-of-new-data-center-hardware-488\/"},"modified":"2007-08-30T07:06:35","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T11:06:35","slug":"government-to-auction-off-15m-worth-of-new-data-center-hardware-488","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/government-to-auction-off-15m-worth-of-new-data-center-hardware-488\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to Auction Off $15M Worth of New Data Center Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A decision by the Department of the Interior not to renew a 2005 IT lease with a minority contractor resulted in a warehouse full of new servers and data storage assets going to the auction block, according to Chris Rasmus of Rasmus Auctioneers, an online liquidator.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>                                             Dulles, VA (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/\">PRWEB<\/a>) August 30, 2007 &#8212; A decision by the Department of the Interior not to renew a 2005 IT lease with a minority contractor resulted in a warehouse full of new servers and data storage assets going to the auction block, according to Chris Rasmus of Rasmus Auctioneers, an online liquidator. <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/ww1.prweb.com\/prfiles\/2007\/08\/29\/129275\/gI_14435.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"News Image\" align=\"right\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>&quot;It seems like a terrible waste of money,&quot; noted Rasmus. &quot;Besides the $15 million in equipment, an additional $5 million in tech-support, user licenses, and support agreements have gone up in smoke.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>The entire lot, which includes hundreds of Egenera blade servers, EMS data storage arrays, switchgear, and hardware is online to be sold to the highest bidder regardless of price. <\/p>\n<p> The inventory will be sold by internet-only auction at 2 pm eastern on Wednesday, September 12, 2007. &quot;The liquidation will be like an eBay sale on steroids,&quot; Rasmus said, &quot;instead of selling one item to one buyer, we will sell many to many.&quot; <\/p>\n<p> For more information on this auction, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"linkClick( this.href );\">www.rasmus.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decision by the Department of the Interior not to renew a 2005 IT lease with a minority contractor resulted in a warehouse full of new servers and data storage assets going to the auction block, according to Chris Rasmus of Rasmus Auctioneers, an online liquidator. 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