{"id":9965,"date":"2013-03-20T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/statescoop.scpnewsgrp.com\/virginia-cio-highlights-it-progress\/"},"modified":"2018-06-25T17:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T17:07:30","slug":"virginia-cio-highlights-it-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/virginia-cio-highlights-it-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia CIO highlights IT progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Chief Information Officer Sam Nixon highlights the state&#8217;s technology efforts related to procurement, public safety, cybersecurity and internal IT services in a new video created by his agency, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Nixon discusses Virginia&#8217;s $300 million public-private data center partnership with Northrop Grumman, as well as VITA&#8217;s $400 million technology portfolio. He says VITA blocked 70 million cyber attacks and stopped more than 300 million spam messages in the first six months of 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Other key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2010, VITA reduced IT overhead by 15 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Became financially solvent in 2011, for the first time in five years.<\/li>\n<li>Reduced rates for IT services by 2.3 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Just like businesses and households, state agencies are also using more technology than ever before,&#8221; Nixon says in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6brgyAYr168&amp;feature=youtu.be\">video<\/a>. &#8220;For example, the quantity of work requests submitted by agencies for additional services doubled in 2011. It&#8217;s pretty simple math. Use more, pay more. Use less, pay less. There are exceptions, but an agency&#8217;s IT costs are usually directly proportional to the amount of IT services consumed to fill their statutory responsibilities. 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