The problems of consolidating technology did not end with the computers.
They noted that Mr. Panetta did not cite the $100 billion that the previous defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, said could be saved by reducing the number of contractors, cutting overhead, consolidating technology and limiting spending in the executive offices of the Pentagon.
Exploration programs will offer new market opportunities to the involvement of many industries especially of small and medium size by consolidating technology frontiers opened by the governments or opening new ones.
Nevertheless, the current trend at hospitals is to consolidate technology solutions among fewer vendors, says Richard Close, a health care information technology analyst at Jefferies & Co.
In the nearly eight months since, Elance-oDesk has been working to consolidate technology between the two services and has invested in improving both its matching algorithm and collaboration tools it provides to businesses and workers.
Still, Mr. Goldsmith managed to push through a series of changes to make government more efficient, by consolidating information technology and real estate operations and creating a Web site to allow city residents to submit cost-cutting ideas.
In this constructivist study of technology, technological stabilisation is referred as 'closure' concept and presented as follows: 'When the social groups involved in designing and using technology decide that a problem is solved, they stabilise or consolidate the technology.
"We will do our best with less," Mr. Suozzi said, adding that by reorganizing departments, improving technology, consolidating buildings, initiating performance evaluations and working more efficiently, the county would "deliver essential services to county residents at far less cost".
With the advancements in self consolidating concrete (SCC) technologies coupled with the demand for shorter construction schedules, there is a need to evaluate the applicability of predictive equations and non-destructive testing methods to assess SCC's transient in situ mechanical properties.
Seeking to reduce the projected cost of running the state government by more than $1.1 billion, Mr. Cuomo proposed continuing a hiring freeze, combining some offices and agencies, and consolidating procurement and information technology services.
The museum has only recently consolidated its decentralized technology operations into a single digital-media department, which will report to Mr. Campbell.
