CIA Tech Official Calls Amazon Cloud Project ‘Transformational’
- Sean Roche criticizes legacy technology licensing agreements
- Rivals say Amazon favored to win Pentagon’s cloud project
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Top CIA technology official Sean Roche gave an enthusiastic review on Wednesday of the agency’s multimillion-dollar cloud computing deal with Amazon.com Inc.
“It’s been nothing short of transformational,” Roche, the CIA’s associate deputy director of digital innovation, said at an Amazon conference in Washington. “It has transformed our ability to build new capabilities.”