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Clapper Expects IOC For Intel IT Cloud, Common Desktop By March

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

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The director of national intelligence expects initial operational capability (IOC) for an intelligence community cloud computing and storage architecture by March. James Clapper also said recently during a speech at the GEOINT 2012 conference in Orlando, Fla., the CIA and NSA are leading the cloud development and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as a partner, is developing the common desktop service for the architecture, called Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise (ICITE). “The goal is…

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