DENVER (AP) - A Colorado communications official has confirmed that the state Department of Transportation paid $340,000 for a cloud computer backup system that never went live.
KCNC-TV reported Wednesday that its investigation into the system found the department paid nearly $16,000 per month for almost two years.
Amy Ford, the department’s communications director, says the system wasn’t as secure as the department needed. She called it a process that didn’t work in favor of taxpayers’ funds.
KCNC-TV found the department entered into a contract in 2015 to purchase 2,100 licenses from Hewlett-Packard. Ford said officials worked with experts to get the system running, but it couldn’t meet the department’s security requirements.
She says the department now has a more expense deal with Hewlett-Packard, but that this system’s security is “military grade.”
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Information from: KCNC-TV, http://www.cbsdenver.com
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