COLLABORATION
OVERVIEW
DISA procured two commercially managed services to meet DoD enterprise collaboration requirements. This transformational approach allows DoD to pay for the actual amount of collaboration services used without having to invest in expensive hardware, software or dedicated support personnel. The Government also reaps immediate benefits each time the commercial service provider updates its commercial software baseline.
The Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Collaboration service enables synchronous and asynchronous communication using instant messaging, low-bandwidth text chat, and web conferencing. Instant messaging and web conferencing both include text-based communication, while web conferencing adds shared whiteboards, desktop & application sharing, and the ability to invite non-DoD personnel into collaboration sessions.
NEWS
As of June 12, 2009, The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has discontinued the E-Collabcenter (Button 1) online collaboration tool. Defense Connect Online (DCO), provided by Carahsoft, Inc, is now the single NCES Collaboration service and is being enhanced to include a Continuity of Operations (COOP) capability. DCO is based on Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional 6 SP3 r37 and Jabber MomentIM 5.2.1.30v2. The NCES program office has established a transition team to assist individual customers and organizations. For additional information, contact the DISA NCES program office E-Collabcenter transition team, DSN: (312) 381-0866, Cmcl (703) 882-0198, email: ncescollaboration@disa.mil.
