NCES E-Collabcenter Ending in June

Kevin Heald — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:31:37 +0000

Word is that E-Collabcenter, IBM’s NCES Collaboration Service offering (also referred to as “Button 1″) will be shutting down in early June. This comes from a notice on their home page.

E-Collabcenter was the first of two NCES Collaboration Services acquired by DISA. The intent was to foster competition between the vendors so that enhancements would come quicker in order to capture the DoD market. The second service or “button” called Defense Connect Online (DCO) is based off of Adobe Connect and utilizes XMPP for IM/Presence.

The question is, will DISA purchase a third button, or extend DCO?

Tagged: collaboration, conferencing, dod, im

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NCES E-Collabcenter Ending in June