NCES Collaboration Services “One Power of Choice” Lt Col Brian Hermann Net Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Program Executive Office 15 Sep 2008

DISA ABCs 1 ADOPT BUY CREATE

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY 2 What is NCES? Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) is the information sharing foundation for the –Command and Control; –Business; and –Intelligence Domains NCES will allow users and information systems to: –Find and access relevant information; –Expose the information they produce for others to discover; –Collaborate; –Distribute data; –Increase performance and reliability of data access, and; –Utilize the enterprise infrastructure for evolving DoD systems to a Service Oriented Architecture. NCES connects people/systems who have information with people/systems who need information

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY NCESNCES MetadataDiscoveryMetadataDiscovery Metadata Registry Ability to discover, develop & reuse data semantics EnterpriseServiceManagementEnterpriseServiceManagement Monitors services availability & reliability MessagingMessaging Real-time updates & alert notifications as data change CollaborationCollaboration Real-time voice, text, video, application sessions Access to data; improved content awareness ContentDiscoveryContentDiscovery ServiceDiscoveryServiceDiscovery Ability to discover, develop & reuse services Ability to operate in a secure environment ServiceSecurityServiceSecurity Locate specific information for people PeopleDiscoveryPeopleDiscovery MediationMediation Exchange data with unanticipated users & formats ContentDeliveryContentDelivery Improved responsiveness & bandwidth usage Web-based Joint access to NCES using Defense Knowledge Online User Access Net-Centric Enterprise Services B OUGHT A DOPTED / B OUGHT A DOPTED C REATED

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY Collaboration Services Service Provider: IBM Tools: Lotus Sametime Unclassified service – commercially hosted and managed Classified service hosted in DECC-Columbus Service Provider: Carahsoft Tools: Adobe Connect / Jabber Unclassified service – hosted in DECC-San Antonio Classified service – hosted in DECC-San Antonio Enable users to exchange information textually or via any combination of text, audio, video, and graphics.

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY 5 NCES E-CollabCenter Capabilities (Based on Lotus Sametime suite) –Instant Messaging Point to point non-persistent text, audio and video Searchable archives of all content Browser-based and cross-platform thick client –Text Chat Room-based secure persistent text and file exchange Browser-based Java client provided by 3 rd party –Web Conferencing Full-featured persistent text, audio, video and graphic capabilities in a single operating environment Browser-based Java client

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY Getting Started with E-CollabCenter Access –AKO or DKO –SIPRNet: –NIPRNet: Registration Steps –Click on ‘Need an Account?’ –Auto generate account within 30 minutes Online Training –Open Sessions – all individuals welcome to join –Courses: Getting Started: every Tuesday - Thursday 3:00PM to 4:00PM Instant Messaging & Chat Rooms Web Conferencing

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY E-CollabCenter Home Page

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY E-CollabCenter ‘My Portal’ Page

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY NCES Defense Connect Online (DCO) Capabilities –COTS IM/Chat based on Jabber XCP Point-to-point non-persistent text Room-based secure persistent text Searchable archives of all content Browser-based and Microsoft Windows thick clients provided (others supported) Based on Lightweight XMPP standard Federation capability –Web Conferencing capability based on Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional Full-featured persistent text, audio, video and graphic capabilities in a single operating environment Flash-based client Low bandwidth and bandwidth visibility option

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY Getting Started with Defense Connect Online Access –DKO –SIPRNet: –NIPRNet: Registration Steps –Click ‘Register’ Online Training –On-Demand modules –Live webcasts – 3 day sessions twice each month (basic, intermediate, advanced)

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY DCO ‘My Portal’ Page

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY DCO Web Conference Room

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY Summary NCES Collaboration tools are –The DoD enterprise solution –Being adopted at an accelerating pace –Saving time, money, and creatively meeting emerging customer needs Next acquisition is underway Between the two services and two networks being serviced, we have a total of over 106,000 accounts and growing at over 1,000 per week Visit the NCES Collaboration Page on DKO: – Stay Connected…use NCES Collaboration Services

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DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY E-CollabCenter Lessons Learned Moderator Training –Online training –Downloadable training video –Reference Moderator Quick Reference Guide Desktop Configuration –JAVA JRE v1.5 Build 12 (higher) –Audio Settings –Desktop Devices –Audio Troubleshooting Guide Network Configuration - Ports and Protocols –JTF-GNO CTO : Enterprise Implementation of the Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Collaboration Button 1 Getting started information and workstation checker are available at the following link: –

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY DCO Lessons Learned Training –Online training modules (including moderator training) –Quick Reference Guide –Monthly Live Training Desktop Configuration –Flash Player –Connect Add-in to utilize host capabilities in a Connect room –Jabber ‘Thick Client’ (or could use thin client with just Internet Explorer) Network Configuration –JTF-GNO CTO : Enterprise Implementation of the Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Collaboration Button 2 –Port 443 and Port 5222 Getting started information and workstation checker are available at the following link: –