DoD moves meetings online, but IT systems can’t keep pace

Originally posted by Jared Serbu on Federal News Radio

As budget cuts take their toll on in-person conferences within the Defense Department, more meetings are shifting online, specifically to DoD's in-house Web conferencing service, Defense Connect Online.

The system has seen so much traffic recently that usage is starting to outstrip the system's capacity. And DCO may be about to see even more users. The Defense Information Systems Agency and the contractor that runs DCO have just released an app that lets defense employees host or log into meetings from their iPhones and iPads.

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Dan Zarrella to Speak at inTTENSITY Federal Social Media Summit

 

Award-winning HubSpot social media scientist, Dan Zarrella, will give the morning keynote for inTTENSITY's first Federal Social Media Summit, April 24 in Arlington, Va.

Zarrella will compare commercial industry best practices against those needed for federal agencies, and demonstrate how the commercial use of social media can be altered for government utilization.

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