There can be only one....chat server.
From http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/NAVADMINS/NAV2013/NAV13025.txt
SUBJ: MANDATORY NAVY-WIDE ASHORE USE
OF DEFENSE CONNECT ONLINE
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO
WASHINGTON DC/N2N6/FEB//
SUBJ/MANDATORY
NAVY-WIDE ASHORE USE OF DEFENSE CONNECT ONLINE//
RMKS/1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS NAVADMIN IS TO DIRECT
NAVY-WIDE ASHORE USE OF DEFENSE CONNECT ON-LINE (DCO) AS THE STANDARD
COLLABORATION TOOL FOR CHAT AND
WEB
CONFERENCING. THIS POLICY ENHANCES OUR
NAVY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) ENTERPRISE EFFICIENCY. DCO IS THE SINGLE DESIGNATED AND APPROVED
ENTERPRISE
TOOL
FOR NON-SECURE INTERNET PROTOCOL ROUTER NETWORK (NIPRNET) AND SECURE INTERNET
PROTOCOL ROUTER NETWORK (SIPRNET) WEB-BASED CONFERENCING, INSTANT
MESSAGING,
WHITEBOARDING, AND APPLICATION SHARING.
DCO IS THE SOLE NAVY-APPROVED APPLICATION TO PROVIDE COLLABORATION
FUNCTIONS BY NAVY FUNCTIONAL
AREA
MANAGERS (FAM).
2. THE DCO (JABBER) CHAT FEATURE PROVIDES USERS
WITH INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) AND MULTI-USER TEXT CONFERENCING CAPABILITIES.
THIS
TOOL GIVES USERS REAL-TIME, LOW BANDWIDTH COLLABORATION. THE ADVANTAGES TO USE
OF THIS TOOL IS THAT IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE EMAIL
COMMUNICATIONS
AND PREVENT OVERSIZED INBOX STORAGE, THEREBY ENHANCING MISSION EFFECTIVENESS.
3. ACTION:
FOR ECHELON II COMMAND INFORMATION OFFICERS (CIO):
A. IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY. DIRECT ALL USERS WITH ONLINE COLLABORATION
RESPONSIBILITIES TO OBTAIN DCO ACCOUNTS AND MAXIMIZE USE OF DCO CAPABILITIES.
NOTE: USERS MUST HAVE A COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC) IN
ORDER TO REGISTER FOR A DCO ACCOUNT.
B. DIRECT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DCO (JABBER)
CHAT AS THE PRIMARY MEANS OF ASHORE IM/TEXT MESSAGING. THIS ACTION IS REQUIRED WITHIN 120 DAYS OF
RELEASE
OF
THIS NAVADMIN.
C. IF YOUR UNIT IS UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH THIS
DIRECTIVE, SUBMIT A WAIVER REQUEST FOR ALTERNATE COLLABORATION TOOLS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY DEPUTY
CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICER - NAVY (DDCIO(N)) VIA E-MAIL TO
GOVERNANCE(AT)NAVY.MIL. ANY REQUESTS FOR
WAIVERS MUST INCLUDE STRONG
JUSTIFICATION
FOR THE WAIVER, AN OPERATIONAL IMPACT STATEMENT, AND ANTICIPATED LENGTH OF USE
OF THE PROPOSED
(NON-COMPLIANT)
COLLABORATION TOOL.
D. THE DCO WEBPAGE AT HTTPS://WWW.DCO.DOD.MIL
PROVIDES THE LINKS FOR DCO ACCOUNT REGISTRATION AND RESOURCES COVERING THE
RANGE OF DCO CAPABILITIES,
INCLUDING
DCO (JABBER) CHAT. OTHER HELPFUL
REFERENCE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE DDCIO(N) INTELINK PORTAL AT
HTTPS://INTELSHARE.INTELINK.GOV/SITES/DDCIONAVY/DEFAULT.ASPX.
FOR
INTELINK REGISTRATION, GO TO HTTPS://WWW.INTELINK.GOV/PASSPORT/WELCOME. TO CONTACT THE DCO HELP DESK FOR
NIPRNET
ISSUES, SEND AN E-MAIL TO:
DISA.COLUMBUS.ESD.MBX.GIG-ES-SUPPORT(AT)MAIL.MIL;
FOR SIPRNET ISSUES CONTACT:
GIG-ES-SUPPORT(AT)COLS.CSD.DISA.SMIL.MIL,
DSN 850-3136, COM 614-592-3136.
4.
RELEASED BY VADM KENDALL L. CARD, DCNO FOR INFORMATION DOMINANCE, N2N6.//
This
is a move in the right direction. I'm actually more excited that this forces people to start using Intelink. Too many people spend hours fiddling with hosting their own web servers, or emailing large files, when you could quickly put up a wiki and load files onto Inteldocs. Forcing chat to be only through DCO will get people onto Intelink, where they will naturally start to see and use the other tools available.
