For federal employees, telework is a mandated option (read more about ConnectSolutions support of FISMA-compliant web conferencing), and with the productivity gains combined with the benefits of remote work in the face of pandemic flu concerns, a very logical option at that. It is good to see the continued support for telework by Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry and federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra:
“When you think about it, the president is really the teleworker in chief. He’s connected wherever he goes,” Berry said. “Yesterday was a good example: New York City in the morning, Pittsburgh in the afternoon and Washington at night. While the president has a little bit of a unique position, and everyone can’t have all of his communications gear, the technology is catching up to that.”
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The reality is that everyone does have access to sufficient communication systems to empower successful telework. We’ve been doing this for quite some time with thousands of federal employees, and look forward to continuing to expand upon these services with ConnectSolutions Podium for large-scale events and communication efforts as well.
ConnectSolutions has had the opportunity to support a variety of webcasts for President Obama through its partnership with the U.S. State Department and its highly successful CO.NX program, but we’ll have to work on providing him with his own personal virtual oval office meeting room as well.
There’s a helpful discussion on managing secure web conferencing with Acrobat Connect Pro available on the connectusers.com site available here:
Topic of the Month, April 09, Secure and Scalable Web Conferencing – Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro User Community
From the site: “With an ever growing list of security standards and compliance initiatives that IT applications must adhere to, deciding exactly how to set up your Connect Pro account can be a confusing. Similarly, as your implementation grows so do the demands on providing a platform that is going to scale with increased usage. This month we’ve decided to focus on helping Connect Pro administrators configure your deployments to best meet these increasing demands and provide tips and tricks for end users on managing meeting security.”
We have been working with Adobe Systems and the Acrobat Connect Pro software to deliver the industry’s first FISMA-compliant web conferencing solution, as we discussed earlier here. Based on the interest we’ve received from various organizations, we’ve developed a datasheet providing an overview of this solution, which you can download here.
ConnectSolutions and Adobe held a webinar discussing the benefits of Acrobat Connect Pro for Government agencies, and you can view the on-demand recording by going here. Topics discussed include web collaboration, training, Telework, and COOP for Federal Agencies. The webinar also includes a discussion of FEMA’s use of web collaboration.
ConnectSolutions is excited to announce the industry’s first FISMA-compliant managed services platform designed specifically for Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro. The combination of a purpose-built data center with ConnectSolutions dedication to customer success with Adobe products ensures that government organizations will obtain their maximum return on their investments.
With ConnectSolutions, your Adobe Connect Pro investments are deployed in secure data center facilities to meet or exceed FISMA requirements. For federal agencies this can mean savings of countless budget dollars, specialized resources and staff hours to develop the necessary infrastructure, processes, controls and documentation.
If you are a government agency considering web conferencing and training investments, this environment provides with you a rapid deployment, while also meeting your C&A requirements much faster.
