Platform as a Service

USDA Connect (Social Networking Suite)

  Service Description

NITC provides a social networking software solution to empower USDA employees to develop and maintain a network of colleagues and nurture creativity with communities of coworkers, partners and customers.

  What's Included

• Fully Managed Social Networking solution
• Access management provided through eAuthentication
• Robust Social Networking Suite that includes:
  - Profiles
  - Communities
  - Activities
  - Blogs
  - Wikis
  - Files
  - Bookmarks

  How We Charge

Solution charges are based on the following factors:

• Fee based on each user within the agency
• Additional fee for storage use above the standard limit

  Service Level Metrics

* - NITC reserves the option to schedule routine infrastructure maintenance activities on Sundays between 1800 to 2400 hours Central Time.

NOTE: NITC utilizes the USDA Universal Telecommunication Network (UTN) for Wide Area Network services. The UTN is contractually guaranteed to be 99.9% available but has historically delivered 99.997% availability.

  Cost Saving Tips

We encourage the use of enterprise applications to take advantage of economies of scale thereby reducing cost to all customers

  Additional Information

USDA Connect Website https://connections.usda.gov/

Download the USDA Connect page from
the NITC Service Catalog.

http://www.ocio.usda.gov/nitc/platform_svc_connect.html
Last Modified: 04/03/2012