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Blackboard Collaborate: Intermittent Service Issue (12/19/12) - RESOLVED

Posted: 2012-12-19 17:58:13   Expiration: 2012-12-20 18:00:00

Disclaimer: This news item was originally posted on 2012-12-19 17:58:13. Its content may no longer be timely or accurate.

RESOLVED: Blackboard Collaborate reports that they have identified the cause of the service disruptions and are working to update their infrastructure to prevent future reoccurrences.

Official message from Blackboard (received at 5:09pm):

Earlier today Blackboard Collaborate experienced intermittent network connectivity issues. The issues were experienced during the following time frames:

    • Approximately 11:00 – 11:37 (GMT-5 / US Eastern)
    • Approximately 13:00 – 13:41
    • Approximately 14:15 – 16:05

Users may have experienced the following issues:

    • Latency when accessing SAS, Web Conferencing or Elluminate Live! V10
    • Slowness when accessing services
    • Inability to connect to services

We have identified the cause of the service disruptions and are working to update our infrastructure to prevent future reoccurences.

Updates to this article can be found at:

http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1857

-- Collaborate Service Team