Sametime 8.5 Product Announcement
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The Sametime 8.5 Product Announcement is now available!
Sametime 8.5 represents the next generation of Sametime Meetings and clients taking into consideration many of the product enhancements which customers have been requesting for years now. Sametime 7.5 represented a total revamp of the Sametime Connect client which is now available as a standalone application but also part of the Notes 8 Standard clients. Sametime 8.5 has been built from the ground up to have a zero download footprint for web conferences and web clients. Administrators can also take advantage of centralized administration from the Sametime System Console where you can pre-plan your deployments and administer policies from a single location.
- A new online meeting experience that is integrated into the IBM Lotus Sametime Connect client. Join a meeting with a single click. Easily invite others by dragging their names from the contact list. Accept meeting invitations with a single click. Upload meeting materials via simple drag and drop.
- New zero-download, browser-based chat and meeting clients that extend the desktop experience to wherever the user is working.
- A new standards-based audio and video infrastructure that enables interoperability with third party audio and video conferencing systems.
- New audio and video codecs that provide higher quality native voice and video services for a more compelling collaborative experience out-of-the-box.
- New Web 2.0 APIs that let developers embed Sametime capabilities into Web sites and applications so users switch context less.
- A new, browser-based Apple iPhone chat client, support for the Blackberry Storm, and an improved mobile client for Microsoft® Windows® Mobile devices.
- New social views that make it easier to find the people you collaborate with the most.
- A new System Console that centralizes infrastructure configuration, deployment, management, and policy management for all Sametime services.
- New upgrade options if you have basic Sametime services from other IBM offerings.
With all of these new features, I encourage all Sametime customers to take the time to look at what Sametime 8.5 can add to your existing infrastructure and how it can reduce the time and cost of administration. If you aren’t ready to move to Sametime 8.5 yet, the Sametime Classic server utilizing the pre-8.5 style meetings and community services is still available.
Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Andy Yiu
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