IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Product Announcement
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The next major release of Sametime is just around the corner. Yesterday, Sametime 8.5.2 was officially announced to the public. For those of you looking for the download in the Software Downloads site, it isn’t there yet. Sametime 8.5.2 will be available for download on June 10, 2011.
The main focus on this release has been around the Sametime media functionality. Some of the functionality which has been lacking such as NAT support and firewall traversal have finally been reintroduced. Also, browser based web meetings and the Sametime Web client will get audio and video support. These two changes are significant since it represents the reintroduction of features that I know customers have been asking for since the first version of Sametime 8.5 was released.
In the mobile space, a native client for Android devices will be available and a Sametime meeting client will be available for Blackberry devices. Those of you looking for an iOS client will have to still use the Sametime Proxy web client for a bit longer.
There have been some pretty significant changes in way the Sametime system console. For example, there is now closer integration with Sametime Advanced and the way that deployment plans are created. Gone are the issues with using the guided activity to create Domino LDAP profiles and there is better policy management control and more granular administrative rights. Platform-wise, Sametime 8.5.2 will use a newer release of WebSphere and DB2 along with support for Windows 2008 R2 and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.
Finally, the product name has been changed. Sametime is now officially referred to as IBM Sametime. Stay tuned on June 10th and get ready to start your download!
Official Sametime 8.5.2 Product Announcement letter
Posted on May 20th, 2011 by Andy Yiu
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