IBM Sametime

Effective online meetings

• The meetings panel makes it simple for you to find and join meetings from your IBM Sametime client, which displays a consolidated view of your scheduled meetings and provides instant access to meeting rooms. You can instantly create rooms for a single meeting, and keep and reuse them—without making a reservation.
• Simple meeting invitations allow you to invite people by dragging and dropping from the contact list. Accept meetings with a single click, just like joining a group chat. You get a photo and list view of attendees. IBM Sametime V8.5.2 Interim Feature Release 1 (IFR 1) adds an active speaker indicator so you know who is speaking.
• Native, high-quality audio and video capabilities allow you to see colleagues and their reactions, without the time and expense of travel. IBM Sametime V8.5.2 extends audio and video tools to web browser-based online meetings.
• You can share files, applications and screens with people inside or outside of your company using security-rich features including audio and video. The meeting library allows you to upload meeting materials with a simple drag and drop. You can record and playback the meeting to preserve application sharing and discussion.
• You can access online meetings from your desktop, laptop, Apple iPad or Google or Android-based tablet. A zero-download client makes it simple to access, join and participate in online meetings. With IBM Sametime V8.5.2, you can use the audio and video options; slide navigation and presenter annotation tools; and the updated polling feature available to rich-client meeting rooms. IBM Sametime V8.5.2 IFR 1 adds browser-based participation in IBM Sametime online meetings from an Apple iPad or Android tablet.

Simplified voice and video

• A dual audio/video interface delivers both built-in and third-party media capabilities in voice and video chats or in IBM Sametime online meetings. You can choose your preferred conferencing system from within a meeting. Industry-standard audio and video codecs provide high-quality built-in voice and video services for a compelling collaborative experience. Telephony status and functionality vary with the telephony integration option you choose. For more information on telephony integration, visit www.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/sametime/telephony.html
• Conferencing is easily integrated with existing systems, applications and hardware. Now you can leverage more of your company's existing infrastructure by simultaneously integrating two audio/video conferencing systems with the IBM Sametime media manager.
• The IBM Sametime Bandwidth Manager enables multimedia communications while protecting your network for use by critical applications and classes of users. Audio and video bandwidth limits can be allocated by the administrator and real-time network conditions.
• Audio/video based on the industry standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) improves interoperability with third-party audio/video conferencing systems. IBM Sametime V8.5.2 IFR 1 provides Native Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) security support for multi-person video chats and meetings.
• IBM Sametime V8.5.2 provides improved Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal. It supports ICE/STUN/TURN standards to allow audio and video to pass through firewalls and properly navigate NAT environments. Now people can easily engage in rich communications with customers, partners and other external parties in their professional networks.

More effective enterprise instant messaging

• New features include configurable chat contact lists, corporate directory search, business card with contact details, chat history with time and data stamps, rich text formatting, emoticons and emoticon palettes.
• File transfer and annotated screen capture features allow you to quickly share information and images. With Sametime V8.5.2 IFR 1, you can also transfer a folder to a contact or send a file in a group chat window to several people at once. Offline messages enable you to communicate even when you are offline or a chat participant is offline.
• You can share an application or an entire screen with chat participants in real-time. You can also view files and links sent by individuals in a separate tab. Browser-based chat client option lets you use a zero-download client to support thin client strategies. IBM Sametime V8.5.2 new text recognition features allow you to click on a name in any IBM Sametime chat or chat history to initiate an instant message. You can also click on any phone number to initiate a call through IBM Sametime Unified Telephony software or a third-party telephony adapter.
• Integrated high-quality audio and video can help reduce telephony expenses and enhance the collaborative experience. Built-in integration with a range of email and productivity applications delivers the real-time collaboration tools you need from the applications you use every day.
• Support for My Widgets in IBM Sametime V8.5.2 software lets you connect to widget repositories, drag and drop widgets into your IBM Sametime Connect client and manage your widgets.

More mobile options

• IBM Sametime V8.5 supports online presence indicators and enterprise instant messaging on Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile handheld devices
• Additional enhancements include business cards with contact information, instant messaging, an intuitive user interface that manages multiple chat sessions on small screens and chat history.
• IBM Sametime V8.5.2 mobile meetings provide browser and app options. Use browser-based meetings on your Apple iPad or Android tablet to join IBM Sametime meeting rooms directly from URLs in the calendar or messaging application; create new meeting rooms or search for meeting rooms by room or owner name; and control a presentation as well as use annotation and zoom tools. Or participate in IBM Sametime online meetings from your Apple iPad, Android-based tablet or BlackBerry smartphone.
• A Sametime V8.5.2 instant messaging client and Sametime Unified Telephony dialer for Apple iOS and Google Android devices include presence and instant messaging with background notifications; text to speech; and the ability to place calls and control call routing preferences and device selection on demand.

An enhanced platform

• New Representational Sate Transfer (REST)-based web 2.0 APIs allow developers to use standard AJAX tools to embed a full range of IBM Sametime capabilities into web applications and portals.
• A new customizable, zero-download browser-based chat client makes it easier to integrate the IBM Sametime chat experience into your websites.
• The new system console makes it easier to manage and administer IBM Sametime. It facilitates deployment planning and installation of IBM Sametime servers and provides central policy management of all IBM Sametime services. You can configure, setup and test LADP from a single location.
• IBM Sametime V8.5.2 software adds support for Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 and Novell SLES 11 servers.
• IBM Sametime V8.5.2 IFR 1 software adds new security-rich features for video including Native Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) security support for multiperson video chats and meetings.