Das Release zum Jahresende - IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5

Von einfachen Drag und Drop und social Features für Benutzer, über neue mobile Chat-Lösungen für Smartphone und die Einbindungsmöglichkeiten in Web-Anwendungen für Entwickler - IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5 überzeugt auf ganzer Linie.

Sametime 8.5 Meetings Demo auf Youtube

Hier die IBM Informationen:

What's new in Sametime 8.5

Effective online meetings - never lose the first ten minutes of a meeting to sharing meeting information again.

• Meeting rooms are reservationless - they can be instantly created for a single meeting or kept and be reused. Of course, they can be scheduled through Lotus Notes or Microsoft Outlook calendars.
• Persistent meeting rooms are available 24x7 and have their own file library. Users can create rooms devoted to specific projects and store the appropriate materials there.
• The meeting experience is fully integrated into the Sametime Connect client. Users can create, find, and join meetings right from Connect Client.
• A zero-download browser-based meeting experience is also available for meeting participants to view meeting content.
• Invite others to meetings by dragging names from the Connect Client contact list and dropping them on the meeting room.
• Accept meeting invitations in a single click - it's just like joining a group chat request.
• Upload materials via simple drag and drop.
• Standards-based meeting recording and playback.

Simplified audio and video takes the guess work out of multimedia collaboration

• A single audio and video interface delivers both built-in and partner media capabilities.
• Desktop video supports variable video window size, full screen mode, and resolutions up to high definition.
• Audio/video is now based on the industry-standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), improving interoperability with third-party audio/video conferencing systems.
• New administrative controls over the video experience (size, bitrate, and quality).
• H.264 video and G.722.1 audio codecs provide higher quality multimedia experience at lower bandwidths.

New tools to presence and communication enable any Web 2.0 application. These make it easy to extend collaboration throughout your organization and improve productivity.

• New Representational Sate Transfer (REST)-based Web 2.0 APIs allow the next generation of developers to use standard AJAX tools to embed a full range of Sametime capabilities into Web applications and portals.
• A new customizable, zero-download browser-based chat client makes it easier to integrate the Sametime chat experience into your Web sites. More effective instant messaging and mobility options.
• A new customizable, zero-download browser-based chat client makes it easier to deploy Sametime to more people.

Two new views in the Connect Client - Frequent Contacts and Recent Contacts - puts the people you collaborate with most often at your fingertips.

• An expanded Microsoft Outlook Toolbar makes it a more effective collaboration tool.
• Rich text chat between Sametime communities over the Sametime gateway.
• A new Apple iPhone optimized browser-client for instant messaging.
• A new Windows mobile client for a more refined mobile experience.
• Support for the Blackberry Storm.

Simplified management with the new Sametime system console.

• Configure, setup, and test LDAP from a single location.
• Facilitate deployment planning and installation of Sametime servers.
• Central policy management for all Sametime services.

Multiple infrastructure enhancements that make Sametime more cost effective to operate

• A new architecture delivers componentized services that can be flexibly combined, distributed, and clustered, as needed.
• Meetings use HTTP and HTTPS to connect users, improving firewall friendliness.
• Meetings include failover and clustering eliminating the need for the Sametime Enterprise Meetings Server.
• Sametime Media Manager provides policy-based controls over the video experience (size, connection speed, and quality).
• Audio/video is now based on the industry-standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), improving interoperability with third-party audio/video conferencing systems.
• Sametime Proxy Server provides Web 2.0 APIs to simplify integration into Web applications.
• Sametime System Console make Sametime easier to manage and administer.
• Wider platform support: Lotus Domino® 8.5, Microsoft Windows 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit editions), 64-bit Linux® operating systems.

New and easier ways to license

• Current customers of other IBM offerings that include basic Sametime services - including Lotus Notes - can take advantage of new upgrade options for more complete functionality.

Note that Sametime Entry provides online presence, basic text chat, and integration
with Microsoft offerings. Online Meetings, Audio/Video, SDKs and Toolkits, Mobility,
and browser clients require Sametime Standard.