Software allows real-time collaboration.
Press Release Summary:
Lotus® Sametime® v3.1 offers instant messaging and Web conferencing for e-business. Users can see in advance if person or application is available to collaborate, share information, and/or take action. They can exchange text, audio, and video-based information in real-time and virtually share documents, applications, or entire desktop. Organizations can collaborate and align objectives of leaders and teams, whether centralized or geographically dispersed.
Original Press Release:
IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing for iSeries (Lotus Sametime) 3.1 Enables e-business
At a glance
Version 3.1 of Lotus Sametime for IBM iSeries (OS/400), IBM's instant messaging and Web conferencing offering for e-business, adds to the product's proven strengths with:
Support for a broader range of related products
Numerous usability enhancements
Performance upgrades for the Sametime Links server application
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: SE001).
Overview
Lotus® Sametime® is IBM's market-leading platform for instant collaboration. More than 9 million people use it every day to share information, make faster decisions, and work together in real time. Engineered from the beginning to be a tool for e-business, it is more robust, secure, and manageable than any competitive offerings.
Lotus Sametime is based on three basic concepts:
Presence awareness (seeing, in advance, a person's availability)
Conversation (text or audio/video based)
Web conferences (application sharing and team whiteboarding)
Any organization that needs to increase its productivity, be more efficient, work faster, reduce travel budgets, integrate real-time collaboration into Web applications, or increase its agility will benefit from using IBM Lotus Sametime.
What's New in Version 3.1
Lotus Sametime 3.1 for IBM iSeries(TM) (OS/400®) includes:
IBM Lotus Domino(TM) 6.0.2 support
UNIX® Client support
Sun JVM (JDK 1.4) support
Netscape 7 support
Meeting participant control of their awareness state (for example, Do Not Disturb) from within the meeting room center
Different icon in the Participants List for the meeting Presenter or Moderator
IBM Lotus Notes® calendar and scheduling integration
Support for maintaining a meeting attendee roster
Support for secure meetings
Reverse proxy support
Community services
Buddy List privacy
Buddy List portlet
Performance upgrades for the Sametime Links server application
Fixed window size and place
Login with status
Enlarged Buddy List limit, from 32K to 60K
New error message when exceeding the 60K Buddy List limit
New option for local Buddy List storage
Exhaustive search in "Add user" dialog
New error message when "Add user" fails
Key prerequisites
Operating system: Windows® 2000 Server, or Windows Advanced Server with Service Pack 3
CPU: Pentium® II 400 MHz (or higher)
RAM: 1 GB recommended; 512 MB minimum
Disk space: 1 GB+ free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings; 500 MB minimum
Planned availability dates
September 9, 2003 (electronic software delivery)
September 19, 2003 (media and documentation)
Description
IBM Lotus Sametime, the market-leading platform for real-time collaboration, improves corporate culture through innovative technologies. Lotus Sametime helps teams be more productive, enables greater customer satisfaction, and ultimately makes organizations more competitive. An integrated business instant messaging and Web conferencing offering, Lotus Sametime is based on three concepts:
Presence Awareness. See, in advance, if a person - or even an application - is available to collaborate, share information, and/or take action.
Conversation. Exchange text-, audio-, and/or video-based information in real time.
Web Conferencing. Virtually share a document, an application, or an entire desktop, or engage in team whiteboarding activities.
Though basic in nature, these capabilities enable organizations to be more productive in today's business environment. With the help of Lotus Sametime, organizations big and small, in all industry sectors, are able to:
Effectively collaborate, and align the objectives of leaders and teams, whether centralized or geographically dispersed
Easily monitor customers' demands, and respond more quickly than competitors
Establish, and feel part of, a community working toward common goals
Access people instantly - whoever they are, wherever they are, in whatever context they prefer
