Software enables e-business messaging and conferencing.
Press Release Summary:
Lotus® Sametime® instant messaging and Web conferencing offering, available on UNIX® platform, enables users to share information, make decisions, and work together in real-time. It offers IBM Lotus Notes® calendar and scheduling integration with support for maintaining meeting attendee roster and secure meetings. Software also offers control of attendee awareness states and provides support for audio/video tunneling on port 80.
Original Press Release:
IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing V3.1 (Lotus Sametime) for UNIX Enables e-business
December 2, 2003
At a glance
Lotus Sametime, IBM's instant messaging and Web conferencing offering for e-business, is now available on the UNIX® platform.
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM 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.
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 V3.1
Citrix Metaframe XP support
Reverse proxy support
IBM Lotus Domino(TM) 6.0.2 and 6.0.3 support
Support for integration with IBM Lotus Team Workplace (QuickPlace(TM)) 3.0.1
IBM Lotus Notes® calendar and scheduling integration with support for maintaining a meeting attendee roster and for secure meetings
Meeting participant control of their awareness state (for example, Do Not Disturb) from within the meeting room center
Support for audio/video tunneling on port 80
Enhanced Diagnostic Connectivity Agent for meeting participation (test meeting)
Selection for default log-in status in the Connect client
Administrator setting to enable fixed window location and size option for chats
Administrator option for default connectivity settings for Sametime Connect for browsers
Enlarged Buddy List limit, from 32K to 60K with a new option for local Buddy List storage
Exhaustive search in "Add user" across multiple directories
Sametime connect for browsers in a "kiosk" mode where no local storage is available
SIP gateway for community to community interoperability of awareness and chats with a new icon to indicate an external contact in the buddy list
Updated Sametime Links (STLinks), C++ Client, Java(TM) Client, and Sametime Server Toolkits including a Telephony Provider "Plug-in" capability for the Sametime client
Performance upgrades for the STLinks server applications
Persistent links in STLinks for faster navigation in Sametime enabled web applications
Polish and Russian languages available
Refer to Software announcement 203-225 , dated September 9, 2003
Key prerequisites
Server operating systems:
IBM pSeries® (AIX®), V5.1 and V5.2
Sun Solaris operating environment, V8 and V9
IBM OS/400®, 5722SS1, V5.1, or later
Microsoft(TM) Windows(TM) 2000 Server, or Windows Advanced Server with Service Pack 3
Planned availability dates
November 28, 2003: Electronic software delivery
December 19, 2003: Media and documentation
