IBM Sametime 8
Lotus Sametime Entry
Lotus Sametime Entry provides a cost-effective solution to adopting enterprise instant messaging (IM). It allows your organization to benefit from the collaborative advantages of IM, without the risk associated with using a public, unencrypted IM service. Its features include presence-awareness, encrypted IM with n-way chats, and integration with Microsoft Office, IBM Lotus Notes 8.0, and Microsoft Outlook.
Lotus Sametime Standard
Building on top of Lotus Sametime Entry, Lotus Sametime Standard provides a complete collaborative solution with the following features (in addition to the features provided with Lotus Sametime Entry):
- Web conferencing
- Video
- Telephony integration, VoIP within the enterprise
- Mobile clients
- Support for integration with public IM services through the Lotus Sametime Gateway
Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony
NOTE: Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony has not been released at the time of publication of this article.
Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony is a planned offering that will provide a powerful solution to integrate telephony with the Lotus Sametime infrastructure for a truly unified experience.
The planned features of Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony are:
- Aggregated telephony and IM presence
- Initiation of telephone call or conference through software (click-to-call)
- Incoming call management
- Multiple PBX integration
Lotus Sametime Unyte
Lotus Sametime Unyte is a hosted service providing easy-to-use Web conferencing. A Web browser allows you to set up and run a Web conference for multiple participants in minutes. The service is hosted, and no infrastructure is required to use it.
