What's New in Sametime 8.5 Roberto Chiabra IBM Certified IT Specialist
What's new in Sametime 8.5 Sametime Connect Client Online Meetings Audio / Video W eb Browser Clients & W eb 2.0 APIs Sametime Systems Console
Sametime 8.5 Connect Client New Recent Contacts and Frequent Contacts views Apply existing location settings to new location View contacts by recent interactions or or frequency of conversations View contacts by picture or by name 3
Where can I deploy the Sametime client? Within the IBM Lotus Notes client As a standalone client 4
Microsoft Outlook integration in Sametime 8.5 New toolbar adds click to talk, send file, announcement, instant meet, instant share direct from Outlook Click to talk via major 3rd party telephony vendors when their plug-ins are deployed Dynamically creates instant Sametime contact list Instantly click to chat, talk, share, meet with any or all copied on the message 5
What's new in Sametime 8.5 Sametime Connect Client Online Meetings Audio / Video W eb Browser Clients & W eb 2.0 APIs Sametime Systems Console
Next generation Online Meeting Experience to access to get in to share easy to add to collaborate others
Key new meeting features Simpler meeting experience Fast meeting entry Rich client -- Lotus Sametime Connect or Lotus Notes embedded clients Web browsers (zero Java download for meeting viewing) Reservation-less meetings Instant meetings or reusable (persistent) meeting rooms Improved calendar integration with Lotus Notes (or Microsoft Outlook ) software Improved screen and document sharing quality Easy record /playback in a standard player (.MOV files) Improved meeting reliability HTTP/HTTPS connectivity replaces T.120 Simplifies firewall/sso etc Built in meeting room failover No need for separate EMS infrastructure 8
Managing meeting rooms via Sametime Connect Part of the Sametime Connect 8.5 client Shelf offers views of rooms or calendar meetings. View your rooms, recently used rooms, or select someone in your contact list to view their rooms. Create, Join, Invite, or Search directly from here. One-click to create a room for a calendar meeting with no online room and invite everyone. 9
Invite to others meetings from a chat Invite to an Instant Meeting 10 Invite to an existing room or create a new one
Invite others by dragging from your contact list into the room. View list by name or picture. Presenter tools thumbnails of slides, laser pointer, annotations, size display Set room permissions Materials are stored in the meeting room library, which lists all documents and URLs shared in the meeting. Create polls, take screen shots, and paste files into the library. Rich text and emoticons available in the group chat. Lotus Sametime installed client Quick entry to the meeting room as easy as joining a chat
Click to start/stop video. Video starts after joining the audio call. Video canvas area contains a single composite embedded video stream. Call and video controls List of participants shows connection status Meeting leader or approved user can record meeting both the shared content and the meeting audio. Save to standard.mov file format Room tools give you access to meeting room settings. Also use to create reports, showing attendance, action items, meeting minutes, and what was shared.
Easy to share a document or your screen When choosing a document to share Document and screen sharing integrated into the same dialog
Web browser client Zero download browser experience to view meeting content -no Java required!
Creating Sametime 8.5 meetings in Notes 8.5.1 Online rooms are saved and can be re-used Information about each room is visible and included in the calendar entry
Creating Sametime 8.5 meetings in Microsoft Outlook List of meeting room servers from options panel List of meeting rooms loaded from selected server New servers can be registered from the form New meeting rooms can be created or edited on the server from the form
What's new in Sametime 8.5 Sametime Connect Client Online Meetings Audio / Video W eb Browser Clients & W eb 2.0 APIs Sametime Systems Console
Sametime 8.5 audio & video Integrated Unified desktop video user experience Open Interoperate with partner video conferencing systems Managed Improved audio/video management
Sametime 8.5 audio & video capabilities Voice/Video Chats Sametime 8.5 client Lotus Sametime 8.5 Support for chat, VoIP audio/video chats & online meetings N-way voice and video conversations Active speaker switching Encodes standard A/V streams H.263, H.264 G.711, G.722.1, isac SIP based A/V client Meetings Sametime 8.5 Media Manager SIP proxy registrar SIP based conference focus Media router (packet switcher) Third-party integration 19
Starting an AV call from contact list Same user experience as Sametime 8.0.2 Multiple names are selected from the contact list for a call Select Start Call/Video with Selected Contact 20
The audio & video call window 21 Resize video window Maximize video window to full screen Show/Hide own video
Joining the audio portion of a meeting Click to join audio On hover: users can tell which, a/v channels are available to them here. User can choose how their audio becomes engaged. 1. Out of the box, Sametime includes VoIP audio, or 2. If customer has deployed an integrated 3rd party audio conf bridge adapter to Sametime, Sametime users can also join via their telephone 22
Joining a video meeting Call and video controls Click to start/stop video List of participants: Shows speaker notification Connection status Ability to associate online meeting ID with caller ID for those who did not use the UI to join the audio session Video enabled shows who video is switching amongst and who is currently on screen for you 23
Sametime 8.5 audio & video conferencing Telepresence interoperability Room Video Conferencing systems Voice/ Video calls H.323 Partner delivered connectors Meetings 24 ISDN
Sametime 8.5 video conferencing integration Sametime Connect is a full video client for 3rd party MCU's. 25
What's new in Sametime 8.5 Sametime Connect Client Online Meetings Audio / Video W eb Browser Clients & W eb 2.0 APIs Sametime Systems Console
Sametime for the web Zero-download clients Rich user interface API geared to W eb programmer 27
Sametime 8.5 browser-based instant messaging User presence status message Contact list Adding contacts and groups Quick Find for contact list Business cards Location 1 to1 chat N-way chat with invitation Sending announcements Rich text Emoticons Public IM presence chat via Sametime Gateway Click to call (via 3rd party telephony partners) Instant Meetings Web application integration APIs PC, Mac, and iphone support 28
Easily customizable with style sheets Custom Styles
Browser-based iphone instant messaging
Web 2.0 API's to communications-enable web apps SDKs & Toolkits enable Sametime services to be embedded in other desktop applications Web 2.0 APIs allow developers to use standard tools to embed Sametime services in their web applications Browser chat and meeting clients can be customized through style sheets
What's new in Sametime 8.5 Sametime Connect Client Online Meetings Audio / Video W eb Browser Clients & W eb 2.0 APIs Sametime Systems Console
Sametime Logical System Level Architecture Lotus Sametime Clients PC (Windows, Mac, Linux) Web browser, mobile devices HTTP SIP, RTP HTTP VP Presence & Instant Msg Meetings Advanced Server VP SIP, TCSPI Enterprise A/V conf bridges/mcu/ end points VP VP Media Manager SIP, RTP Lotus Sametime Proxy HTTP VP Unified Telephony SIP Lotus Sametime Gateway SIP, XMPP Enterprise Phone System Embedded Applications, including Web, Portal etc. External IM Communities Note: Logical servers shown. May be combined physically depending on user workload and network design
System Console: Centralized configuration and policy management Lotus Sametime Gateway Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony * Lotus Sametime Media Manager Lotus Sametime Presence/IM Lotus Sametime Meetings Lotus Sametime Advanced* * Future release of server required
Backup
Sametime 8.5 Meetings Installed Client/ Browser Client Feature Comparison Installed Meeting Client is required for: Client-side document conversions of.ppt and.odp files Appshare remote control capabilities (peer-to-peer appshare only) Appshare hosting capability on Mac Drag/drop support or UI/dialog support for inviting participants Drag/drop support for adding file content Meetings recording Source highlighter tool and pointer tool Create or send polls (anyone can respond) Screen capture tool Paste from clipboard Browsing history for the library Audio/Video (browser support is planned for future Lotus Sametime release) 36