  ibm sametime (formerly ibm lotus sametime) is a clientâserver application and middleware platform that provides real-time, unified communications and collaboration for enterprises. those capabilities include presence information, enterprise instant messaging, web conferencing, community collaboration, and telephony capabilities and integration. it is sold by the lotus software division of ibm. because ibm sametime is middleware, it supports enterprise software and business process integration (communication enabled business process), either through an ibm sametime plugin or by surfacing ibm sametime capabilities through third-party applications. ibm sametime integrates with a wide variety of software, including lotus collaboration products, microsoft office productivity software, and portal and web applications. ==features== ibm sametime is a clientâserver enterprise application that includes the ibm sametime connect client for end-users and the ibm sametime server for control and administration. ibm sametime comes in 4 levels of functionality:help - ibm lotus sametime information center ibm sametime entry provides basic presence and instant messaging. ibm sametime standard provides additional functionality to ibm sametime entry, including: * rich presence including location awareness * rich-media chat, including point-to-point voice-over-ip (voip) and video chat, timestamps, emoticons, and chat histories * group and multi-way chat * web conferencing * contact business cards * interoperability with public im networks via the ibm sametime gateway, including aol instant messenger, yahoo! messenger, google talk and xmpp-based services. * open apis that allow integrations between ibm's own and other applications * sametime audio/video services supports audio (e.g. g.722.1) and video codecs (e.g. h.264)sametime 8.5 announcement letter, ip audio/video terminology and concepts, retrieved on 2009-12-15 ibm sametime advanced provides additional real-time community collaboration and social networking functionality to ibm sametime standard, including: * persistent chat rooms * instant screen sharing * geographic location services ibm sametime unified telephony provides additional telephony functionality to ibm sametime stand
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