Some excellent new features in Sametime 8.0.1!
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It's great to see IBM doing things with Sametime again, and it's refreshing to see that these additions in 8.0.1 don't require an additional WAS or DB2 server, yeah!
Adam Gartenberg has posted a list on his blog the new features in Sametime 8.0.1
The stand out features for me are:
1. AdminP integration for name changes, long overdue and great that this is now part of Domino administration and not some separate command line utility.
2. After 10 years, they finally saw fit to update the audio codecs used in Sametime Web Conferences!
3. Sametime connect web api. What this means is that if you have a Sametime Connect Client (probably 8.0.1) installed, you can have awareness which is retrieved from that client displayed in a webpage, and initiate a chat within the Sametime Connect Client from a browser. I think this is restricted to Windows machines. This is the same approach Microsoft has taken and for intranet sites it can be great, for support on websites or areas where you can't control if user has a Sametime Client installed you can still use STlinks.
4. The ability for a meeting moderator to throw someone out.
I did post a few questions for Adam in his comments:
When you remove a user from a meeting, can they rejoin?
Does 8.0.1 record meetings in an alternative format to Rap files?
Does 8.0.1 support Internet site documents? This is a serious restriction currently, and lack of support means additional hardware must be purcahsed if you want to support multiple SSL certificates and domains for example. It also means Traveler cannot be run on the same server as Sametime
It's great to see IBM doing things with Sametime again, and it's refreshing to see that these additions in 8.0.1 don't require an additional WAS or DB2 server, yeah!
Adam Gartenberg has posted a list on his blog the new features in Sametime 8.0.1
The stand out features for me are:
1. AdminP integration for name changes, long overdue and great that this is now part of Domino administration and not some separate command line utility.
2. After 10 years, they finally saw fit to update the audio codecs used in Sametime Web Conferences!
3. Sametime connect web api. What this means is that if you have a Sametime Connect Client (probably 8.0.1) installed, you can have awareness which is retrieved from that client displayed in a webpage, and initiate a chat within the Sametime Connect Client from a browser. I think this is restricted to Windows machines. This is the same approach Microsoft has taken and for intranet sites it can be great, for support on websites or areas where you can't control if user has a Sametime Client installed you can still use STlinks.
4. The ability for a meeting moderator to throw someone out.
I did post a few questions for Adam in his comments:
When you remove a user from a meeting, can they rejoin?
Does 8.0.1 record meetings in an alternative format to Rap files?
Does 8.0.1 support Internet site documents? This is a serious restriction currently, and lack of support means additional hardware must be purcahsed if you want to support multiple SSL certificates and domains for example. It also means Traveler cannot be run on the same server as Sametime
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You pose some good additional questions for Adam, but I didn't see your questions in the comments section of his post. Keep us posted on what you find out in that area
-Tim E. Brown
Posted by Tim E. Brown At 10:25:36 PM On 04/24/2008 | - Website - |
I will double check, but I'm pretty sure I was told we weren't stopping ejected users from rejoining.
No, Sametime 8.0.1 does not replace the RAP format for recorded meetings. Sametime 8.0.1 also does not add support for Internet site documents. This is a requirement that is coming up with frequency, though, and is something we are looking into addressing in a future release.
Posted by Adam Gartenberg At 11:49:11 PM On 04/24/2008 | - Website - |