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Lotus Sametime offering features by client type


The features available to users depend on the type of client they use and the Sametime® offering installed on their home servers.
 

The following table compares the features of IBM® Lotus® Sametime Entry, Lotus Sametime Standard, and Lotus Sametime Advanced by client type.


 
 Table 1. Offering comparison
Offeringright arrow Entry Entry Standard Standard Standard/Adv Advanced Advanced
Client right arrow Notes Embedded Connect Connect Web Mobile Connect Web
               
Presence              
Online Presence status x x x x x x x
Availability status icons x x x x x x x
Custom status message x x x x x x x
View Other's geographic location x x x x x x x
Automated Geographic location awareness     x     x  
Telephony Status     x x   x x
Set alerts to notify when users are available     x   x x  
Selective do not disturb/privacy lists     x x   x x
Set presence state and status message on start-up x x x x x x x
Set presence status from system tray, chat window or Connect, web and Mobile clients x x x x x x x
Auto status update based on PC inactivity x x x     x  
Auto status update based on calendar x x x     x  
Auto status update when entering or leaving a Sametime Meeting     x     x  
Server-based geographic location services           x  
               
Instant Messaging              
Log in to multiple and external Sametime Communities     x     x  
Anonymous or "Guest Access"       x     x
Business Card Display x x x x x x x
Type ahead Contact Search / Quick Find x x x x x x x
Primary Contacts View x x x     x  
Frequent Contacts View x x          
Recent Contacts View x x          
Initiate chats with users not in contact list x x x x x x x
User created personal groups and nested groups x x x x x x x
Administrator created public contact list groups x x x x x x x
Contact List Sorting Options x x x   x x x
Contact list scrubber to remove infrequently used contacts x x x     x  
Automatically send email if contact is offline x x x     x  
Secure One-on-one text chat x x x x x x x
Secure Multi-party text chat x x x x x x x
Voice and Video     x     x  
Telephony Integration     x x   x x
Announcements (to selected users and groups)     x x x x x
Prevent accidentally starting large multi-party chats x x x     x  
Tabbed Chat Windows x x x   x x  
Display user information and photo in chat window x x x x x x x
Display chat partner status in chat window x x x x x x x
Rich text formatting x x x x x x x
Emoticons x x x x x x x
Emoticon Palettes x x x     x  
Screen Capture Tool     x     x  
Instant Screen Share           x  
File Transfer     x     x  
Send hyperlinks and Notes® doclinks x x x x   x x
Spell Check x x x     x x
Time and Date Stamps x x x x x x x
Chat History x x x   x x  
Automatically populate recent chat history in chat window x x x   x x  
Off the record mode / disable transcript save x x x     x  
Print Transcript x x x     x  
Send transcript as email x x x     x  
Zero-download browser chat client       x     x
               
Meetings              
Reservationless, persistent meeting rooms, available 24 x 7 for participant use     x x   x x
Instantly create a Sametime Meeting Room from Sametime Connect Client or browser based Meeting Room Center     x x   x x
Join or create a Sametime Instant Meeting from a 1-on-1 or group chat     x     x  
Assign and enter meeting rooms from Notes, Outlook invitations     x x   x x
View your calendar from Sametime Connect with one click access to meeting rooms     x     x  
One click access to Meeting rooms you own     x     x  
One click access to your recently used Meeting Rooms     x x   x x
Find Meeting Rooms by owner or room name     x x   x x
Set passwords and hide meeting rooms     x x   x x
Anonymous or "Guest Access"       x     x
Set permissions to control whether users can share their screens or just observe     x x   x x
Control who else can manage room permissions     x x   x x
Invite users to meeting by drag and drop from contact list     x     x  
Browser users can participate in meetings without any client download     x x   x x
Photo and list view of attendees     x x   x x
Sort participant list alphabetically or by users with raised hands     x     x  
App / Screen sharing (Windows only, Mac and Linux to come in follow on release)     x x   x x
App sharing remote control (peer-to-peer)     x     x  
Each meeting room has its own, private file library     x x   x x
Load files into library by Drag and Drop     x     x  
High quality conversion and presentation of PDF, ODF, and Microsoft Office files     x x   x x
Local, background, high-fidelity file conversion     x     x  
Control whether users can download documents from meeting library     x x   x x
Fit to screen view     x x   x x
Edge-to-edge full screen view     x     x x
Presenter tools (highlighter, pointer)     x     x  
View slide thumbnails during presentation     x     x  
Create Polls Immediately or Store for Future Use     x     x  
Immediately share poll results with participants     x     x  
Screen Capture tool     x     x  
Paste an item from your clipboard to the meeting library     x     x  
Share URL's     x x   x x
Raise Hand     x x   x  
Initiate private chat     x x   x x
Group discussion     x x   x x
Emoticon Support     x     x  
Breakout sessions and simultaneously participate in multiple meetings     x     x  
Join Call function to enter audio portion of meeting     x     x  
Client-side meeting recordings in standard file formats     x     x  
Control whether users can record a meeting     x x   x x
Conferencing Integration/Voice and Video     x     x  
User re-arrangeable interface     x     x  
Capture Minutes, Questions, Action Items, Answered questions and Follow Up Items     x x   x x
Detailed Meeting reports     x x   x x
Historical Meeting Reports     x     x  
Reset room by clearing out all room content     x x   x x
Administrators can use policies to control in-meeting discussion and file sharing     x x   x x
Reporting tool for Administrators to generate Meeting statics and usage reports     x x   x x
Use HTTP/HTTPS to connect all users, simplifying internal and external collaboration     x x   x x
Built in failover and clustering     x x     x
Zero Download browser meetings client       x     x
               
Voice and Video              
A single audio / video interface delivers both built-in and partner media capabilities in voice and video chats or in Sametime online meetings     x     x  
Sametime Video supports variable video window size, full screen mode and resolutions up to high definition     x     x  
VoIP and video chats with multiple participants     x     x  
New Administrative controls over the video experience (size, bitrate, quality, and so on).     x     x  
New H.264 video and G.722.1 audio codecs provide a higher quality multimedia experience at lower bandwidths     x     x  
Audio/video based on the industry standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), improving interoperability with third-party audio/video conferencing systems.     x     x  
Telephony Integration     x     x  
               
Community Collaboration              
Exchange presence and chat with other Sametime communities, public IM services through Sametime Gateway     x x   x x
Exchange presence and chat with Microsoft OCS users through the connectors built into the Sametime Gateway     x x   x x
Broadcast Community Channels           x  
Skill Tap           x  
Instant Polls           x  
Broadcast Chat           x  
Broadcast Announcements           x  
Create FAQs from Broadcast community content           x  
Persistent Group Chat           x x
Chats history stored on the server           x x
Ability to store and share files with others           x x
swarming tools - notifications triggered by keywords or number of participants - drive real time use           x  
Create FAQs from Persistent Group Chat content           x x
               
Mobile Access              
RIM Blackberry 8700, 7100, 8300 (Curve), 9000 (Bold and Storm)         x    
Nokia Enterprise eSeries: E51, E60, E61, E62, D65, E70, E90         x    
Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 SE, Windows Mobile 5 and 6 (Standard and Professional)         x    
Sony Ericsson P1i         x    
Apple iPhone and iPod Touch (browser)         x    
               
Communications Enabled Business Processes              
SDKs and Toolkits     x x   x x
Telephony Conferencing Service Provider Interface     x x   x x
Customizable Branding Area     x x   x x
Extensible plug-in model and resource area     x x   x x
Extensible toolbars, icons and right click menus     x x   x x
Web client customization via style sheets       x     x
Web 2.0 APIs       x     x
WebSphere® Portal Integration       x     x
Lotus Connections and Quickr® Integration     x x   x x
Lotus Notes® Integration     x x   x x
Microsoft SharePoint Integration     x     x  
Microsoft Outlook and Office Toolbar Extensions x x x     x  
contact presence, location and status messages x x x     x  
generate dynamic contact list from email recipient list x x x     x  
open Sametime Quick Find Search x x x     x  
click to text chat x x x     x  
click to talk (VoIP)     x     x  
click to talk (3rd party telephony)     x     x  
instant meetings     x     x  
instant screen share           x  
               
Administration and Security              
Sametime System Console     x x   x x
Integrated Installation Manager     x x   x x
Central policy management of features and user settings     x x   x x
Auto-provision client updates x x x x   x x
Serviceability Management x x x x   x x
Security and Encryption x x x x   x x
Chat monitoring and archiving integration x x x x   x x

  		 

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