Platform Support, APIs and Application Integration
Because IBM Sametime is middleware, it supports application and business process integration. When within the context of real-time communications, this is often referred to as Communications Enabled Business Processes. It can do so in two ways:
- by surfacing the application into an IBM Sametime plug-in, or
- by surfacing IBM Sametime capabilities into the target application.
Some examples of integration between IBM Sametime and applications include:
- IBM's products including Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino applications, IBM Connections, IBM Quickr
- Microsoft office productivity software including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Sharepoint
- portal applications, including portals built with IBM WebSphere Portal
- web applications
- packaged enterprise applications
- embedded and client–server telephony applications
IBM Sametime Connect, the client component of IBM Sametime, is built on the Eclipse platform, allowing developers familiar with the framework to easily write plug-ins for IBM Sametime. It uses a proprietary protocol named Virtual Places, but also offers support for standard protocols, including Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), SIMPLE, T.120, XMPP, and H.323.
IBM Sametime Connect, the client component of IBM Sametime, is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac OS X. Also available are a zero-download web client for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari; mobile clients are also supported for Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, RIM Blackberry, and Symbian. The IBM Sametime server runs on Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX, i5/OS, Linux and Solaris. Sametime can also be accessed using the free software Adium, Gaim, Pidgin, and Kopete clients.
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