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IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide

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IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide

Overview of this book

Sametime 8.5.2 delivers a state-of-the-art enterprise-ready instant messaging and meeting service. This Administrator's Guide navigates through the range of Sametime server components and features, providing you with the essential information required to install, administer and troubleshoot your Sametime 8.5.2 environment.The IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide cuts through the complexity of architecting, installing, and administering all the moving parts of the latest version of Sametime. With this book, you will be able to make the necessary decisions when it comes to choosing which server components you need and how to install them to get the most performance and maintainability from the software. Starting with an overview of Sametime 8.5.2, you will then dive into each server component. You learn what each one does, why it might be needed in your environment, and what you need to have in place to run it. By the end, you’ll have Sametime running and configured properly for your particular situation.With flexibility comes complexity-- but not with this guide. You’ll learn how different architectures are possible and how to prepare properly for the installation of Sametime. You’ll learn how to install the servers in the right order so that you can maintain and expand your environment in the future. You’ll also find out how best to monitor your Sametime environment for issues, as well as how to effectively troubleshoot those problems so that you can quickly get Sametime running again.The IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide is the perfect one-stop resource for learning important installation and configuration details quickly and easily.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
WebSphere Application Server-Related Resources

Sametime Mobile clients


In Sametime 8.5.2, one of the most important items was the announcement of support for Sametime on several additional mobile devices including Androids and iPhones/iPods/iPads. Additionally, a Sametime meeting client is also available for Blackberry.

Sametime Mobile for Android

New in Sametime 8.5.2 is the support for Sametime Mobile on Android devices. The new client offers some interesting features. If a user is running the Sametime client in the background, they will now be notified when new messages are received. The use of the camera is now integrated into chats. A user can take a picture and send it to the chat participants, or they can select and include a picture from their picture library into a chat. The new text-to-speech feature will read chat messages aloud, enabling a user to visually focus on something else during a chat exchange. Finally, the Sametime geographic location information is updated from the GPS receiver on the device. More information can...