Voice and video communications can often provide more information more quickly than a simple text chat. They also convey tone and emotion to help people resolve issues and come to decisions more quickly. When voice and video capabilities are included in your real-time collaboration software, you can also reduce telephony expenses.
IBM Lotus® Sametime® software provides high-quality integrated desktop voice and video to enhance the quality of the communication and help cut telephony costs:
Dual audio/video interface to deliver both built-in and third-partner media capabilities in voice and video chats or in Sametime online meetings. Users have the option of choosing their preferred conferencing system from within a meeting. Companies can leverage more of their existing infrastructure by simultaneously integrating two audio / video conferencing systems with the Sametime media manager.
New Sametime Bandwidth Manager enables multi-media communications while protecting your network for mission critical applications and classes of users. Audio and video bandwidth limits can be allocated by the administrator and real-time network conditions.
VoIP and voice chats with multiple participants
Industry-standard audio and video codecs which provide high-quality built-in voice and video services for a compelling collaborative experience.
Audio/video based on the industry standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), improving interoperability with third-party audio/video conferencing systems.
Native Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP) security support for multiperson video chats and meetings with Sametime 8.5.2 IFR 1 software.
Improved Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal in Sametime 8.5.2 software supporting ICE/STUN/TURN standards to allow audio and video to pass through firewalls and properly navigate NAT environments. This support lets people easily engage in rich communications with customers, partners and other external parties in their professional networks.
Telephony status and functionality vary with the telephony integration option chosen. (For more information on telephony integration, visit the Sametime telephony integration page.)
Built-in Voice over IP (VoIP) means that you can talk to your colleagues too—using your computer as your phone.
You can easily move from a text chat to a video chat. Sametime software includes video chat. All you need is a supported video camera.
Use our audio or yours in an online meeting. Optional audio integration in a Web conference can work with supported telephony environmnets to let you manage the audio part of your meeting.
You can easily use video in your online meeting. All you need is a supported video camera.
View the screenshot: Video meeting.
IBM Sametime software is available in multiple editions to support the needs of your enterprise from the small office to the multinational conglomerate. Voice and video support is provided in IBM Sametime Standard software and IBM Sametime Advanced software. See the edition comparison table for more information.
