A rebuttal from Microsoft and my readings/comments on public IM connectivity in Sametime 7.5....
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An accurate response
came from Microsoft to my post yesterday. LCS 2005 does offer connectivity
to outside public IM systems through PIC (Public IM Connectivity). Sametime
will have the VOIP options built in also. I agree that the integration
needs to be made further in the phone systems. DUCS is still under-utilized
and full VOIP integration needs to be completed. Awareness in both
products is everywhere.
We can now move on to IBM/Lotus's statement
that this feature or function will be free. From the LCS website
here, there is more costs involved:
Public IM Connectivity
licenses are available on a per-user, per-month subscription and are additional
to the Live Communications Server Client Access License (CAL). Public IM
Connectivity has two licensing components associated with its use, a Services
Subscription License (SSL) and a User Subscription License (USL).
Public IM Connectivity service licenses
are available for Microsoft Volume License customers only and are not available
for retail open customers following other Microsoft subscription licensing
programs.
You then jump to this
site to fill out forms to get
public connectivity. Unfortunately the Public
IM Connectivity Partner site
has nothing there yet either and states so. This
is how you merge your ID into the public systems.
Let's see how fast organizations move into
federated connectivity with a free system versus licensing, I am curious.
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On Friday, March 10th, 2006 by Chris Miller
