Ease of collaboration in Sametime?
Tags :Domino 7
I jumped over to Simon
Barratt's blog, yes because
of Ed, and found his recent post interesting. He asked the following:
One complaint we get with Sametime, is that it is
too complicated to setup a meeting to collaborate on a document. Having
this ability right inside of Excel or Word, seems like a good idea. It
exposes the functionality and make it easy to use.
IBM should take note. I can't imagine it would be difficult to do
that same sort of thing with Sametime.
With the open toolkits form IBM, the functionality is there for it to be
programmed. Heck, I know of one
partner that has already
done this for the Microsoft integration. But to make life simpler,
having instant meetings and choosing to share an application is second
nature around here. Mainly with scattered sales representatives.
Instead of emailing me document after document, just open a quick
IM, ask if I am busy and let's collaborate on anything you desire
from your desktop.
I guess the point is, it is all about training and exposing the functionality
that is already there. Now I can go as far to say that Microsoft
did make this pack downloadable and readily configured. But Domino
7 has Sametime integration everywhere you turn. Plus with the simple
checkbox in the designer now, you can make presence show up all over.
So do you install the Notes client with integrated awareness, presence,
chat and instant meetings. Or do you install a full Microsoft suite
of products (Communicator, all of Office, and Messenger) to get there?
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On Tuesday, July 26th, 2005 by Chris Miller
