What’s new for experienced and prospective Lotus user Jena, November 26, 2009 – the second Conference for Lotus users this year took on 17th and 18th November 2009 at Hotel Esperanto Fulda instead. The European launch of version 8.5 of the IBM unified collaboration and communication platform Sametime was embedded in a wide range of topics that are in the central interest of the user. With the integrated University Day, the user group for the umpteenth time promoted exchanges between academia and industry. The European launch of Lotus Sametime 8.5 coined the first day of the Conference and moved through the complete conference programme. In the keynote address by Bruce Morse Lotus Vice President unified communications, was about how communication and collaboration in the future on the basis of Lotus Software in modern enterprises, how the communication and travel expenses significantly can be reduced with the new possibilities. In the subsequent technical presentations the experts presented specifically the IBM Sametime product management, phone functions in Lotus Sametime, Lotus Notes and other environments are integrated, how integrate Sametime into existing audio/video infrastructure works and the benefits from optimized programming. The installation of a complete Sametime 8.5 infrastructure time needed two hours could be tested in the hands-on lab.
On the previous day reported migration experiences, which made DNUG members with Sametime in conjunction with the Lotus connections-based platform EULUC. This preparatory work to give the members already before the final release the opportunity to try out the new features and plan their own migration strategies. The live test in an existing environment also gives opportunity to sign also difficulties to the development team; an advantage that ultimately will benefit the product and thus all users. Social software for DNUG members first and foremost, EULUC, means to take advantage of the platform of the user group and become familiar in this way with the new medium.