AOL added 4 new IM partners
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Basically this change will allow all those
platforms to communicate with each other as extensions to their IM network.
However, I do hear time and time again at conferences how the AOL
integration vanished from the Sametime Connect interface (due to licensing
issues). I wonder if Lotus can get the licensing back? The
new program launched
by AOL attempts to bring some
federation to the IM communities (yes federation as in what you do with
multiple directory entities in LDAP).
The latest arrangement coincides with the
launch of AOL's Enterprise Federation Partner (EFP) program intended to
help communities of at-work instant messaging users connect and communicate
in real time.
The EFP program, which added partners Antepo,
Jabber, Omnipod, and Parlano, will allow each company's customers to communicate
in real time with co-workers, vendors, partners and customers who use the
AOL messaging network
Now personally, I did not like or use the
integrated AOL in Sametime Connect since it lacked so much functionality.
I do like the rich text and emoticons. So moving to Trillian
and the integrated IM in the Notes client made life quite simple. Notice
that the ones they partner with up front are not that large. Of all
those listed I have only played with the Omnipod client.
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On Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 by Chris Miller
