How we tested Lotus Sametime and our Net Results.
We installed Lotus Sametime 3.0 on our Compaq DL380 server, running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. We installed the Sametime Connect client on Win 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional workstations. Our clients used Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6.0 for the Web browser and the Java clients.
We initiated chat sessions among groups of various sizes, mixing and matching clients. We then tried out meetings of several types, sharing files of the most common types (spreadsheets, word processing documents, graphics files).
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| Sametime | 4.3 Rating | Company: IBM/Lotus, (800) 465-6887 Cost: $38 per user. (Additional option for extranet-only or hosting options available.) Pros: Good collaborative, easy-to-use tools; can record meetings; interacts with AOL and NetMeeting; uses your existing LDAP-enabled directories. Cons: Initial setup needs minor tweaking; requires Domino. | |
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| | Sametime | Features 50% | 5 | | Management/Administration 20% | 4 | | Installation 20% | 3 | | Documentation 10% | 4 | TOTAL SCORE | 4.3 |
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| Individual category scores are based on a scale of 1 to 5. Percentages are the weight given each category in determining the total score. Scoring Key: 5: Exceptional showing in this category. Defines the standard of excellence; 4: Very good showing. Although there may be room for improvement, this product was much better than the average; 3: Average showing in this category. Product was neither especially good nor exceptionally bad; 2: Below average. Lacked some features or lower performance than other products or than expected; 1: Consistently subpar, or lacking features being reviewed. |
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