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Learn more about how to install and configure IBM® Sametime® for instant messaging and web conferences.
What is IBM Sametime®?
IBM® Sametime® consists of the following offerings: Sametime Communicate, Sametime Conference, Sametime Complete, and Sametime Unified Telephony. These client and server applications enable a community of users to collaborate through instant messaging, online meetings, and telephony integrated with a PBX system over an intranet or the Internet.
Sametime® server architecture
A typical IBM® Sametime® deployment includes a cluster of servers for instant messaging on an IBM Domino®-based platform and other clustered servers running on IBM WebSphere® Application Server that support meetings, audio-visual services, and connections to a variety of clients.

Sametime server architecture

A typical IBM® Sametime® deployment includes a cluster of servers for instant messaging on an IBM Domino®-based platform and other clustered servers running on IBM WebSphere® Application Server that support meetings, audio-visual services, and connections to a variety of clients.

The illustration shows the different types of servers and clients you can have in an IBM Sametime deployment. A Sametime deployment can be comprised of several types of Sametime servers and several types of Sametime clients.
A Sametime deployment with numerous Sametime servers and clients

A Sametime deployment with numerous Sametime servers and clients