Lotus Instant Messaging/Web Conferencing (Sametime): Building Sametime Enabled Applications

Chapter 1. Overview of Sametime 5

1.1 Benefits and importance of collaboration

As a foundation for understanding the benefits of Sametime and how it may help

your organization, it is important to acknowledge the importance of collaboration.

Collaboration represents the simple act of working together to accomplish a

common goal. Sametime allows for real-time collaboration.

Integrating collaborative services with business functions allows companies to

gain a significant competitive advantage. Information is shared more effectively,

communication is more efficient, and companies can make quicker, more

informed decisions. More specifically, companies can shorten sales cycles,

accelerate product development, generate more transactions, increas