With IBM Workplace Managed Client Release 2.6 on Linux, IBM offers a strategic end-to-end Linux solution that provides both the benefits of Linux and IBM Workplace Collaboration Services. This IBM Redbooks publication provides a technical overview of IBM Workplace Managed Client and examines why it is a smart, strategic choice. In addition, we provide a detailed description and best practices for deploying, installing and configuring the product. We focus on the following topics: Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.

IBM Lotus software has created IBM Lotus Workplace, an integrated family of products based on open standards. Lotus Workplace combines market-leading collaborative components that can be used with a variety of security-rich clients for simplified access and interaction with other people and a host of collaborative applications such as e-mail, calendaring and scheduling, instant messaging, Web conferencing, team spaces, document and Web content management, and e-learning. IBM Lotus Workplace products include: This IBM Redbooks publication is an installation and deployment guide for the Lotus Workplace 2.0.1 platform. We provide detailed installation procedures for installing the Lotus Workplace products on both a Microsoft Windows 2000 server and a Linux server running SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8.1. We also discuss important deployment and planning scenarios, as well as tips, best practices, and techniques for troubleshooting errors during installation.

This IBM Redbooks publication helps you to implement Lotus Enterprise Integrator (LEI) 6. It is targeted for system administrators who plan to implement or upgrade to LEI 6 in their organization. This book provides tips and techniques to help you successfully deploy and administer LEI 6. We begin by providing a brief introduction to what’s new with LEI 6 and cover some architectural scenarios of how LEI 6 infrastructure could be implemented in a customer’s environment. We then provide detailed information on how to install and administer LEI 6, as well as how to migrate or upgrade from LEI 3.x to LEI 6. Tools, techniques and utilities for debugging activities are described in depth, for testing connectivity to relational databases and testing connection documents in the LEI Administrator. Working examples are provided to illustrate how to use the Advanced RealTime activities that are new in LEI 6. It also provides examples of some of the batch activities previously available in LEI 3.x such as a scripted activity and a replication activity. Finally, the book concludes with a discussion of the LC LSX, the LotusScript programming interface to the Lotus Connectors which lets you program any functionality you need that isn’t available through the LEI forms. Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.

This IBM Redbooks publication builds upon two existing Redbooks: Working with Sametime Client Toolkits, SG24-6666 and Working with the Sametime Community Server Toolkit, SG24-6667. Focusing on the latest toolkits available for IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Lotus Web Conferencing (Sametime) 3, it explores Sametime as a development platform, illustrating how to extend the functionality of Sametime beyond its more commonly known instant messaging and e-meeting hosting features. It provides a detailed technical discussion and examples for building and integrating Sametime real-time collaborative capabilities, presence awareness, and Web conferencing capabilities into both new and existing applications. In-depth discussions and code examples are provided for topics such as building custom bots, leveraging Sametime functionality through Web Services, and integrating Sametime into workflow applications. Additionally, this book reveals how you can customize (brand) your organization’s Sametime Meeting Center to more closely match the company’s identity. Finally, thorough analysis is given to the topics of Sametime Links and the Sametime Places architecture. Several samples of Sametime applications, with source code, are included. Ultimately, we hope this book will help you better appreciate how your organization may benefit by more effectively leveraging Sametime. Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.