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Workplace nomenclature will be downplayed; Role of IBM Software brands in SOA-building will be touted.

The new SameTime 7.5 release, with newly open APIs and an Eclipse-based programming environment make it easier for integration partners to develop plugins and tie real-time communication into other applications, some said. That inter-application communication is the heart and soul of the SOA movement.

"Before this release, [the SameTime Connect client] was very closed.There were no interfaces for third parties so with each new release, we basically had to hack," said Carl Tyler, CTO of Instant Technologies, a Durham, N.H.-based real-time technology specialist

"Now, because it's Eclipse-based, it's very easy to build plug ins, to add toolbars. For a third party, it's fantastic," he added..