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That's how it feels with Sametime in the last few months. Going from a product that felt like it was on life support at one point and the next SmartSuite, Sametime has gone through a bit of a resurgence at IBM and it's all goodness for customers and partners that are heavily vested in Sametime like my company Instant Technologies.

In the last few months we have gone from maybe one or two developworks articles a year, to maybe one or two in a month, it really is great! I do have a small worry that IBM believes future Sametime applications are only going to be plug-ins, but as IBMers build more and more plug-ins I beleive they will realize the value and importance of the other toolkits.

If you haven't seen them then here are a few of the recent developerworks articles around Sametime.

Taking a tour of the new features and technology in IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 Examine the architectural and design changes planned for IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5, including a new Connect client, a new Web conferencing UI, policies, click to call, click to chat, A/V integration, and a new SIP solution to connect to external ...

Designing a Google Maps plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5 Find where your Sametime partners are by using the Locate Partner plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5. This plug-in uses Google Maps technology to locate a Sametime partner and to provide directions to your partner's location.

Extending IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5 with an SMS messaging plug-in Learn how to extend the new Eclipse-based IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5 client by building an SMS messaging plug-in that allows you to send Short Message Service (SMS) text messages directly from your Lotus Sametime client to a Sametime partner's ...

A tour of the IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 toolkits Get an overview of the toolkits available in the IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 Software Development Kit (SDK). This article covers the Lotus Sametime Connect toolkit, Links toolkit, Java toolkit, Telephony Conferencing Service Provider Interface (TCSPI) ...

Extending the Lotus Sametime client with an LDAP directory lookup plug-in Get a headstart on IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 development! Extend the new Eclipse-based Lotus Sametime 7.5 Connect client and learn how to build an LDAP directory plug-in to retrieve contact information.

Extending IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5 Get an introduction to plug-in development with IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 using the Lotus Sametime Connect Software Development Kit (SDK). Learn about the new Sametime architecture based on Eclipse and IBM WebSphere Everyplace Deployment. See the sample ...

Discover location awareness in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 No matter where you are IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5 can find you with its new location awareness feature. Learn about the server-side and client-side mechanisms for location awareness and get a peak at a plug-in that uses location data to bring you local ...

Developing a location awareness plug-in for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect V7.5 Once you understand the location awareness feature in IBM Lotus Sametime V7.5, you can use it along with the Lotus Sametime Software Development Kit (SDK) to create a plug-in that displays local weather for a selected Sametime partner.

Keep it up IBM, great job!