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HCL Sametime vs Oracle Communications Unified Communications comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

HCL Sametime
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (19th)
Oracle Communications Unifi...
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Unified Communications (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

HCL Sametime and Oracle Communications Unified Communications aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. HCL Sametime is designed for Virtual Meetings and holds a mindshare of 0.5%, down 0.6% compared to last year.
Oracle Communications Unified Communications, on the other hand, focuses on Unified Communications, holds 2.4% mindshare, up 1.6% since last year.
Virtual Meetings
Unified Communications
 

Featured Reviews

Bogdan Chechlowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Stable product, communicate very fast and allows to see who's online in the office or work environment
It was used for communication through text messages, primarily Being able to see who was online and communicate very fast was a good feature.  The security was quite good. However, when we tried to implement it for email at a high level, we had to use another solution, FortiMail Gateway. I view…
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HCL Sametime?
I view it as part of HCL Notes and Domino, and my opinion is similar to those products. It lacks some features compared to modern solutions. For example, it doesn't allow sending screenshots or oth...
What is your primary use case for HCL Sametime?
It was used for communication through text messages, primarily.
What advice do you have for others considering HCL Sametime?
Overall, it was quite good. I would rate it an eight out of ten. It's a better product than some others from HCL, but overall, I wouldn't recommend it, given the availability of superior alternatives.
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Also Known As

Lotus Sametime, IBM Lotus Sametime
Oracle Communications IMS Infrastructure
 

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Sample Customers

Connect2Cloud, Superior Group, Daifuku Co. Ltd., Seaward, The City of Fort Worth, Christian Brothers Services, Berlitz, Deutsche Notes User Group, Danske Fysioterapeuter, Slumberland, La Vacanza, Rheinmetall AG
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