Editing HCL Sametime (section)

==Platform support, APIs and application integration==
Because HCL Sametime is middleware, it supports application and business process integration. When within the context of real-time communications, this is often referred to{{by whom|date=January 2013}} as Communications Enabled Business Processes. Sametime integrates in either of two ways:

# by surfacing the application into an HCL Sametime [[Plug-in (computing)|plug-in]]
# by surfacing HCL Sametime capabilities into the target application

Some examples of integration between HCL Sametime and applications include:
* HCL's products including HCL Notes, HCL Domino applications, HCL Connections, HCL Quickr
* Microsoft office-productivity software including [[Microsoft Office]], [[Microsoft Outlook]], and [[Microsoft Sharepoint]]
* portal applications, including portals built with IBM [[WebSphere Portal]]
* web applications
* packaged enterprise applications
* embedded and client–server telephony applications

HCL Sametime Connect, the client component of HCL Sametime, is built on the [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]] platform, allowing developers familiar with the framework to easily write plug-ins for HCL Sametime. It uses a proprietary protocol named Virtual Places, but also offers support for standard protocols, including [[Session Initiation Protocol]] (SIP), [[SIMPLE (instant messaging protocol)|SIMPLE]], [[T.120]], [[Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol|XMPP]], and [[H.323]].

HCL Sametime Connect can run under [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]], and [[macOS]].  Also available are a zero-download web client for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari; mobile clients are also supported for Apple iPhone, [[Android (operating system)|Android]], Microsoft Windows Mobile, RIM Blackberry, and Symbian. The HCL Sametime server runs on Microsoft Windows, [[IBM AIX]], [[IBM i]] (formerly i5/OS), Linux and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]. Sametime can also be accessed using the [[free software]] [[Adium]], [[Gaim]], [[Pidgin (software)|Pidgin]], and [[Kopete]] clients.