Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the IBM Lotus Sametime Standard 8 for Cisco® Unified Communications. The last day to order the affected product(s) is February 5, 2010. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the IBM Lotus Sametime Standard 8 for Cisco Unified Communications
Milestone
Definition
Date
End-of-Life Announcement Date
The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.
August 7, 2009
End-of-Sale Date
The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.
February 5, 2010
Last Ship Date:
App. SW
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
May 6, 2010
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date:
App. SW
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.
February 5, 2011
End of New Service Attachment Date:
App. SW
For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.
February 5, 2011
End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
App. SW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
May 3, 2012
Last Date of Support:
App. SW
The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.
February 4, 2013
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by this Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
Replacement Product Part Number
Replacement Product Description
CUWL-ST8-KIT
IBM Lotus Sametime Standard 8 for Cisco Unified Comm SW Kit
See Product Migration Options section for details.
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator,Cisco Unified Presence
CUWL-ST8-NFR
IBM Lotus Sametime Std 8 for Cisco UC Not For Resale 50 Usr
See Product Migration Options section for details.
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator,Cisco Unified Presence
CUWL-ST8-RTU
IBM Lotus Sametime Standard 8 for Cisco Unif Comm RightToUse
See Product Migration Options section for details.
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator,Cisco Unified Presence
CUWL-ST8-USR
IBM Lotus Sametime Standard 8 for Cisco Unified Comm Usr Lic
See Product Migration Options section for details.
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator,Cisco Unified Presence
Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and Cisco Unified Presence, both of which are included in Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing and covered under the associated Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription. Note that Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing was a required element of purchasing IBM Lotus Sametime Standard 8 for Cisco Unified Communications. Information about Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and Cisco Unified Presence can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6844/index.html and http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6837/index.html.
This notice does not apply to Cisco Unified Communications integrations with IBM Lotus Sametime, which are collections of plug-ins that can be used with IBM Lotus Sametime purchased from IBM or one of its partners. Information about these integrations is available at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9830/index.html.
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.
