IBMs groupware package offers a built in web server. The server component is commonly refered to as Lotus Domino. This part of the software communicates with your installed
A common use these days is to have your mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android, Nokia S60, Windows Mobile) connected to the server part.
Only a few software title that have been introduced in the year 1989 as version 1.0 are
still available on the rapidly changing software market.
Currently we are at version number 8.5.3.
Big Blue is selling the client server groupware platform in two parts:
There are quite a few definitions out there. A good source is Wikipedia. Please refer to their article about the software to find out more.
There are many platforms out there that claim to implement groupware these days.
One of first systems on the market was Lotus Notes/Domino. It’s still available and it has defined the category for this kind of software.
If you decided to use that system in the past, you did it right: It’s still there, fully supported by IBM. All your investments in this platform are save. The system platform is even now evolving as a rapid prototyping framework for the Web 2.0 world. if you need something not build in you can develop custom applications or get others do that for you.
New features get implemented in new releases all the time. This adds value for your business. Automatically. Your people do not need to change their way they work too much. Notes Applications will adopt to what you need. They evolve into something fitting better into your business.
There is even a new paradigm available to use it in new projects: XPages gives Notes Domino developers a new way to be highly productive using the Notes/Domino system. Besides the standard built in features like mail, calendar, contacts and to do’s, new ways of working together can be implemented.