It is a long time since Lotus Software, owned by IBM since 1995, dominated a market, their Lotus 123 product though was a great spreadsheet package that led to a step change in spreadsheet software and Lotus Notes later did the same. Lotus missed out though when Microsoft Office came along and dominated a market …
Can IBM XWork Server Change the World?
The IBM XWork server is an IBM Lotus Domino 8.5x server with an entirely different license approach, different packaging, and different branding (installer). If it’s basically the renamed IBM Domino server then why should small and medium size businesses look into the XWork server solution? First and foremost ,the IBM XWork server is IBM software …
IBM Smart Business Virtual Desktop
These days the modern know-how is focused on the Virtual Desktop technology undoubtedly towards the financial aspects of management and support of the business desktop infrastructure. Dealing with desktop computers can be progressively but avoidably difficult. This particular difficulty intends to overwhelm business owners once they really should be working on advancement as well as their primary firm business. Using the IBM Smarter Business, …
What Warren Buffett sees in IBM that others don’t
Great news for IBM as Warren Buffett’s company spends $10.7 billion to buy more than 5% of IBM’s stocks. That comes as a big surprise by the billionaire who till now has been reluctant to invest in high profile technology companies in the past. In his interview to CNBC Mr Buffett said “If you’re in some country around the world and …
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Is Lotus Notes Still Here to Stay?
What triggered my few nostalgic thoughts about Lotus Notes this evening was a blog post published in Nevermind.dk “Lotus Notes and Domino have been able to survive for 20 years, how?”. Once well known as Lotus Notes, a widely popular collaboration and email platform has been experiencing tough times during the past few years. It seems …