Some Companies Moving Back to Notes

Eugen Tarnow  August 9 2011 04:16:06 PM

This fine blog post written by a Lotus Notes professional says a lot. I’ll sum it up in a few words: Lotus Notes has unique, broad capabilities, and some of the companies that migrated away are returning. For the community of Lotus Notes professionals and vendors, that’s what we want to hear. This software is still very much a force to be reckoned.

Consider “Lotus Notes Wants to Bloom Again,” from Forbes of India. It is relatively recent, written in 2010, and it discusses demand for Lotus Notes in general and in India, suggesting that Lotus Notes is making a comeback from when Microsoft Exchange took serious chunks of its market share. I particularly appreciated the mention of a five-million increase in the user base. Think about it. In these rough times, there’s an upward trend.

The craziest thing abut that article, though, is the very fact that it is from Forbes, which has published a number of condescending anti-Lotus-Notes articles in the past. Take for example “More Bad News for Lotus Notes” and “IBM in Denial Over Lotus Notes” from 2005 or even “The Decline and Fall of Lotus Notes” from 1998. The 2010 article is still condescending, but at least it has a positive spin.

I mentioned India prior. Asia is certainty growing, and that may be where Lotus Notes really finds new momentum. To understand the scope of the Lotus Notes’s user base, try searching for Lotus Notes administrators on Linkedin because you’ll see not only a massive, but truly global contingent of people.

For the ReduceMail Pro team, however, which is on New York time, trying to service Asian clients may lead to untraditional sleep schedules. Any company deserves the opportunity to look at ReduceMail Pro regardless of season, time, or place.  

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