Notes wins big

I see in Computerworld that US Bank has select Notes and is throwing out Exchange.

They will convert all 58,000 users to Notes 8.5, and adding Sametime, Quciker and Connections.   They will have the migration done by 2010, that's quick.  I know 1 large international supermarket chain, that 4 years down the road, is still trying to convert 3,000 users from Notes to Exchange.  There bill for new hardware is massive, but the bill to replace the Notes software applications that they were running runs into millions and I don't mean Baht.

Companies get blinded to the fact that the MS platform, is very hardware hungry  and only does e-mail.  If you want to add on to that IM, applications, collaboration and work flow.  You have to purchase much new server software, such as Sharepoint, SQL server and others.  All this to do what you can do with 2 Domino servers, 1 for Notes and 1 for Sametime.  Remember that the cost of Sametime IM is included in the Notes cost. 

Look at the costs involved of a migration from Notes to Exchange.  Then look at the other way around.  Its just so much cheaper to move from Exchange to Notes.

Oh by the way Exchange, sharepoint etc. do not have any built in workflow.  Notes does, right out the box there is workflow there.

Some other really big companies have moved to Notes 8.5 including HSBC Bank and Colgate-Palmolive and now US Bank.  There will be many more as IT managers stop listening to Richmond's, blatant lies and actually start doing there job and look at the FULL costs of the platform.

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