IBM claims momentum for Lotus Notes
Category IBM/Lotus Lotusphere2009
From Computerworld: IBM claims momentum for Lotus Notes
A number of interesting tidbits in this article from Computerworld:
IBM claims momentum for Lotus Notes Ahead of its annual Lotusphere conference next week, IBM Corp. claimed that its Lotus Notes collaboration software is starting to turn the tide against its bigger rival, Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange.
In a statement released today, IBM said it has 145 million Notes licensees worldwide, up almost 4% from the 140 million licensees IBM reported last year.
In the 15 months lading up to Sept. 30 last year, IBM won more than 12,000 organizations and companies as first-time customers, many of them former users of Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, it said.
It's been awhile since I've seen seat numbers quoted. Good, bad, or otherwise, it's one of the few ways you can show growth beyond general financials or antidotal evidence.
IBM also claimed in its statement that "a number of customers that Microsoft had previously announced would migrate to Exchange are now stalling or abandoning those plans."
An IBM spokesman declined to name those companies. However, companies that IBM described in its release as "new wins" over Microsoft include Southern California Edison, Nationwide, Global Hyatt Corp., CEMEX, 3M, State Bank of India, The Hartford, Banco do Brazil, and, most prominently, The Coca-Cola Company.
Coca-Cola's executives will be featured at the Lotusphere conference in Orlando talking about their experience running Notes for more than 200,000 employees worldwide, according to the spokesman.
Coca-Cola is the global parent company to 51 subsidiaries, including U.S.-based Coca-Cola Enterprises, which switched to Microsoft's Exchange Online services for its 70,000 employees last spring.
I'm *very* interested to hear the Coke story, as this is one of those "migration" stories touted by Microsoft. Some clarity here will prove enlightening.
Third-party estimates show Exchange topping Notes, though they range from "easily" to "with difficulty." Ferris Research's survey found Exchange's installed base at 65% and Notes holding 10%. IDC pegs Exchange at 52% versus Notes' 38%, while Gartner Inc. saw a tighter battle, with Exchange, 48%, against Notes40%.
This is the "otherwise" when it comes to license/seat counts. Unless you know the methodology behind the methods used by the firms, you can draw just about any conclusion you want from these estimates. Microsoft will tout Ferris, IBM will tout Gartner. And a certain analyst who knows blogs are dead isn't quoted... hmmmm... (no link on purpose). :)
And at the end of the article, it appears that the Exchange 14 "is being tested" story from earlier in the week will be the Lotusphere spoiler this year...
From Computerworld: IBM claims momentum for Lotus Notes
A number of interesting tidbits in this article from Computerworld:
IBM claims momentum for Lotus Notes Ahead of its annual Lotusphere conference next week, IBM Corp. claimed that its Lotus Notes collaboration software is starting to turn the tide against its bigger rival, Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange.
In a statement released today, IBM said it has 145 million Notes licensees worldwide, up almost 4% from the 140 million licensees IBM reported last year.
In the 15 months lading up to Sept. 30 last year, IBM won more than 12,000 organizations and companies as first-time customers, many of them former users of Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, it said.
It's been awhile since I've seen seat numbers quoted. Good, bad, or otherwise, it's one of the few ways you can show growth beyond general financials or antidotal evidence.
IBM also claimed in its statement that "a number of customers that Microsoft had previously announced would migrate to Exchange are now stalling or abandoning those plans."
An IBM spokesman declined to name those companies. However, companies that IBM described in its release as "new wins" over Microsoft include Southern California Edison, Nationwide, Global Hyatt Corp., CEMEX, 3M, State Bank of India, The Hartford, Banco do Brazil, and, most prominently, The Coca-Cola Company.
Coca-Cola's executives will be featured at the Lotusphere conference in Orlando talking about their experience running Notes for more than 200,000 employees worldwide, according to the spokesman.
Coca-Cola is the global parent company to 51 subsidiaries, including U.S.-based Coca-Cola Enterprises, which switched to Microsoft's Exchange Online services for its 70,000 employees last spring.
I'm *very* interested to hear the Coke story, as this is one of those "migration" stories touted by Microsoft. Some clarity here will prove enlightening.
Third-party estimates show Exchange topping Notes, though they range from "easily" to "with difficulty." Ferris Research's survey found Exchange's installed base at 65% and Notes holding 10%. IDC pegs Exchange at 52% versus Notes' 38%, while Gartner Inc. saw a tighter battle, with Exchange, 48%, against Notes40%.
This is the "otherwise" when it comes to license/seat counts. Unless you know the methodology behind the methods used by the firms, you can draw just about any conclusion you want from these estimates. Microsoft will tout Ferris, IBM will tout Gartner. And a certain analyst who knows blogs are dead isn't quoted... hmmmm... (no link on purpose). :)
And at the end of the article, it appears that the Exchange 14 "is being tested" story from earlier in the week will be the Lotusphere spoiler this year...
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Can I pass it off as trying to blog at 4:30 am? :)
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