Duffbert's Random Musings :: Finally, someone building tools to migrate *TO* Notes *FROM* Sharepoint!

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From InformationWeek: The Weekly Watch On Content Management

Well, isn't *this* a pleasant change!

Here's one from the "I'm not sure if I can beat 'em" file. Mainsoft, an IBM partner, will soon release its SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes.

According to a company spokesperson, the software gives users point-and-click access to SharePoint content, including Word documents, Excel worksheets, and PowerPoint presentations, all from a Notes-driven sidebar. Mainsoft says Notes users also can store updated documents within SharePoint sites. And I got a kick out of the PR firm's pitch, if for nothing more than its attempt to balance things a bit delicately.

"For enterprise IT, replacing multimillion dollar Lotus Notes/Domino infrastructures with a Microsoft stack is a highly political, costly project. Migrating from SharePoint to Quickr is one option, though SharePoint fans oppose it."

Wouldn't it be fun to get our hands on this and see if it's better than Red Bull at going the other direction? :)

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Comments

1 - This appears to be a coexistence strategy that allows fairly tight integration of data stored in SharePoint with the Notes 8 Client rather than a migration strategy from SharePoint to Domino.

However politically, it might open opportunities that are not currently open to us with a strategy of installing Quickr over a SharePoint Content Management repository.

The overlap of SharePoint and Quickr is far too great for the comfort of some SharePoint fans.

Posted by Ian Randall At 23:18:42 On 27/04/2008 | - Website - |

2 - Lotus Quickr Content Integrator will allow you to migrate or coexist with Microsoft Sharepoint, Public Folders, Teamrooms, and Document Management Libraries(domino.doc).

Didn't know if you were aware of this product, but thought I would mention it.

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Posted by Bill Dorge At 06:47:10 On 28/04/2008 | - Website - |

3 - Mainsoft is a good partner of both Microsoft and IBM. The Mainsoft offering is a co-existence play, utilizing Lotus Notes as an alternate interface into Sharepoint. The data still resides in Sharepoint and all of the underlying Microsoft licenses are required for the users (in addition to the IBM and Mainsoft licenses). This is a good option where there is a desire to have a Microsoft content repository and Lotus messaging infrastructure. Other solutions are available from IBM (Quickr Content Integrator) and the big brother to the QCI, ecKnowledge from Casahl (www.casahl.com). The repository is important for mid and long-term value.

Posted by Daniel Lieber At 09:55:43 On 28/04/2008 | - Website - |