Collaboration systems are key to Lotus future

摘要

Delegates at the annual Lotu-sphere conference in Orlando this week face important questions about the future direction of the IBM-owned Lotus Notes and Domino e-mail platforms. Microsoft Exchange is the world's most popular e-mail server and continues to increase its market share, but Lotus still has a large installed user base. Analyst firm Butler Group estimates that Lotus is run in 59% of companies, compared with 64% of firms that use Microsoft Exchange. Some companies run both systems, said Butler.