HCL Notes

What do you like best?

The platform allows for a high level of systems integration and process handling. Started with R5 and found that each release did not require heavy testing to ensure backwards compatibility. In fact, applications written in R5 still run unmodified in R11.

What do you dislike?

Licensing can be confusing and documentation is hard to find. As the product can do so many things it is hard to explain. While under IBM's rule, it became stagnant ( not keeping up with modern features ). HCL has done an excellent job so far in trying to correct this but documentation is still hard to come by or missing entirely ( release notes / fixes, etc ).

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Highly recommend looking into the systems integration side of things ( using services built into Domino like DECS ). Makes using the platform have a much higher ROI as you can easily pull information from external sources to provide employees with access to data.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Integration of various systems into a common user platform / interface. Offline connectivity is a bonus along with the ease to replicate applications between sites for continuity.

Web enabling applications has been a great benefit as well to assist in removing special client installation/setup requirements. The ability to run both in parallel allows for a smooth transition.