As Lotus celebrates its 20th anniversary, here are some facts, figures, and analyses about where Lotus is in the marketplace today.
Industry Facts
96 of Fortune 100 companies are Lotus customers
9 of the 9 largest U.S. Chemical companies are Lotus customers (S&P 500)
14 of the 15 largest worldwide Automobile manufacturers are Lotus customers (Business Week Global 1000 Listing)
14 of the 15 largest U.S. Banks are Lotus customers (S&P 500)
7 of the 7 largest US Aerospace & Defense companies are Lotus customers (S&P 500)
8 of the 10 largest U.S. Metals & Mining companies are Lotus customers (S&P 500)
5 of the top 7 US Daily Newspapers by Circulation are Lotus customers (Audit Bureau of Circulation)
9 of the largest 10 Healthcare/Pharmaceutical companies worldwide are Lotus customers (based on Business Week Global 1000 Listing)
9 of the largest 10 Management Consulting Firms worldwide are Lotus customers (IDC data)
Advanced collaboration
In a December 2001 Meta Group report, the firm strongly suggests that Domino shops critically analyze QuickPlace and Sametime as the preferred environment [for teamware and basic productivity-centric solutions] to reduce integration, leverage current infrastructure, and minimize cost issues.
Lotus Sametime has been installed within organizations across many industries, including financial services, law, government and high-technology. To date, Lotus Sametime is used by
7 out of the top 10 worldwide commercial banks
5 out of the top 10 worldwide automobile manufacturers
2 out of the top 5 worldwide diversified financial institutions
4 out of the top 10 U.S. pharmaceutical companies. (Updated Nov 2001)
In a Nov 6, 2001 report from Meta Group, the analyst firm states: "Lotus has long been aggressive in the collaboration market and consequently its Web conferencing/IM tool (Sametime) and its teamware tool (QuickPlace) are robust and increasingly become componentized and callable via Web services."
In a Oct 26, 2001 report from Meta Group, the analyst firm states, "At least 70% of portal implementers indicate they desire collaborative features in their portal, which gives IBM a competitive advantage, since Lotus provides the most complete collection of collaborative services available."
Messaging & wireless
Over 125 million licenses sold in 2005.
In a January 2002 report from Gartner Group, the analyst firm states "growing a large environment based on Exchange is difficult; doing it with Domino is significantly easier; expanding an environment based on a standards-based product is easiest of all. Most enterprises will find that they can meet their goals effectively without migrating off Lotus Notes-Domino."
According to a December 2001 Radicati Group study, Lotus had the lower first year cost of ownership for enterprise messaging compared to MS Exchange.
According to a December 2001 Radicati Group study, Lotus Notes/Domino customers can realize significant savings over MSFT Exchange in downtime cost, installation and configuration cost, and acquisition cost.
According to a December 2001 Radicati Group study, Lotus Domino customers have lower, more controllable downtime costs than those using Microsoft Exchange
In a Nov 6, 2001 report from Meta Group, the analyst firm states: "We believe Domino shops would be foolish to look elsewhere for their B2E and B2B mainstream next-generation collaboration requirements." "Exchange shops face a predicament: adopt the Microsoft next-generation products which provide suboptimal services, purchase a product from a vendor with dubious viability, or go with a stable vendor like IBM/Lotus, which is seen as the enemy by most Exchange shops." |