Can IBM Take On Google, Microsoft With iNotes?

CWmike writes to mention that IBM has launched LotusLive iNotes, a system designed to compete with GMail and Exchange that offers email, calendaring, and contact management. "Pricing starts at $3 per user per month, undercutting Google Apps Premier Edition, which costs $50 per user per year. IBM is aiming the software at large enterprises that want to migrate an on-premise e-mail system to SaaS (software as a service), particularly for users who aren't tied to a desk, such as retail workers. It is also hoping to win business from smaller companies interested in on-demand software but with concerns about security and service outages, such as those suffered by Gmail in recent months. LotusLive iNotes is based on technology IBM purchased from the Hong Kong company Outblaze."

SaaS? Try SoaS!

[RingDev]

Lotus Notes is closer to Shit on a Shingle than it is a service.

-Rick

Oooh! I Have a Slogan For Them!

[Greyfox]

"All the stability of a Microsoft Product, All the User Friendliness of Lotus Notes!"

I'm sure it'll be an instant hit!

Re:If LotusLive iNotes is in any way based on

[Anonymous Coward]

I keep an XP virtual machine solely for Lotus Notes. When I turn on my computer, It takes less time to resume the VM than it does to start up Lotus Notes fresh. Also, when Lotus Notes crashes (which we know it *never* does) I don't have to restart my computer to coax it into working again.

And if that doesn't work...

[Chris Mattern]

...we'll call it eLotusLive iNotes. Dot com.

Re:If LotusLive iNotes is in any way based on

[PotatoFarmer]

At least it has rock-solid stability and a highly intuitive user interface going for it. For example, if I just tab over to Notes and hit Shift-CTRL-F9, it will automati

Re:Bwahahhahahahahah

[NoYob]

I can't help but have this image of you at work, hair a mess with several days worth of beard growth, wearing a bathrobe and bunny slippers, walking around with a coffee cup with god knows what in it, and answering technical questions with Shakespearean quotes. They won't fire you because they can't find anyone else and they're not sure if you have a WMD planted somewhere in the city.

Fave Lotus Notes feature

[British]

The "you have new email" icon looks more like you have a new burrito waiting. Seriously, who designed this thing? It still looks like the Lotus Notes I used back in '95 with the primitive looking GUI.

Re:It's about Local Control

[trevorrowe]

I'm down with OPS. Yah, you know me.

Re:If LotusLive iNotes is in any way based on

[karlssberg]

Talk about flogging a dead horse. Email is dead, long live the Wave!!!