"We are eagerly awaiting the release of 8.5.1 and are planning
to roll-out the new client shortly after it ships."
Dale Sinstead, Pioneer Petroleums
"xPages restores faith in the platform's future. It shows the way and again proves that Domino is not a closed environment."
Kjetil Andenas, Symfoni Software AS
"Lotus Notes 8.5.1 is a unique platform for Notes, web and Eclipse applications."
- Bram Withaar, e-office
The results are in - IBM® Lotus Notes® and Domino® 8.5.1 is winning rave reviews from early adopters. Now your business can experience the unique benefits delivered in this exciting new release.
Easy and elegant for developers
Join the leaders! The expansive Lotus Notes and Domino developer network of vast insight and expertise - over 280,000 developers strong, and with over 10 million Lotus Notes applications - is poised to grow even larger with Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 software.
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Easily extend Lotus Domino application development to all your developers, and break down barriers to collaborative business applications, with freely available Lotus Domino Designer software.
With Lotus Domino Designer freely available, IBM is inviting Web, Java and other developers to use their skills and see how easy it is to create applications for Lotus Notes and Domino software. This opens the door for an entirely new set of developers to join the Lotus Notes and Domino community, and will help increase the already vast number of solutions available to you.
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- Deployment of applications built with Lotus Domino Designer software to a Lotus Domino server requires the purchase of the new Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) offering for all accessing users. Existing Lotus Domino Designer customers will be migrated to this new offering at the time of Software Subscription and Support renewal.
- Create compelling Web 2.0 applications quickly for browser, rich client, and mobile device access, while writing little code, using XPages technology. Your Web developers can quickly create Lotus Domino applications. And as XPages is now the defacto architectural standard in Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1, your developers can write applications once, and deploy to all clients - saving development time.
- Build on the premier Eclipse platform, and choose from a wide variety of widgets and open source reusable assets from the online OpenNTF collaborative community. OpenNTF boasts over 64,000 members and is growing by 750 new members a month, offering you a rich and dynamic repository of readily available productivity tools.
- Accelerate the development of composite applications, and transform Lotus Notes into your productivity dashboard, with out-of-the-box integration of your existing, 3rd party and partner assets. No longer do developers need to write custom code to bring together existing resources, such as Lotus Notes and Web applications, and IBM Host on Demand, into a cohesive and productive interface. Out-of-the box integration helps bring all these assets and more together - quickly.
Easy to buy collaboration
Today's work is mobile. People are working at all points around the globe, and they move around every day. To maintain productivity, they need to collaborate and access applications through many different types of clients devices.
With Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1, IBM has made it easier for you to determine the Lotus Domino client technology to purchase. These new purchasing options align with how people work rather than the tools they need to complete their work. It's simple - you choose the collaboration capabilities your users need, and select one of two new IBM offerings that provides them. That's it.
Accelerate time to business value
Lotus Notes and Domino software helps you get your work done fast. It connects you to the universe of people and information that surround your personal and professional life, no matter where they reside in the enterprise or across the Internet.
Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 software delivers new features help you easily manage meetings invitations, incorporate external calendars, and maintain control over the email that is delivered to your inbox. You can access email through a wide variety of browsers and mobile devices, such as Apple iPhone. And you can enjoy a seamless experience with professional resources such as Tripit and Linkedin.
Explore new features in Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 in the Notes Design Blog
Virtually everything you need to get work done and stay in control is available to you within Lotus Notes and Domino software. Quite simply, it "knows" what you need to know, and when you need it. Discover it for yourself today.
And you can take control of your email through integration with Lotus Protector for Mail Security 2.5 software, allowing users to manage personal allow and block lists right within the Lotus Notes 8.5.1 inbox.
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