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About Lotus Domino

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IBM Lotus Domino

Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation’s client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an application server for Lotus Notes applications and/or as a web server. It also has a built-in database system in the format of NSF. From release 7, Domino server can use DB2 system as its backend database.

Lotus Domino products

  • Lotus Domino
    • Collaboration Express
    • Enterprise Server
    • Messaging Express
    • Messaging Server
    • Utility Express
    • Utility Server
  • Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook
  • Lotus Domino Administrator Client
  • Lotus Domino Designer Client
  • Lotus Domino Document Manager (formerly Domino.Doc)
  • Lotus Domino Everyplace
  • Lotus Domino Unified Communications
  • Lotus Domino Web Access (IBM Lotus iNotes since 2008)
    • Full Mode
    • Lite Mode (for slow connections, available since 8.0.1)
    • Ultralite Mode (for Safari browser on Apple iPhone, available since 8.0.2)
  • Lotus Notes Traveler

Lotus Domino services

The Lotus Domino server can provide multiple services. The core services include:

  • Email server (supporting Lotus Notes, POP3, IMAP, web browser and Outlook clients and SMTP support)
  • Applications server (the Lotus Notes client provides the runtime)
  • Web server (Lotus Notes data or other surfaced via a web browser)
  • Database server (Notes Storage Facility)
  • Directory server (LDAP)

Add-ins to the Lotus Domino server can provide the following details:

  • Data integration (LEI)
  • Instant messaging and Web conferencing (IBM Sametime)
  • Document management (Domino Document Manager)
  • Collaboration space (Domino Quickplace)
  • Mobile application server (Domino Everyplace)
  • Mobile “Push” synchronization to Handheld devices – Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks (Lotus Notes Traveler)

Versions

Lotus Domino products are released simultaneously with Lotus Notes client products of the same version.