Microsoft target to lure IBM’s Lotus Notes users
Microsoft today said the plans to offer a variety of data analysis and Tools transferred aim of luring customers of rival IBM Lotus Notes e – mail system software that allows your own business and collaborate on projects via the Web.
Both Microsoft and IBM are vying for supremacy in the $ 2800 million Tor organizations with collaboration tools such as e – mail and electronic calendar and Web publishing project management.
Each company wants to have the leading role in determining how Web services will work together in the future.
Analysts agree that Microsoft has added momentum in more than a decade old battle between Exchange and Lotus Notes to win the lion’s share of the market e – mail the company.
But IBM will ask redefine the competition by investing in a new set of Web – based collaboration tools known as IBM Workplace in an effort to revive the strength of those organizations to change Microsoft.
To encourage customers. Lotus software to change the platform of Microsoft, Microsoft said it will offer customers a tool to identify and most of them use Software sharing.
In addition to 30 existing application templates Microsoft also plans to offer three new Windows SharePoint Services that are similar to the popular program in Lotus.
Analysis of Gartner Inc, said Matt Cain Microsoft has been expanding market share over the past year by a few. Percent every year, and he expects that trend to be outstanding position on the Microsoft desktop PC.
“Microsoft will be more aggressive last year. It is quite some time for the company as a whole to recognize that there are important opportunities here” Cain said.
July report by the Radicati Group, Inc. expects Microsoft Exchange, server software behind Microsoft Outlook, was on track to have 126 million in 2005 compared to the IBM Domino server software underlying Notes, which is expected to have 88 million customers.
In market share, Microsoft has 32% of the 389 million people use e-mail and collaboration software, while IBM has about 24%, Radicati said.
Radicati estimates that by 2009 the number of users to Microsoft Exchange is 200 million or 37% of the enterprise market.
IBM Domino / The Notes will sink to 68 million or 13% of the market, while software running IBM New to grow 35 million or 6.5% of the market, meaning all shares of IBM is approximately 20% of the global market.
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sharepoint is not that great