1. An Overview of Lotus Notes/
Domino 8.5
by Nilabh Verma
(Assistant Manager - IT)

2. General Purpose Applications
• Mailing (Exchange, Qmail, Zimbra..)
• IM (AIM, Gtalk, Skype..)
• Database (SQL, Oracle..)
• Word Processor (MS-Office, Open Office..)
• Programming (Visual Studio, Java..)
• Website Hosting
• Social Networking (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin..)
• Conferencing
• Mobile Integration (iPhone, Blackberry..)
• Templates

3. Here are the Notes
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Lotus Notes/Domino is bundle of all of them.
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Works on Server-Client technology.
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Domino: Server
Notes: Client
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Notes has three applications:
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Administrator
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Designer
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Notes

4. History of Lotus Notes/Domino
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Start development from 1984 by IRIS Associates.
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Release 1 (1989): 25 users, Encryption, Signing, Dial-up, Lotus 123 spreadsheet,
email, DocLink, ACL, Replica.
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Release 2 (1991): 200 users, Rich text, Multiple address books & lookup in mail,
Forwarding documents, Large database.
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Release 3 (1993): Hierarchical format, Background/ Selective replication, support
for Apple/Mac, Server for Windows.
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Release 4 (1996): Lotus acquired IRIS, Programming, GUI for server admin, Built in
Internet, Enhance security.

5.  Release 4.5 (1996): IBM acquired Lotus, Domino came in,
Messaging, Calendering, Scheduling, To do, POP/SMTP
support, CC mail, HTML, Clustering, ECL, JAVA support, Web
support.
 Release 5 (1999): Directory services, Windows IIS support, Unix
support.
 Release 6 (2002): Welcome page, Agents, Better navigation/GUI,
Linux support.
 Release 6.5 (2003): Sametime, QuickPlace, iNotes, IMAP, SSL.
 Release 7 (2005): Websphare, 128 bit encryption, URL support in
chat.
 Release 8 (2007): Build on eclipse, Integrated word processing,
Integrated with Tivoli, Full web support.