What Is IBM's Direction for Domino and WebSphere? With the move of so many products in the WebSphere direction, it is natural to ask, "What will happen to Domino in the long run?" Ambuj Goyal, the head of Lotus, recently answered this way, "We have a huge user base on Notes and Domino. They would like us to move them forward. They would like Notes to become a portal client, in addition to being an e-mail, instant messaging, and collaboration client. For Domino applications, we are saying we could deliver applications in any rich client or Web browser ”not only through Notes. I can move (the base) forward by continuing to build on client-server technology. I would rather move them forward by building on open standards that every browser and device is using. I'd rather I didn't have to invest in developing the infrastructure element over and over again." Because Domino continues to excel as a communication, content, and collaboration solution, and WebSphere continues to excel for Web sites needing high transactions, massive scalability and the power of J2EE, the advantages of combining the strengths of these two products will increase and not decrease over the next few years . The best ways to combine the strengths of Lotus Domino along with the other Lotus Collaboration products and the WebSphere products are described throughout this book. |
