Domino is the best solution for Portals and Extranets
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Domino gives you the capabilities of modern cloud platforms with an affordable and predictable TCO. We stopped using Notes for mail-in 2017 and switched to outlook but we still use our Domino systems every day. We've looked at many options to migrate from Domino to SharePoint and Domino to teams but have never found anything that even approaches the functionality and versatility of Domino. In recent years, following HCL's reinvigoration of the product, we've abandoned attempts to move off the platform and have re-embraced it. It was a great decision. We use Domino for user (and guest) management and the Domino systems drive our O365 active directory. We used Domino for the development of specialist systems and for the general distribution of documents. We looked at SharePoint as an option for this but the open-ended nature of SharePoint and Teams resulted in those systems not being trusted by our customers. It's very easy to confirm that there are no users on our domino systems other than those we allow but it's not possible to do that on a borderless cloud solution such as Office 365. Domino is extremely cheap to build on and maintain. For example, some of the systems we developed in Azure had obsolete frameworks within a couple of years, but our Domino can easily be moved to modern frameworks with a minimum of effort.
Pros
- Security
- Total Cost of Ownership
- Compatibility (20+ year old applications continue to run with no issues)
- Upgrades - these are 30 minute tasks.
Cons
- Mail - It has improved but people want outlook, so we switched.
- Administration - there are so many settings that sometimes you get lost
Most Important Features
- Granular Security (including deep Nesting of Groups)
- Scalability
- Easy deployment of test facilities
- Compatibility with existing systems
Return on Investment
- Domino is far cheaper to run than Office 365.
- Management of Domino is far simpler than Office 365.
- Our ROI is incredible because we get templates developed and can reuse them.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft SharePoint, Azure SQL Database, Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams
Other Software Used
Microsoft 365, Adobe Acrobat DC, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Netskope Public Cloud Security
