CIOL.com: Suntel bids adieu to Microsoft, embraces IBM (migrating Exchange to Domino, adding Symphony and Sametime)

February 5 2009

Suntel is one of the main telcos in Sri Lanka, with 550,000 customers, and are adopting IBM Lotus Notes/Domino, Sametime, Symphony:

IBM announced today that Suntel, a Sri Lankan based telecommunications provider, has selected IBM Lotus software to create a collaborative environment to improve the way employees work together in any mode at any time, raising employee performance and cost-efficiency.

Suntel chose to move from Microsoft Exchange and Outlook to IBM Lotus suite of products because of flexibility, reliability and cost, said a press release.

Under the agreement signed in 2008, Suntel is deploying the enterprise-wide software consisting of Lotus Notes and Domino and Lotus Sametime for unified communications and collaboration and Lotus Symphony document, spreadsheet, and presentation tools to its employees, the release added.

Moving to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino from Microsoft Exchange and Outlook has reduced software licensing costs by about 50 per cent for Suntel. ...

"We are sure that IBM Lotus Notes and Domino solution will give us a secure and scalable collaboration environment for future growth and development at a lower cost of ownership," said Dr. Tariq Marikar, director, Product Development and CIO, Suntel Ltd.
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  1. 1  Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net | 2/5/2009 10:18:42 AM

    50% cost reduction....whoooo! Now we're in fighting mode.

    I guess the "we're smashing Windows" comment at LS09 really meant something.

  1. 2  Henning Heinz  | 2/5/2009 10:52:06 AM

    Good story and with about 1100 employees it is SMB too.

  1. 3  Bill Malchisky  | 2/5/2009 1:27:52 PM

    Thanks for posting, Ed. Good news indeed. The size will work for my clients too, as IBM does do SMB. Congrats to Team Lotus.

  1. 4  Henry Ferlauto http://www.geniusinside.com | 2/5/2009 2:50:02 PM

    These are the stories we've been eager to see. May there be many more of them. Congratulations to the team that put this deal together.

  1. 5  Rishi http://lotus-blogs.blogspot.com/ | 2/5/2009 8:49:08 PM

    Great news indeed.

  1. 6  James  | 2/6/2009 8:10:09 AM

    Any domino admin/development jobs over there in Sri Lanka? I hear the food is great, and the Maldives are so close.

    I guess this is good news for IBM but hard to get excited about, especially watching the US market share of lotus seemingly shrink away at the expense of exchange. Search the job boards and you'll find the majority of positions mentioning Lotus involve migrating away from it. Just an observation...

  1. 7  Barry  | 2/7/2009 8:59:38 AM

    Too bad our company didn't take that direction. We're in the start of a MS Strategy!

  1. 8  Mike Robinson http://www.invcs.com | 2/7/2009 9:25:30 AM

    @6 The shrinking is purely subjective it's not withering away as much as some would like you to think

  1. 9  mike  | 2/9/2009 4:46:41 AM

    One step forward, 100 steps back

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  1. 10  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 2/9/2009 6:12:10 AM

    @9 that's a procurement framework, not a commitment to migrate. Further, it's Windwows and Office.

    "The VSA, which expires in 2013, will provide government agencies with access to Microsoft's desktop professional software, including Microsoft Office and Windows Vista.

    According to Microsoft, the deal opens the door for agencies to purchase additional products under a pre-arranged pricing structure."

    Everybody in IT has to pay the Microsoft tax today. I hope the gov't of Australia has put together a deal to reduce their taxes.