Gartner: IBM´s Workplace Strategy Gains Credibility at Lotusphere

January 28 2005

Gartner's "First take" on Lotusphere news is posted, and available to all (not just subscribers):

During 2004, most Gartner client inquiries about Workplace were about IBM's Workplace strategy -- in particular, what it meant for established Lotus Notes and Domino investments. IBM's lack of a clear strategic message created this concern.

Based on feedback Gartner analysts collected at the event from more than 100 users and business partners, we believe IBM's refinements in both Lotus Notes and Domino and Workplace strategy and messages have eased most Lotus Notes and Domino customers' concerns -- perhaps a bit too much. Lotus Notes and Domino customers still need to understand Workplace technology, and IBM still needs to communicate its Workplace message to its Lotus Notes and Domino customers, most of whom were not at the event. ...

By 2007, potential IBM Workplace customers will view it as a successful new product family (0.6 probability).

Recommendations:

Technology buyers: Evaluate IBM's role-based, vertical-market-focused and starter-kit versions of Workplace.

Lotus Notes and Domino customers: Stay the course. An immediate migration anywhere makes little sense if your Lotus Notes and Domino investment was justified in the first place.
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  1. 1  Eric Parsons startingblockcomputing.com | 1/28/2005 5:35:31 PM

    Stay the Course.... (a loud resounding) YES!

  1. 2  Randall Shimizu  | 1/28/2005 6:19:59 PM

    IBM has done a fairly good job of communicating the future of Notes and Workplace. But Lotus needs to spend a lot more time refining it's message about the various Workplace and Domino products. A lot of the marketing is too partner focused.

    Even now I am forced to go back and review various slides and presentations to remember all the products and their roadmaps.

  1. 3  mugadafino  | 1/30/2005 10:52:02 AM

    So if I already have Notes and Domino - Do I also need workplace ?

  1. 4  Chris Whisonant  | 1/30/2005 12:16:52 PM

    No, you do not need workplace along with Notes and Domino.

  1. 5    | 1/30/2005 2:09:45 PM

    @3 No, you don't "need" it but you might well "want" it.

  1. 6  Nathan T. Freeman  | 1/31/2005 2:24:03 AM

    @3, if you continue extending your Notes/Domino investment, you eventually *have* Workplace. I can't understand why this isn't clear to people now. Notes 8 is the premium Workplace client. Workplace will encompass Notes/Domino applications. You might not have the portal as such, but all the other elements will be part of your infrastructure.

  1. 7  David Racicot  | 1/31/2005 3:19:13 PM

    This is awesome. Does anyone know what Gartner is saying about MicroVapourSoft?

  1. 8  David Racicot  | 2/2/2005 2:14:54 PM

    Ok. I'll ask again...

    1. does anyone know of any honest/real/based on actual products Exchange predictions (Gartner?).

    2. what do the Lotus crystal ball people see for a market penetration percentage for Lotus Notes / Exchange in 2005/06? Anyone? Let's start predicting.