Microsoft CRM and IBM Lotus Notes Domino seem to be taking completely different paths and if company is Microsoft oriented - we see MS CRM, MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, SharePoint, etc. In the case of Lotus Domino - it is opposite - Lotus is corporate Information Media and could technically play CRM role with internal messaging coming through Lotus Domino server. However realities of modern corporation give us multiple examples when Microsoft CRM and Lotus Domino should coexist in compromise. There are several reasons why corporation doesn't like to stick to one platform:
1. Balancing several platforms not to be trapped to the one-vendor solution. Imagine, that you placed all the eggs into one basket and then this basket went into the trouble (lawsuit, bankruptcy, mismanagement, hostile takeover - to name a few in the life of the modern American corporation)
2. Legacy-dependence. If your corporation uses such product as Lotus Notes/Domino for 10 plus years - you can expect that majority of documents are stored in the Lotus databases. Just conversion of this legacy database is multi-million dollars project. And again - we could not predict the future accurately - who will win or lose - IBM or Microsoft - or maybe they will merge
3. Procedures and flowcharts. Nowadays corporation works and builds its business model around computer business system, consider things like users training, functional flowcharts/diagrams, reporting to investors, IDE with company vendors and customer. And we'd dare to say that these things are computer application platform dependent (even being designed in the heads of corporation founding leaders as abstract business processes - then they were placed into the computer platform and had to fit to its pluses and minuses)
Considering these arguments and having multiple requests from Microsoft Business Solutions and directly from our prospects and customer, we have realized the connector, which allows Microsoft CRM use Lotus Domino email server with similar messaging functionality as Microsoft Exchange 2003/2000 Microsoft CRM Exchange connector needs to be installed and its DLL based functionality is superceded by our own DLL, which communicates with Lotus Domino server via Java Agents
You can always have us help you with the integration and customization. Call us: 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918.
Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies ? USA nationwide Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Great Plains customization company, serving clients in Chicago, California, Texas, New York, Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Florida, Canada, UK, Australia, South Africa and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ), he is Dexterity, SQL, C#.Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer.
Mokena prom limo .. Lockport Chicago limo O’HareWriting software manuals is boring, isn't it? We often think:... Read More
What is Software?Software is a set of instruction written to... Read More
Former Great Plains Software Dynamics/eEnterprise and currently Microsoft Business Solutions... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Small Business Manager is Great Plains Dexterity... Read More
GroupwareThe internet is full of 1.5 million to 7 million... Read More
If you're online using a dialup Internet connection, you'll probably... Read More
What is RAID RECOVERY?RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive... Read More
Looking at all the ads which promise to get rid... Read More
Think of this, first we had the HAM Radio, then... Read More
An operating system (abbreviated OS) is essentially the path through... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains is now targeting large and midsize businesses... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Solomon and Axapta are Microsoft Business... Read More
Corporate ERP/MRP selection might be tough one, especially considering very... Read More
This article illustrates the best practices to improve the performance... Read More
If your company has regional and worldwide operations, you might... Read More
In part III of this ISDN primer, we learned that... Read More
It would be easy to think, like most people apparently... Read More
Which Type of Shop Can Rely On A Home Built... Read More
Most computer users use spreadsheets software such as Microsoft Excel... Read More
Most people understand that the "hardware" part of their computer... Read More
In the case when you represent mid-size or mid-size-to-large business,... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies... Read More
Vince Lombardi once said that, "The achievements of an organization... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains and Microsoft Retail Management System (Microsoft RMS)... Read More
It's all about turn times in the eMedia industry! The... Read More
Mokena Chicago limo O'Hare ..Bill of Lading is required report for Logistics and Freight... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains is main mid-market application from Microsoft Business... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains is one of three Microsoft Business Solutions... Read More
How many steps does it take you to locate and... Read More
Adware is a type of Spyware program that displays some... Read More
Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular,... Read More
... Read More
Now there are Three Steps To Heaven Just listen and... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains has several options to enable... Read More
So, you've bought a new Macintosh, and now you may... Read More
Passwords protect your most sensitive personal, financial and business information.... Read More
Microsoft CRM is CRM answer from Microsoft Business Solutions.The whole... Read More
Microsoft CRM and IBM Lotus Notes Domino seem to be... Read More
The Microsoft system preparation utility for Windows 2000 is a... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains serves the wide spectrum of horizontal markets.... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains as new ERP for multinational... Read More
Accounts payable is just one area of office management where... Read More
In linux, one of great commands for finding out information... Read More
An operating system (abbreviated OS) is essentially the path through... Read More
The intuitive algorithm.Roger Penrose considered it impossible. Thinking could never... Read More
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Overview covers What is ERP, Brief... Read More
Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more... Read More
Microsoft Outlook is one of the most widely used software... Read More
A LOT OF UNWANTED FILES.When you uninstall an item of... Read More
Software |