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iD and Lotus Notes
Overview
Intranet DASHBOARD (iD) is the world's most feature-rich intranet, extranet and portal solution from The ADWEB Agency. It provides an integrated intranet management solution 'out-of-the-box' with a centralized hub from which to build, manage and deploy a single intranet site or multi-site intranet space.
Intranet DASHBOARD, built on MS technology, contributes to cost savings by reducing infrastructure and maintenance costs. It consolidates and delivers what a number of different pieces of software would otherwise be required to do. Rather than having to deal with multiple vendors, a suite of tools and applications is immediately deployable, reducing the cost of ownership of the intranet infrastructure.
A number of complimentary features make iD an incomparable product, and it rivals offerings from other market leaders. The beauty of Intranet DASHBOARD is that it can successfully work along-side other systems such as Lotus Notes and assist with the consolidation of legacy systems. Integrate all your line of business applications under one 'dashboard'.
With the introduction of Active Directory all your Microsoft (MS) and IBM systems can now take advantage of one single directory.
The Challenge
 This case scenario will illustrate how Intranet DASHBOARD and Lotus Notes can work together to provide your organization with a truly complete intranet management solution, decreasing costs and consolidating legacy systems.
In a MS case study with Cap Gemini they observed 'Active Directory is part of the MS Windows Server OS. The migration would let us standardize on one directory system, allowing for single sign-on and easier integration with apps and data systems.'
Intranet DASHBOARD offers clients speed and agility. The time to return on investment (ROI) is remarkably short.
The Business Case
With easy step by step migration to leverage MS and Notes together, The ADWEB Agency can start with front end migration of your applications today.
Known IBM Issues and the Solution
| Lotus Notes |
Solution |
| Replication and bandwidth issues? |
There is no need to replicate using Intranet DASHBOARD |
| Need to consolidate services or WAN? |
Intranet DASHBOARD will reduce infrastructure requirements and costs |
| Cost of maintenance and development. High TCO? |
All 35+ tools are included in iD. Keep your legacy systems and run them through Intranet DASHBOARD |
| Notes may only currently be used for messaging? |
Add 35+ tools to your tool suite |
| Notes only being used for document management rather than true consolidation of systems? |
Bring all applications in under one roof through iFrame Portlets and LDAP |
| Emerging compliance requirements and therefore have been pressured to evaluate legacy systems? |
Intranet DASHBOARD offers compelling reasons to move to consolidated intranet, extranet or portal system. Create your own compliance processes |
| Need faster on boarding of new employees? |
Create processes, and related scenarios and forms |
| Decrease time to locate key information across systems? |
"Power Search" through one portal |
| Want to decrease time to bring products to market; the need for new Knowledge Management tools without the expense? |
Create Communities of Practice through forums, FAQs and Project Spaces |
Intranet DASHBOARD allows for both systems to coexist until you decide to switch over to .NET instead of the Notes development environment, or you can simply continue to benefit from the features of both! You can continue to use Notes, instant messaging (via Sametime), Teamrooms or document storage by accessing them from Intranet DASHBOARD and taking advantage of a further 35 tools and applications.
You also have the opportunity to move to a single directory/ mail platform with IBM/Notes now utilizing LDAP.
Comparison of infrastructure
| IBM |
Intranet DASHBOARD/ MS |
| Directory Services |
| Domino/ Tivoli directory server now uses LDAP |
LDAP/Windows Active Directory |
| Messaging and Calendaring |
| Domino Messaging and Notes Workplace messaging and managed client |
Exchange Server 2003 and Outlook 2003. (Notes needs to support Outlook anyway because it is so widely used.) |
| Collaborative Workspaces |
| Domino Teamrooms and workplace |
Project Spaces |
| Document Management and Search |
| WebSphere portal, Notes/Domino |
Power Search, Document Manager |
| Instant Messaging/ SMS |
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| Domino Everyplace Access, WebSphere Everyplace access |
Contacts Manager and Exchange Server 2003 |
The biggest single advantage of using Intranet DASHBOARD is the consolidated intranet management tools and intuitive user interface, allowing you to provide information to all employees across the business.
Complimenting Lotus Notes' functionality, other features of Intranet DASHBOARD include:
- Intuitive, user-friendly content management
- A world time comparison for scheduling international calls
- A company-wide calendar
- Quick links to facilitate navigation
- RSS newsfeeds
- A digital assets library
- Employee quick polls
- Staff offers
Other case studies - IBM Lotus Notes to MS infrastructure
'We expect to save at least $135M over the next few years thanks to the efficiencies that Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 are helping us to achieve.' - Toshihiko Suda, Senior Manager, Nissan
Accenture had 29 000 apps before migration to a MS infrastructure! They managed to get this down to 120 applications introducing cost savings and efficiencies. - MS Roadshow
Summary of benefits
The benefits to implementing Intranet DASHBOARD with Lotus Notes include:
- Control of your Intranet management process over a distributed environment
- Ability to support diverse business unit requirements within a consolidated global context; flexibility and customization
- More effective knowledge and content management; speed to publish
- Improved employee productivity and effectiveness
- Improved communications; employee satisfaction and retention, and identification with the corporate culture
- Easy-to-use interface, customizable page layouts
- Better decision-making through information sharing
- Integration and standardization
- Improved brand management and consistency of internal brand
- Greater staff accountability and empowerment, contributing to continuous improvement
- Improved stability and better help features, reducing intranet help desk calls
- Applications can share data in Microsoft SQL Server, an industry standard
- Allows easier migration to .NET framework in future to reduce development costs
- Corporate merger/ acquisition change management tools
- Cost cutting initiatives to reduce redundant infrastructure
- Side step IBM's unclear roadmap
- No annual license renewal
For more information on Intranet DASHBOARD please contact a consultant on +61 (0)3 9819 6333.
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