TCO with N/D 8.5 has decreased costs by 30% or more with sophisticated compression technologies, administration improvements, and End User functions. Consulting and free tools are provided to help customers determine their own potential For example, Forrester Consulting calculated a three-year, risk-adjusted ROI of 147% for an organization with a payback period within twelve months of deployment. See link below….

• Free and embedded functions within the Notes/Domino platform providing more value for your IT staff and End Users
• Embedded Instant Messaging
• File Sharing and social networking
• Full featured Browser based email
• Push to Mobile devices (including Blackberry, iPhone/pad/pod, Windows Mobile, and Android)
• VPN connectivity
• Web 2.0 and client-based Designer tools
• Personal Open Document Format Productivity – documents, spreadsheets, & presentations
• Personal secure (drag and drop) document repository for team sharing
• APIs to key industry tools – SAP, Siebel

Platform Savings

TCO of update to 8.5.x is less than 12 months, 30% fewer servers, 40% to 60% in disk savings, >50% I/O consumption, ~50% in Network bandwidth and extensive integration via Eclipse & Web Services

Free – SW Entitlements with Notes & Domino (live links here)

• Lotus Symphony , can save $300 per user
• Lotus Traveler, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile
• IBM Lotus Sametime Entry software
• IBM Lotus Domino Designer software
• IBM Lotus Mobile Connect (VPN) client software

Why IBM for your integrated desktop client

Easy to use, integrated desktop client that brings you the people, business applications, and information you need from across the enterprise and the Internet to help you get your work done fast.

• Learn what’s new in Lotus Notes 8.5.x software
• Download the Lotus Notes 8.5.2 trial edition

Learning resources

• Demo: See Lotus Notes and Domino 8 now
• New to Lotus Notes and Domino? Share this brochure with your IT executives (New and updated). (1.22MB)Learn how integrating
• LotusLive Notes messaging in the cloud with Lotus Notes and Domino software can help dramatically reduce infrastructure costs (246KB)
• Wiki and Forums

Customer References

• Customer Youtube Testimonials
• Customer Case Studies

TCO Tools

We have a few tools that can help the customers realize cost savings.  If you would like assistance with any of these tools, IBM can help you plan for your upgrade, cost out the savings as well as assist in your own value proposition for your upgrade.   If you do not know your IBM Lotus Rep or technical lead – please contact me directly and I would be glad to get someone to assist you immediately!

• Project Liberate
• Symphony Calculator
• Forrester Report/Tool
• DAOS Tool

Negotiate a better enterprise agreement

Ever wanted to be the big hero and save the company millions of dollars?  Well… I have a secret… we have seen drastic calculations regarding saving across the board for evaluating the Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, leveraging what you have in your organization, vs what Microsoft is bundling in their agreenments.   IBM offers a site that can help you understand how doing an evaluation of your environment could save you money.

Customers with Microsoft Enterprise Agreements might be able to save up to 40% or more on the cost of their renewal through this “no-charge” evaluation of their current Enterprise Agreement.

Click here for more information on IBM’s Project Liberate

If you are interested in setting up a conversation with one of our consultants, please feel free to contact me directly @ holli.konig@us.ibm.com and I will assist in getting you to the right people for your organization.

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