IBM ‘Migrate to the Penguin’ Program to Encourage Customers to Migrate E-Mail Systems From Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Notes and Domino on Linux

IBM ‘Migrate to the Penguin’ Program to Encourage Customers to Migrate E-Mail Systems From Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Notes and Domino on Linux

With IBM’s Linux-based email and other collaboration software growing at more than 200% year-to-year, the company today announced a new initiative to help customers move from Microsoft Exchange to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino on Linux quickly and easily. The new ‘Migrate to the Penguin’ initiative is an expansion of IBM’s Move2Lotus program, which now includes more than 100 IBM Business Partners helping customers migrate to Lotus Notes and Domino and developing migration tools to help customers make the transition.

In addition to the Linux-focused initiative, IBM has rolled out new resources to help Move2Lotus Business Partners maximize their Notes and Domino expertise as they develop migration strategies or build on existing Lotus Notes and Domino environments. New resources include no charge education and certification for Lotus Notes and Domino 7 to help Business Partners maintain the most current Lotus Notes/Domino development skills and a new offering that allows customers to “try before they buy,” by providing a hosted Lotus Notes and Domino environment.

With these new migration programs, IBM is building on the momentum of Lotus Notes and Domino 7, which has experienced one of the fastest adoptions of a new version in Lotus Notes/Domino history and contributed to double-digit revenue growth for the Lotus portfolio in 2005. In the last two years, IBM has migrated nearly 3,000 customers from Microsoft Exchange and other email and messaging platforms to Lotus Notes and Domino.

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