2021-01-24T22:16:58Z

What advice do you have for others considering HCL Domino?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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Jason Levine - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2024-02-02T09:41:08Z
Feb 2, 2024

The solution facilitates our company's workflow automation needs since it is a platform that allows users to build whatever workflows they want. The product is used for application development in our organization for our customers, as we operate as consultants. The features of the product that I found to be beneficial for the productivity of my company's team stems from the fact that it can be integrated directly into HCL Notes email so that you can manage your workflows there, and you don't have to change contacts a go to a separate application to deal with a document approval process since it can be done directly from emails. HCL Domino is one of the leading products in the industry, so it is definitely ahead of the other tools in the market. In our company, some departments use HCL Domino for emails rather than other solutions because it is more secure. The tool has an impact on the management of sensitive data in our company. My only suggestion to those who plan to use HCL Domino is that they should not be daunted by the old UI it offers. The collaboration tool of HCL Domino has affected the internal communication processes in our organization. The collaboration tool of HCL Domino is something that the solution has been offering from the time it was introduced in the market as an expensive product. The impact or value on our company from the use of the product can be proven by the fact that with the solution, it is possible to automate processes or workflows while ensuring that there is consistency, lack of human errors, and efficiency. Earlier, I would have rated the tool eight out of ten. Presently, considering the increase in the number of integrations that the product allows and its movement to meet industry standards, I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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FN
Real User
Top 20
2023-11-14T17:04:38Z
Nov 14, 2023

Overall, I would rate it nine out of ten.

MM
Real User
Top 20
2023-05-16T12:47:00Z
May 16, 2023

It is an excellent solution. I rate it a ten out of ten.

ElvisHenriquez - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 5Leaderboard
2023-03-09T15:07:40Z
Mar 9, 2023

Overall, I'd rate HCL Domino an eight out of ten.

VS
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2022-11-28T08:51:08Z
Nov 28, 2022

We're end-users. We never upgraded to HCL 11. We are still on IBM Domino 9. Although we have the license, we didn't go for the upgrade since we are comfortable with IBM Domino 9. I'd advise potential users to keep the application simple. Don't try to make things complicated. I would rate the solution eight out of ten.

M. Asim Butt - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2022-11-18T11:15:46Z
Nov 18, 2022

I'm still using HCL Domino, but my organization plans to switch to another solution, Microsoft Exchange. Close to three hundred people use HCL Domino within the organization. If you're a new user of HCL Domino, it may take some time to understand it versus Microsoft Exchange. Everyone's familiar with Microsoft Exchange compared to HCL Domino. From my personal experience, I'd rate HCL Domino as four out of ten. I cannot say it's a bad product, and I cannot say it's good, either. It's a mature product used by many companies, even big companies, but HCL Domino has some challenges. One challenge is the pricing versus the pricing offered by other solutions. My organization is a customer of HCL Domino.

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Chiheb Charmiti - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 5
2022-05-18T10:38:49Z
May 18, 2022

A company who is starting to implement an IT infrastructure, will need a program for mailing and Domino is a very good mailing product and also manages the sharing the documents well. For people or companies who need a workflow application, this is one of the best in the world. This solution is useful for external stakeholders who need to interact with the database of the company. The application can also be used on a number of different devices. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Tamer Baher - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 5
2022-03-30T13:30:05Z
Mar 30, 2022

We've been dealing with different HCL solutions: HCL Domino, HCL Notes, HCL Domino Volt, and HCL Basics. We're a partner of HCL. We're working with the latest version of HCL Domino: version 12.0. The HCL Domino market is very small, e.g. there's not a lot of customers, or the segment using it isn't large, because Microsoft recently went to the customers and told them IBM already sold the product, and internally, IBM will use Exchange. When you migrate the HCL Domino environment to Exchange, there's a new IBM ELA deal where you can get Exchange for free. The HCL Domino segment then shrunk, so the number of customers using it is very small. The big customers have now migrated to Microsoft Exchange, and the rest will migrate eventually. We don't have many support facilities in Egypt now, so customers transferred to a different product, e.g. Exchange for the market segment. It's really different, especially in an Office 365 model and Teams collaboration, e.g. using Teams, the competition was not fair. My suggestion to people planning on starting their use of HCL Domino is to mix it with other applications, rather than comparing it with Microsoft Exchange as a messaging tool, or just using it for messaging, because HCL Domino is a collaboration tool. With it, you can offer applications to different departments, build applications and share it with different departments, etc. It's more preferable to utilize HCL Domino plus messaging, than just using it for messaging only, then comparing it with Exchange. My rating for HCL Domino is a ten out of ten.

TG
Real User
2022-02-28T10:45:54Z
Feb 28, 2022

I would recommend HCL Domino to others. I rate HCL Domino a seven out of ten.

Bogdan Chechlowski - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-02-22T15:41:12Z
Feb 22, 2022

This is a solution that I would recommend for a business that is just starting. I would not recommend it for big business because it gets slower over time, and we haven't seen any improvement in years. The only thing that changes is the version number, rather than the performance. To us, there's nothing new in that regard. I would rate this solution a five out of ten.

MR
Real User
2021-11-03T20:06:09Z
Nov 3, 2021

I rate HCL Domino a ten out of ten.

AS
Real User
2021-07-05T13:07:11Z
Jul 5, 2021

We're just customers and end-users. We have not received the approvals to upgrade the solution on 11, which is why we are still using the last version released by IBM. I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten. I've been extremely happy with its capabilities.

ZC
Real User
2021-05-19T12:03:15Z
May 19, 2021

If you're interested in using this solution, be sure to take a look at the Domino trial version first. It covers all of the new features which is very useful. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine.

PA
Real User
2021-01-24T22:16:58Z
Jan 24, 2021

I would recommend this solution with tier support. When we started with IMB in the latter part of the journey, there were some issues with the support. With HCL, we receive good support. I have not used the newest version yet and don't know what is being offered or what has changed. I would rate HCL Domino an eight out of ten.

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