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Why is pricing for Collaboration Express not mentioned more?

Mon 2 Feb 2004, 01:56 PM



by Ben Langhinrichs
At $119/user with no cost for Domino servers user, or an astounding $89/user when upgrading from another e-mail system, this seems like a steal.  A company with ten users upgrading from anything else can get a full set of Notes licenses and use one or more Domino servers, all for under $1000 US.  I was very surprised this was not emphasized at Lotusphere 2004, and the people I hear about who have taken advantage of it mostly seem to have found out by accident

Anyway, I just had to mention it.  If you already know, spread the word.  If you didn't already know, check back here and I'll post a link when I can dig it up.  This could be the start of a real growth opportunity in the SMB market, which coincides with the opportunity to win some from Microsoft due to the imminent end of life for Exchange 5.5.

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What has been said:


105.1. Colin Pretorius
(02/03/2004 03:26 AM)

Thanks for mentioning that, Ben. We've been planning an upgrade while dubiously wondering about pricing and this is seriously good news for us. I'll also feed back any more info I get.


105.2. Alan Lepofsky
(02/06/2004 07:30 AM)

Ben, thank you for helping spread the word. I am certainly a bit shocked that people are saying that don't know about Express. Start by viewing the www.lotus.com/dominoexpress web site. It has some really good information, including a 30 minute webcast (15 on ND in general, 15 specific to Express)

Here is the press release about Express: IBM Introduces New Messaging and Collaboration Software Designed For Medium-Sized Businesses

http://www.lotus.com/rw/press.nsf/0/856CF23B3BF78BC285256D81007A475C

Here are some press stories from when it came out:

IBM Gets Serious About Express (Jan 20, 2004)

http://vb.channelsupersearch.com/news/var/47240.asp

IBM Lotus Express helps smaller businesses look big (18 November 2003)

http://www-3.ibm.com/software/swnews/swnews.nsf/n/jmae5szryg?OpenDocument&Site=lotus

IBM Domino Express Takes On Exchange Server 2003

by Dan Burger Sept 2, 2003

http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/tfh090203-story02.html

Lotus Shapes Domino for Midmarket

By Dennis Callaghan August 18, 2003

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1225505,00.asp

IBM Lotus targets SMBs with 'express' tools

By Kate Evans-Correia, SearchDomino.com Senior News Editor 14 Aug 2003

http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid4_gci919257,00.html

IBM Lotus Launch First Domino Express Servers For Midmarket

By Paula Rooney, CRN Aug. 13, 2003

http://crn.channelsupersearch.com/news/crn/43896.asp

Lotus unfolds for smaller customers

By David Becker, Staff Writer, CNET News.com August 13, 2003

http://news.com.com/2100-1012-5063120.html

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1012_3-5063120.html

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/5063120.htm

Lotus Hops on IBM's Express; Company Issues Scaled-Down Domino Versions

By Stacy Cowley, August 13, 2003

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/08/13/HNlotusexpress_1.html

IBM Delivers Messaging for Medium-Sized Businesses

By SmallBusinessComputing.com Staff August 13, 2003

http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/news/article.php/2248181

Lotus Goes Small With Domino Express

By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News August 13, 2003

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030813S0007

All Aboard the Domino Express Platform

August 13, 2003

http://www.e-promag.com/eparchive/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewarticle&ContentID=3865&websiteid=

and here are some great customer and partner success stories:

IBM Gets Serious About Express (Jan 20, 2004)

http://vb.channelsupersearch.com/news/var/47240.asp

IBM Lotus Express helps smaller businesses look big (18 November 2003)

http://www-3.ibm.com/software/swnews/swnews.nsf/n/jmae5szryg?OpenDocument&Site=lotus

I hope this all helps... spread the word!


105.3. Ben Langhinrichs
(02/06/2004 08:54 AM)

Alan - Thanks for the info! I'll keep spreading the word as best I can.