Comparision Domino vs Exchange

Mats Jansson  2009 March 9 07:39:55

Lately I had a few customers who has made the decision of leaving Domino and move to Exchange. The contacts I have had with my customers had been without any help because the decisions had been made at enterprise level, often by the headoffice in US or in other places.

We struggle with this every time but I cannot understand why, really!

Does Exchange offer a cheaper solution, does it give the users more functionality, or what is it that makes this a strategic choice?

When it comes to functionality, here is an article that compares Domino 8 with Exchange 2007 --->http://www.itcomparison.com/Mail/Exchange2k7vslotus8/Exchange2k7vslotus8.htm
Of all compared sections Domino is the big winner and Exchange looses a lot.

In costs, I have made a slight comparison myself (witch I will publish here later), that points out a price difference between 50 to 800 % more expensive with Exchange than Domino.
The higher difference is when You count in the fact that Notes 8.0 includes a Office package called Symphony.

This is interesting in a time where cost-saving is a leading star for all companies.

For example:
100 users private company
Notes-Domino-Symphony    Cost: $ 9500

Exchange-MS Office               Cost $ 81000
In both cases no licences for OS is included but would be equal.

Ok, some companies would say that we cannot change out MS office, but You certainly can replace 80% with Symphony, witch means You still get a big save!

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