Lotus

The IBM Lotus suite of products are designed with “on demand” business in mind, the products can help people effectively share and manage information, make business decisions quickly, and streamline the way they work. The Lotus family includes industry leading products such as Notes, Domino, Collaboration, Sametime and Quickr. IBM Lotus software empowers people and organizations to build effective teams and dynamic communities and to foster business agility.            

Northdoor and Lotus

Since IBM acquired Lotus in 1995, Northdoor have been designing solutions for clients based around the Lotus suite of products these allow our customers and their individual workers, greater mobility, security and overall higher performance, empowering people to help them work better together. From email systems to instant messaging Northdoor are able to design and implement a solution to suit your needs. Northdoor recently worked with one of the UK’s largest suppliers of agricultural machinery to implement a company wide collaborative email solution based around Lotus Notes, iNotes and Quickr. The company was looking for a more collaborative solution than their Linux based application, which would allow all users to view and update collaborative calendars. Northdoor designed a solution for their 350 users which was based on an IBM package of Notes, iNotes and Quickr running on two IBM xSeries servers which were, in turn, clustered for extra resiliency and High Availability. Northdoor then installed the solution and helped our customer with hands on training to familiarise all IT staff and users with Notes. For this company it was key that there was minimal disruption to users and to the corporate look and feel of the email application, the Lotus solution designed by Northdoor meant that a smooth installation and implementation was possible.  

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Casebook

“I’ve lived though many big IT projects - they have always been harrowing experiences. Best case, the projects have taken years. Worst case, the project ends up cancelled after millions of pounds...”
Canada Life
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“Through meeting with Northdoor staff and reviewing their tailored offering it was clear that they were a good choice. We were really looking for the best fit with our way of doing business: it is...”
Buzzacott
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“Without an expert onsite you really have to trust your supplier's advice. There are many who will recommend the most elaborate solution rather than the best one for your business. Northdoor have...”
First Counsel & Barbara Houghton Associates
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“Northdoor have firm beliefs about how business should be conducted and were able to ensure that top-level people worked on the project. Without their level of professionalism and dependability we...”
Managing Agency Partners Ltd (MAP)
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“Working with Northdoor to implement Echo² and the second System i5 solution has strengthened our confidence and provided a true high-availability environment at low cost. Amar Khan, IT Support Manager”
Tradex Insurance
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“The Northdoor consultants provided excellent service throughout the engagement. BladeCenter is practically a data centre in itself, and Northdoor’s skill in setting up the technology was a major...”
DnB NOR Bank
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“Northdoor have firm beliefs about how business should be conducted and were able to ensure that top-level people worked on the project. Without their level of professionalism and dependability we...”
Managing Agency Partners Ltd (MAP)
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“I’ve lived though many big IT projects - they have always been harrowing experiences. Best case, the projects have taken years. Worst case, the project ends up cancelled after millions of pounds...”
Canada Life
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“Northdoor were awarded an European IT Excellence Award for the work they performed for us. They delivered our system working to specification against incredibly tight deadlines. Northdoor has...”
Ark Syndicate Managment Ltd
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“All too often IT suppliers agree to take on a project before they are sure they can deliver a solution. That’s not our experience of Northdoor. We’ve found them to be very pragmatic and honest in...”
Pret a Manger
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“Munich Re was aware that there could be considerable value for its clients in creating a solution to the administrative challenge, so the key requirement was for systems which are flexible and...”
Munich Re
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“Installing HA was very much a strategic decision for our company. We feel that the investment in iTERA HA is about more than just securing the data and the operations. It gives us free hands to take...”
Oliver Adams
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““Our management, sales teams and partners requested a continual stream of reports to support their own particular business objectives. These requests were often high priority and placed considerable...”
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
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“One of the differences with Northdoor is that I’ve had a positive experience with all the staff I’ve worked with, and I think that really highlights the quality of the company as a whole.”
TQ3 Travel Solutions UK
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“Munich Re was aware that there could be considerable value for its clients in creating a solution to the administrative challenge, so the key requirement was for systems which are flexible and...”
Munich Re
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“Northdoor were awarded an European IT Excellence Award for the work they performed for us. They delivered our system working to specification against incredibly tight deadlines. Northdoor has...”
Ark Syndicate Management Ltd
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“The combination of an increase in business volumes, the growth of online mortgage applications and a desire to cut server maintenance and licensing costs called for a strategic rethink. Malcom Duff,...”
Platform Home Loans
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“All too often IT suppliers agree to take on a project before they are sure they can deliver a solution. That’s not our experience of Northdoor. We’ve found them to be very pragmatic and honest in...”
Pret a Manger
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“Northdoor don’t mess you about. Their support teams are very professional and very efficient. Tradex used to have to expend a great deal of time and effort in managing support. Now we don’t have...”
Tradex
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“Northdoor filled us with confidence from the very first meeting and have continued to live up to and exceed our expectations.”
Pret A Manger
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“We found Northdoor a very reliable company to work with, and very flexible in their approach. When a supplier has both technical know-how and the willingness to see the project through it's...”
Vapormatic
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““Our management, sales teams and partners requested a continual stream of reports to support their own particular business objectives. These requests were often high priority and placed considerable...”
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
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