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Your employees are doing their jobs at different locations around the world - in the office, at home, in business centers, and on the road - and they are moving around constantly. Wherever they are, they need the right tools to help them work with other people - through email, instant messaging, content sharing, and workflow.


IBM makes it easier than ever to bring collaboration tools to your employees – when and where they need it. It's simple – you choose the capabilities they need, and select the IBM offering below that provides them. That's it. No longer do you need to pick and choose from individual software offerings – you choose the offering the meets your requirements, and IBM delivers.


IBM Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License (CAL)

IBM Lotus Domino Enterprise CAL is a server access license that provides access to the full range of client software (including rich desktop, web and mobile clients) used to access Lotus Domino messaging and collaboration functions. These functions include teamrooms and the capability to use Lotus Domino applications. These applications may be developed in house using IBM Lotus Domino Designer software or acquired from independent software vendors.

A license to this CAL includes a single user license to of each of the following:

In addition, this license provides entitlement to the following software for 1 user:

Deployment of applications to a Lotus Domino server requires the purchase of the new Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) offering for all accessing users. Existing Lotus Domino Designer customers will be converted to this new offering at Software Subscription and Support renewal.

IBM Lotus Domino Messaging Client Access License (CAL)

For users with more basic collaboration needs, IBM Lotus Domino Messaging CAL provides a server access license for access to the full range of client software (including desktop, web and mobile clients) used to access Lotus Domino messaging functions. These functions are limited to messaging, calendar and scheduling, personal information management (local address book and personal journal), blogging, discussion databases and reference databases. The degree of function available to the user is controlled by the administrator through a parameter in the Lotus Domino directory.

A license to this CAL includes a single user license to of each of the following:

In addition, this license provides entitlement to the following software for 1 user:

Mapping for existing customers

If you have previously purchased Lotus Domino client software, your existing software will map to these new offerings per the table below. Customers who renew Software Subscription and Support in 2009 can either renew on the old offerings or renew under the new offerings as in the table in the previous questions. All customers are automatically be converted to the new offering structure in February 2010.

Previous offering New offering
Lotus Notes for Messaging Lotus Domino Messaging Client Access License
Lotus Notes Messaging Limited Use Lotus Domino Messaging Client Access License
Lotus Notes for Collaboration Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License
Lotus Notes for Collaboration Limited Use Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License
Lotus iNotes for Messaging Lotus Domino Messaging Client Access License
Lotus iNotes for Messaging Limited Use Lotus Domino Messaging Client Access License
Lotus iNotes for Collaboration Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License
Lotus iNotes for Collaboration Limited Use Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License
Lotus Domino Designer Lotus Domino Enterprise Client Access License
Lotus Domino Web Mail Lotus Domino Messaging Client Access License
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