<p>Lotus Notes. It was never a great product, but many companies bought the IBM lines and deployed it anyway. I remember using Lotus Notes (and cc:Mail, btw) way back in the 1990's in a large accounting firm where I worked. And, not only using it, but also implementing and managing it. So, I know the pains from both the end-user and the administrator viewpoints. It was not a pleasant experience.</p><p>If you talk to those still using Lotus Notes today (yes, they are out there), the conversation will quickly turn to one of regret for not migrating away already.</p><p>Dell has released a couple tools to help organizations finally migrate seamlessly off of IBM Notes (as it's now called). Notes Migrator for Exchange allows organizations to move from Lotus Notes to Exchange 2013 or Office 365 en masse. It provides capabilities to transfer single or multiple mailboxes, ensuring that all data is migrated including data from email, personal address books, calendars, archives, and other things. Coexistence Manager for Notes is a conduit that sites between Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange during a migration period, ensuring there's no data loss and that directories remain in sync.</p><p>Dell, along with Microsoft and InfraScience, recently helped Coats PLC, the world's leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, make a seamless jump from Lotus Notes to Office 365. The migration of 7,500 users to just five months to complete.</p><p><a href="http://windowsitpro.com/office-365/dell-and-office-365-make-now-perfect-time-rid-your-company-lotus-notes">Keep reading...</a></p>