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Lotus Notes A groupware application developed by Lotus, now part of IBM. Notes was one of the first applications to support a distributed database of documents that could be accessed by users across a LAN or WAN. Its sophisticated replication features enable users to work with local copies of documents and have their modifications propagated throughout an entire Notes network.

For many years, Notes was the only full-featured groupware solution. With the sudden popularity of the World Wide Web, and intranets in particular, new groupware solutions are emerging. However, the replication model at the heart of Notes is still more robust than any of the Web-based solutions. In addition, IBM has moved quickly to integrate Web support into Notes to stay ahead of the competition.