Editing HCL Notes (section)

{{Short description|Collaborative software platform}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = HCL Notes and Domino
| logo = HCL Notes Logo Vertical.svg
| screenshot = Notes Workspace.gif
| caption = Notes 12.0 showing the Workspace
| author = [[IBM]]
| developer = [[HCLSoftware]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1989}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q60198|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q60198|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
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| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q60198|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q60198|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
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| programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]/Eclipse (9.x Standard) and [[C++]] (9.x Basic and previous versions)
| operating system = [[AIX]], [[IBM i]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| language = 28 user-interface and mail template languages, 64 variants available for spelling dictionary
| genre = [[Rapid application development]], [[collaborative software]], [[personal information manager]], [[email client]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.hcl-software.com/domino}}
}}
'''HCL Notes''' (formerly '''Lotus Notes''' then '''IBM Notes'''<ref name=IBMgot.NYT>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/13/business/what-lotus-got-cash-and-freedom.html
 |title=What Lotus Got: Cash and Freedom
 |author=Steve Lohr |date=June 13, 1995 |access-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |title=Alas, poor Lotus/IBM Notes, we knew ye well
 |website=[[ZDNet]]
 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/alas-poor-lotusibm-notes-we-knew-ye-well/
 |date=December 10, 2018}}</ref>) is a proprietary [[collaborative software|collaborative]] [[software platform]] for Unix ([[IBM AIX|AIX]]), [[IBM i]], Windows, Linux, and macOS, sold by [[HCLTech]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kwan |first=Campbell |date=July 2, 2019 |title=HCL now fully controls IBM software including Notes and Domino |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/hcl-now-fully-controls-ibm-software-including-notes-and-domino/ |access-date=2019-09-09 |website=ZDNet |language=en}}</ref> The [[client–server|client]] application is called Notes while the [[client-server architecture|server]] component is branded '''HCL Domino'''.

HCL Notes provides business collaboration functions, such as [[email]], calendars, [[To do list|to-do list]]s, contact management, discussion forums, file sharing, websites, instant messaging, blogs, document libraries, user directories, and custom applications. It can also be used with other HCL Domino applications and databases. IBM Notes 9 Social Edition removed integration with the office software package [[IBM Lotus Symphony]], which had been integrated with the Lotus Notes client in versions 8.x.

[[Lotus Development Corporation]] originally developed "Lotus Notes" in 1989. [[IBM]] bought Lotus in 1995 and it became known as the Lotus Development division of IBM. On December 6, 2018, IBM announced that it was selling a number of software products to HCLSoftware for $1.8bn,<ref name=Reg.HCL>{{cite web
 |title=IBM offloads Notes and Domino to India's HCL Technologies
 |website=TheRegister.co.uk 
 |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/30/ibm_hcl_notes_domino_partnership
 |author=Simon Sharwood |date=October 30, 2017}}</ref> including Notes and Domino.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=https://newsroom.ibm.com/2018-12-06-HCL-Technologies-to-Acquire-Select-IBM-Software-Products-for-1-8B
 |title=HCL Technologies to Acquire Select IBM Software Products for $1.8B
 |website=IBM News Room |access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> This acquisition was completed in July 2019.<ref name="hcl-software.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hcltech.com/press-releases/press-releases-business/hcl-technologies-announces-close-acquisition-select-ibm|title=HCL Technologies Announces close of Acquisition of select IBM products {{!}} HCL Technologies|website=www.hcltech.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref>