We do not believe organisations should be pushed off Lotus Notes for the sake of it. In many environments it continues to run critical systems reliably, and staying on the platform can be a valid choice.

The issue is not whether Lotus Notes still works. The issue is whether continuing to rely on it is a deliberate, informed decision or simply the path of least resistance.

Over time, skills become scarce, undocumented complexity accumulates, and operational risk increases quietly in the background. At that point, organisations are often forced into rushed, high-risk change when a key individual leaves, an audit exposes gaps, or infrastructure reaches an inflection point.

Our role is not to force retirement. It is to make the risks, dependencies, and options visible so organisations can decide when to modernise, migrate, or retire on their own terms. Where Lotus Notes continues to meet business needs, we support and stabilise it. Where it no longer does, we help transition functionality and data safely into modern platforms without disruption.

Retirement is not simply shutting servers down. It involves identifying which applications, workflows, data sets, and integrations still deliver business value, ensuring that functionality is recreated where required, and that data is migrated or archived before the Domino platform is decommissioned.

We assess how each application is used in practice, not how it was originally designed. Business-critical workflows, approvals, or calculations are recreated on modern platforms where they are still needed. Low-value or redundant applications are retired safely once their data and compliance obligations are addressed.

Yes. Where functionality is still required, we recreate it in modern web or enterprise platforms before retirement. This ensures users retain required capabilities without keeping the Domino environment running.

Data is migrated into appropriate target platforms or enterprise archives depending on its purpose. Operational data moves into new systems, while historical or compliance data is preserved in auditable, searchable formats so access is maintained without live Notes systems.

Every retirement decision is evidence-led. We analyse application logic, data structures, access controls, and dependencies to confirm that functionality, records, and audit requirements are fully covered before decommissioning takes place.

Yes. Retirement is typically phased. Applications and data are migrated or replaced incrementally, allowing the Domino estate to shrink in a controlled way without disrupting users or introducing operational risk.

Retirement is often the final step after discovery, data migration, and application modernisation. It creates a clean break from legacy platforms and removes constraints that slow down cloud adoption, Microsoft 365 programmes, or broader digital transformation initiatives.

The biggest risks are lost business logic, missing audit evidence, broken integrations, and hidden dependencies. These often only surface after systems are shut down. Our approach prevents this by addressing functionality and data first, not last.

No. Users retain access to required records through modern platforms or compliant archives. The difference is that access no longer depends on maintaining ageing Domino infrastructure.

We take end-to-end ownership, from technical analysis through to final decommissioning. This removes risk and coordination burden from internal teams and ensures retirement is completed cleanly and defensibly.