It can also be used with other HCL Domino applications and databases. HCL Notes provides business collaboration functions, such as email, calendars, to-do lists, contact management, discussion forums, file sharing, microblogging, instant messaging, blogs, and user directories. HCL Notes (formerly IBM Notes and Lotus Notes see Branding below) and HCL Domino (formerly IBM Domino and Lotus Domino) are the client and server, respectively, of a collaborative client-server software platform formerly sold by IBM, now by HCL Technologies. Rapid application development, collaborative software, personal information manager, email client Java/Eclipse (9.x Standard) and C++ (9.x Basic and previous versions)Ģ8 user-interface and mail template languages, 64 variants available for spelling dictionary