Lotus

Lotus Development Corporation develops business applications that help people collaborate across corporate networks.

Lotus Development Corporation develops business applications that help people collaborate across corporate networks. It offers Lotus Notes, a communication and collaboration platform; Domino, a messaging and scheduling applications; LotusLive, a collaboration management platform; and Connections, corporate social networking software. Lotus also offers consulting, support, and training solutions. IBM purchased the company in 1995 for US$3.5 billion, primarily to acquire Lotus Notes and to establish a presence in the increasingly important client-server computing segment.