LOTUS

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.