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Lotus Foundations - A Competitive Feature Comparison

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Yes
No


Lotus Foundations Start

Lotus Foundations Run add-on
to enable virtualization of other servers
on the Lotus Foundations server.

Lotus Foundations Reach add-on
for unified messaging via Lotus Sametime













Feature Comparison
Feature
Lotus
Foundations Start
Microsoft
SBS 2008 Standard
Microsoft
SBS 2008 Premium
Software Purchase Price
$1750
(5 users)
$1300
(5 users)
$1899
(5 users)
Users
1-500
1-75
1-75
E-mail, Calendar & Contacts
Yes
Yes
Yes
File & Print Mgmt.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto. System Updates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Secure Remote Access
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data
Backup
Yes
Yes
Yes
Auto.
Restore
Yes
No
No
Firewall
Yes
Yes
Yes
Anti-virus & Anti-spam
Yes
No *
No *
Office Suite Included
Yes
No
No
Web Server
Yes
Yes
Yes
* SBS was originally to include anti-virus/anti-spam, but it was pulled and now only includes a free trial.

Advanced
Features
Lotus
Foundations Start
Microsoft
SBS 2008 Standard
Microsoft
SBS 2008 Premium
PHP /
mySQL
Yes
No
No
SQL Server Express
No
No
Yes
Lotus Notes Applications & Databases
Yes
No
No
DB2
Yes
No
No
ASP & .Net Applications
No
Yes
Yes
Private & Public Key Security
Yes
No *
No *
Virtual Machines Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Phone
Support Included
Yes **
No **
No **
* Server only. However, it is possible to configure client certificate support, but it's not out-of-the-box native.
** IBM includes support but its through the business partner. The business partner may depending on how the partner sold Foundations to begin with.

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