Collaboration and messaging are critical applications within every organization. The cost of downtime can be enormous, even catastrophic. IBM and Red Hat have a single, security-rich collaboration and messaging platform that makes it simple, easy, and affordable to improve organizational productivity and effectiveness. It is much more than a Microsoft Exchange/desktop alternative.

The Open Collaboration Client Solution powered by Red Hat includes everything you need to deploy desktop productivity, messaging, and collaboration in your organization:

- IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8: email, calendaring, scheduling, integrated instant messaging/chat, and application development
- Lotus Expeditor: client middleware and application development
- Lotus Symphony: a Microsoft Office alternative for under- and over-provisioned users and application development
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 client and server: provides reduced costs and improved operational flexibility