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ZDnet report:
IBM has 18 million paying client seats for its LotusLive cloud services, a jump that will result in a few double takes among IT industry watchers.Whilst I'm sure these figures need further investigation, they suggest that LotusLive has had a massive first 8 months or so in the marketplace, and fully justifies IBM/Lotus' jump into this space!
That LotusLive tally at the beginning of the year was nil so the growth is stunning. I double checked with IBM to make sure that those 18 million client seats were actually paying with a price of more than zero. I was told there are no asterisks here.
Now IBM isn’t forking over revenue data on LotusLive cloud services. Customers pay anywhere from $3 a month to $79 a month depending on the service. IBM recently launched iNotes to go after Gmail in the enterprise, but its range of services competes with everything from Microsoft Office to Cisco’s WebEx.
Assuming all 18 million seats are paying $3 a month [the lowest list price monthly subscription - for LotusLive iNotes] LotusLive could be bringing in and it’s $648 million a year. If there’s a higher blended price IBM’s cloud services could dwarf the annual revenue of Salesforce.com.
By: Stuart McIntyre - LotusLive | 2 Comments | On: 10 December 2009 07:53:40 | Tags: lotuslive engage inotes
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1) IBM: LotusLive paying subscribers go from 0 to 18 million in a year
Thanks Stuart - it would be great if you could post your thoughts / understanding as to exactly how organisations could use LotusLive. I find all the different options on the IBM site horrifically confusing, and hard to understand. Eg - if I want to invite a customer to collaborate do I have to pay $3/month or whatever for them?
2) IBM: LotusLive paying subscribers go from 0 to 18 million in a year
Sure this must include the Outblaze acquisition...
"Today Outblaze offers services in 22 languages and has more than 40 million users under management."
Was what the IBM press release said when they were acquired, so I'm guessing roughly 30% of their customers were paying.