Some recent blog posts have discussed Accenture’s continued use of Lotus Notes. The contention is that Accenture should not present itself as a model of Lotus Notes to Microsoft migrations until Notes is completely removed from Accenture. Accenture’s migration from Lotus Notes to Microsoft products and technologies remains a case study in large-scale and complex migrations even though a small number of Notes databases remain in Accenture’s servers. This is an aspect of a business driven migration strategy that we discuss with all of our clients. Here are the facts:

In 2002, Accenture began a large-scale migration of its e-mail and applications from Lotus Notes to Microsoft products and technologies.