Lotus 1-2-3 appeared. It is much stronger than VisiCalc and has many functions. At the same time, it also integrates the functions of table calculation, drawing and database analysis, so it has achieved great success and been widely used in IBM and its compatible computer system. Lotus Development Corp, which launched Lotus 1-2-3, was founded in 1982 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the world's leading intranet platform and communication software provider. At present, it has nearly 8,000 employees and its business scope covers more than 80 countries around the world.
For a long time, Lotus has been committed to providing high-quality products and services for enterprises and realizing Internet/Intranet, network communication, network collaborative work and e-commerce. 1989, the revolutionary launch of Lotus Notes has brought a new concept of groupware products and initiated a new era of collaborative work in the network era. At present, the global users of Lotus Notes have exceeded 30 million, and Lotus Notes has become a de facto groupware standard. With the rapid growth of Internet and WWW applications, groupware market is growing exponentially. 1June, 1996, Lotus introduced Lotus Domino, which is a powerful interactive Web application server.