IBM sells Notes & Domino to HCL

IBM and HCL Technologies announced a final agreement on December 6, 2018 under which HCL will acquire selected IBM software products for $ 1.8 billion.
The transaction is expected to close in mid-2019, subject to the completion of applicable regulatory assessments.

The software products in question represent a total market value of more than 50 billion dollars and include:

  • BigFix for secure device management
  • Unica (on-premise) for marketing automation
  • Commerce (on-premise) for omni-channel eCommerce
  • Portal (on-premise) for digital experience
  • Notes & Domino for rapid development of e-mail and low-code applications
  • Connections for workstream collaboration

HCL and IBM already have a permanent IP partnership for five of these products.

Sources:

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2018-12-06-HCL-Technologies-to-Acquire-Select-IBM-Software-Products-for-1-8B

https://www.hcltech.com/press-releases/products-and-platforms/hcl-technologies-acquire-select-ibm-software-products-18b

Exam 70-483: Programming in C# achieved

After two short LOI courses, C# Essentials and HBO Programming in C# , I also passed the Microsoft 70-483 exam.

Exam 70-483: Programming in C # Exam 70-483 [/ caption]

The courses of the LOI can be useful to get you started in C # but often consist of a collection of references to free instructional videos to be found on the internet, including the Microsoft Learn website and other free learning resources.
Personally, I didn’t mind connecting to the 70-483 exam.

In the meantime I have also started preparing for the next C # related exam, this time I try to master the material directly through the Microsoft recommended course material.