It includes tools for registering site visitors, gathering customer information, and taking payment via credit card. It allows net merchants to stock their web stores and catalogs by interfacing to existing order processing and accounting systems. Domino answers those concerns by implementing the established Notes access control model and extending it for web applications. Access control allows the Notes administrator to restrict user access from the level of entire databases all the way down to individual fields. Web clients accessing a Domino server can be authenticated through access control, as well as through standard web authentication based on user name and password.
Domino also supports advanced security through server authentication and data encryption.
Dickens Data Systems is currently in the midst of implementing Domino as their new Internet and intranet solution. Bob Morris, Chief Information Officer for Dickens, foresees a number of benefits in terms of improved efficiency and productivity. On the corporate intranet site, for example, different departments will be able to update their pages without learning HTML coding, through the use of Domino forms. It integrates basic web publishing of information with workflow, collaboration and application deployment. Notes is a proven product for workflow management.