HCL Domino Family Roadmap
- Justin Hill
- May 17, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 11, 2025
Engage 2023 has been quite a conference and has also given a change to HCL to let us all know what we can expect from them in the future.
Domino v12.0.2 “Danube” Release

Empower Users with Better UX
Improved UI control of your workspace & Citizen Development
Upgrade, deploy and adopt new releases faster
Auto Updates & Notifications
Packaged with Nomad, Verse & OnTime, more REST API investment
Update the Core
Java17
Modernize Eclipse
It’s the Clients! (Nomad Web, Sametime, Verse…)
Building the path toward having your apps, meetings, chat and your mail through one thin client experience
Reduce Admin workload
Do basic administration (user setup) on any device or browser
HCL Domino already has a lot of new features since Domino V10, but HCL is not stopping in improving the platform.

User interface for basic management of server
Runs anywhere: Browser, mobile device, or Notes Client (Windows/MacOS)
Simplified Domino administration is more flexible and easier to learn, helping enable more resources to contribute to administration.

HCL Domino V14

HCL Verse
Key component of our strategic direction for client offerings
HCL Verse and Nomad for end users
HCL Verse is a valuable mail solution for our customer base
Customers requirements to drive adoption from iNotes to Verse.

HCL Nomad
Key component of our strategic direction for client offerings
Verse and Nomad for end users
No install client that makes it easy for customers to use apps in web browsers
Using customers requirements to driving adoption from Notes to Nomad

HCL Notes
What Notes 12.0.2 brought:
Search
Mail Improvements
DOMI Improvements
Admin – Preferences
Multiple Email Accounts
Advanced Properties Box
Performance Enhancements
Workspace Improvements
Free/Busy Lookup to O365
Autoupgrade ODS
What’s next in Notes V14:
All Languages – Day1
Mail Merge
Delayed Send of Email
Extra Large Field Support
SNI support in Notes
New Version Notification and Checking
Restyle updates
Making preferences easier to work with
Workspace housekeeping improvements
Upgrade Java 17, Compiler and Eclipse 4.22

OnTime Group Calendar come completely free for all HCL CCB entitled customers and included with Domino V14 “Thames”.
• Up to 50 users
• 45 days of calendar synchronised
• Mobile add-on
• Share My time
OnTime will have a new feature: Give external parties access to your calendar by sharing a link. This will allow them to seamlessly view your availability and request meetings.
If you need help on your journey with Domino and other HCL technology, drop us a line and we are more than happy to help.



Great overview of where the Domino family is heading. On a lighter note, if anyone wants a fun break, I've been enjoying Scale the Depths lately, a browser fishing and idle game.
After failing over and over, I finally cracked monkey mart - and it all came down to sticking to one unlock order: bananas first, then corn, eggs, milk, peanuts, and finally chocolate as the big prize at the end.
Interesting roadmap—it’s nice to see HCL Domino continuing to modernize instead of standing still. On the entertainment side, I’ve been taking short breaks with Speed Stars and it’s a surprisingly fun, relaxing game to play for a few minutes.
The browser-first direction for Nomad is especially interesting. It echoes the frictionless web access used by projects such as Geometry Dash JP, where people can open an experience immediately without downloading anything. Reducing setup friction should make enterprise tools easier to adopt as well.
The emphasis on browser-delivered experiences and a unified thin-client UX is especially interesting. Similar usability lessons show up in browser game preservation projects such as BVNPlay, where clear controls and version guidance make older experiences much easier to access. It will be worth watching how Nomad and Verse continue to simplify adoption.