HCLSoftware Launches HCL Domino Workspace, the Sovereign Collaboration Platform for Organizations That Refuse to Trade Control for Productivity

New integrated platform unites email, chat, meetings, file co-editing, and sovereign AI in a single experience customers deploy on infrastructure they choose and govern

NOIDA, India (September 15, 2026) - HCLSoftware, a global leader in enterprise software solutions, today announced the general availability of HCL Domino Workspace, an integrated collaboration platform built for organizations that need modern productivity tools while retaining full control over where their data resides, who governs it, and how AI uses it.

Governments and regulated industries face a choice most collaboration vendors have forced on them: adopt modern, AI-assisted productivity and accept a vendor-defined cloud, or keep control of sensitive data and fall behind. Compliance frameworks have sharpened the stakes, and boards now treat jurisdiction over data as a material risk. Data residency alone does not settle the question. Residency is where the data sits; sovereignty is who can legally access it.

HCL Domino Workspace removes the tradeoff. The platform brings together email, calendaring, chat, meetings, real-time document co-editing, and AI-assisted productivity in one experience, deployable on premises, in a private or sovereign cloud, in a hybrid configuration, or air-gapped. Customers choose the country, the infrastructure, and the legal jurisdiction their data lives under.

“Organizations have been told that digital sovereignty comes at the cost of modern collaboration. Domino Workspace ends that argument,” said Richard Jefts, Divisional Chief Product Officer – Xperience & Domino+, HCLSoftware. “Close to 900 government customers already trust HCLSoftware with their most sensitive operations. With HCL Domino Workspace, we give them and every regulated organization a platform where the productivity of integrated collaboration and AI belongs to the customer, on their infrastructure, under their laws.”

Sovereign AI, Included

Domino Workspace includes Domino IQ, HCLSoftware’s sovereign AI capability, at no additional cost. No prompts, documents, or conversations leave the platform for a third-party model provider, and customer data is never used to train external models. Customers select the large language models that fit their geography, language, industry, and security requirements rather than accepting a single global model chosen by the vendor.

Sovereign at the Core, Not as an Add-on

Domino Workspace is built on HCL Domino+, a foundation with a proven security record. Our technology has served as the core of an operating environment that achieved full BSI IT-Grundschutz certification (ISO 27001) — demonstrating that certification at one of Europe’s most rigorous security standards is achievable on our platform. Key capabilities include:

• Complete data ownership. Customers own their encryption keys and control access, with no default vendor access, no third-party data tracking, and no kill switch.
• Deployment on the customer’s terms. A containerized, Kubernetes-based architecture runs on infrastructure the customer owns or trusts, with no dependency on foreign hyperscalers.
• Modern collaboration in one place. Real-time co-editing of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, with native support for Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint formats, alongside integrated chat, meetings, and enterprise email.
• Enterprise reliability and transparent economics. Subscription-based, per-user pricing without hidden fees, backed by the enterprise-grade support governments across law enforcement, intelligence, defense, and state and local government rely on for mission-critical systems.

HCL Domino Workspace is generally available now. Organizations can learn more at https://www.hcl-software.com/domino-workspace