Case Study: Maeda Corporation achieves Notes/Domino legacy escape and delivers 200+ modern apps with OutSystems

Maeda Corporation Escapes Notes Domino Legacy and Delivers Over 200 Digital Apps with OutSystems

Maeda Corporation, a Tokyo‑based infrastructure services giant with a 25‑year history on Lotus/IBM Notes, faced a fractured Notes/Domino landscape of some 3,500 databases and about 1,000 legacy apps to migrate or retire. To unlock corporate data, move to the cloud, and support a broader digital transformation (AI, IoT, robotics), the company needed a fast, maintainable way to modernize applications and improve user experience.

Maeda chose OutSystems (with SQL Server for structured data and MarkLogic for unstructured knowledge) and partnered with BlueMeme to build agile development teams. In two years they delivered more than 200 modern web apps—cutting the app estate by roughly 80%—while adding features like full‑text attachment summaries and faceted search. Built‑in DevOps and one‑click publishing improved maintainability and freed resources for innovation, making OutSystems central to Maeda’s ongoing transformation.

Maeda Corporation

Kenji Hirota

Director of Information Systems