"IBM has struck a 'strategic partnership' with HCL Technologies that will see the latter firm take over development of its Notes, Domino, Sametime and Verse collaboration tools.
IBM and India's HCL have done this before: Big Blue sent Rational and Tivoli products to HCL in 2016, along with some IBM staff. The Register understands that deal resulted in Stateside job losses.
Big Blue's announcement is light on details, and IBM told The Register that it can't offer anything else, as at the time of writing the US-based people in the know are enjoying their weekend. We've contacted HCL, too, and await its response on the details of the deal."
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/30/ibm_hcl_notes_domino_partnership/