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Lawson Software: Positive first impressions

I'm currently attending Lawson Software's annual conference, called CUE 09, in San Diego. Since this is my first in-depth exposure to the company, I thought it appropriate to share a few thoughts and comments. Overall, I like the company: the people are nice, they articulate product strategy clearly, and senior management obviously...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Customer Satisfaction, Blogger, Blogging, Product Marketing, Internet, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Lawson: 'Flat out no to maintenance price reduction but'

At Lawson Software's CUE09 event, Dean Hagar, Lawson's Senior Vice President, Product Management said that despite the economic recession, the company "Flat out no" will not reduce the company's maintenance charges to its customers. You'd likely resist if it was likely to impact your close to $1 million compensation package....

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Lawson Ikariam 1.0.1.2 (Windows)

Lawson Ikariam is a program made for the browser based game No need to use a manual notepad, calculator, and timer while playing the game. This program provides all these tools while playing. Current features are as follow with more to follow: Single program frontend conveniently bringing needed...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Microsoft Windows, Lawson Ikariam, Current Feature, Productivity, Channel Management, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-02-22

Digital Signatures for Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System

A typical example of the use of digital signatures within the Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System involves a user making a change to a document. The originator of the document checks-in the document and routes it to the various signers. Each signer receives an e-mail with a URL directing them...

Tags: Enterprise Management, Document, Digital Signature, Lawson Software Inc., ARX, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security

White papers 2008-11-26

Lawson Q109: 'sloppy execution'

Harry Debes, CEO at Lawson Software doesn't mince his words. So when the company announced its missed Q1 fiscal 2009 results PDF yesterday it came as no surprise that during the earnings call he had this to say about the way the company performed: ...some of this was sloppy...

Tags: Revenue, Lawson Software Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Lawson success but no saas here

It didn't escape my Irregular colleagues' attention that Harry Debes, Lawson CEO went on a tear about the viability of the saas model. Anshu Sharma chose not to comment in public but I leave it to astute observers to detect the steam coming out of his ears. ...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Vinnie, Cheryl, Purchasing & Procurement, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-01

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two yearsHe doesn't get itSo to summarize Debes (who comes off a little like Vinny from da mob or a coke dealer - his words, not mine):(1) SaaS and Cloud computing as a delivery vehicle has been tried before and therefore will fail (like all...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, SaaS IS, SaaS Model, Lawson Software Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Lawson M3 7.1 on IBM Power Hardware and IBM i 6.1 Operating System

This paper describes testing that was done with M3 7.1 on the latest IBM Power hardware and the IBM i 6.1 operating system. The paper highlights three benefits of this latest technology. First it shows how runtime performance on i V6.1 has improved over i V5.4. Second it shows how...

Tags: Operating System, IBM POWER6, Lawson Software Inc., Hardware, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Benefits, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2008-03-01

Lawson on Corporate Social Responsibility:Thou Shalt Obey The Law

My, my! Industry Corporate Social Responsibility CSR white papers are becoming like buses - nothing for ages then all of a sudden three in a row. First the Economist Intelligence Unit supported by SAP, then IBM and now Lawson enters the fray with the oddly titled The Convergence of Corporate...

Tags: Compliance, Lawson Software Inc., Industry Corporate Social Responsibility White Paper, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Lawson M3 7.1 16 Way Scaling on System i

This paper describes testing that was done to test flexibility, integration, and scalability of the new Lawson M3 7.1 running on a System i server. Lawson M3 is a supplier of collaboration software which focuses on the manufacturing, maintenance, and distribution industries and serves many customers around the world. The...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Lawson M3, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Channel Management, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Hardware

White papers 2007-11-15

Lawson Software's comedy department

I'm always amused when a software company demonstrates a sense of humor. Courtesy of Thomas Otter, this video should cheer anyone up on a Monday morning. It includes ironic references to Oracle and SAP. The SAP 'solution' had me in fits of laughter. The industry needs more...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., SAP AG, Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-15

Keeping SAP and Oracle Honest?

From an interview in Computerworld with Harry Debes, CEO of Lawson Software: Some SAP and Oracle accounts acquired Lawson for some of their divisions simply because they don’t want the incumbent vendor to dictate the future terms of business to them and for them to have all their apples in...

Tags: Vendor relationships

Blog posts 2007-07-23

Streamlining Operations: How a Financial Services Leader Consolidated Accounting Systems for Over 150 Affiliate Firms With Hosted Lawson Software

Founded in 1998, National Financial Partners is a national network of independent financial advisors offering financial services to high net worth individuals and growing entrepreneurial companies. To achieve true economies of scale, National Financial Partners needed to standardize and consolidate their accounting processes across all affiliates while meeting Sarbanes-Oxley compliance...

Tags: Accounting, Financial, Lawson Software Inc., Accounting System, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2007-07-19

Rutkowska faces '100% undetectable malware' challenge

At last year's Black Hat security conference, stealth malware researcher Joanna Rutkowska caused a stir with the introduction of Blue Pill, a new technology she claims can create malware that remains "100 percent undetectable."This year, a group of her peers will challenge Rutkowska to prove it, arguing that a...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Open source, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-27

Boulder Valley School District Increases Productivity With Lawson Solution Featuring IBM WebSphere Application Server

Boulder, Colorado, and the municipalities which surround the city comprise the Boulder Valley School District BVSD. The school wanted to modernize their district financial, procurement and human resources applications and gain more time to focus on business intelligence and efficiency-enhancing tools. Partnership with Lawson and confidence in IBM product because...

Tags: IBM WebSphere, Application Server, Lawson Software Inc., Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Corp., Application Servers, Middleware, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Case studies 2007-06-01

Nortel purchase of Avaya seen as a confusion-builder

Perspective from a leading technology analyst offers that if enterprise VoIP solutions provider Avaya ends up being acquired by Nortel, users could be in for a pain in the digital assets."But for customers, the combination might not be such a good deal," writes Steven Lawson of the IDG News...

Tags: Predictions and Observations

Blog posts 2007-05-31

Lawson M3 7.1 Large User Scaling on System i

This paper describes testing that was done to test flexibility, integration, and scalability of the new Lawson M3 7.1 running on a System i server. Lawson M3 is a supplier of collaboration software which focuses on the manufacturing, maintenance, and distribution industries and serves many customers around the world. The...

Tags: Lawson Software Inc., Lawson M3, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Channel Management, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Hardware

White papers 2006-11-15

Lawson Products Enables Business Transformation With IBM Rational Portfolio Manager

For sustained growth, Lawson Products recognized the need to transform its business. To drive this transformation, the company and its IT team needed to better understand how IT resources were being used and better align business priorities with IT initiatives. The company began a phased implementation of IBM Rational Portfolio...

Tags: Information Technology, Lawson Software Inc., IBM Corp., Strategy, Management

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Taking on Excel, and Winning, Sort Of.

It’s common knowledge that, when trying to find a true market leader in mid-market enterprise software, the “other� category is by far the largest, despite the efforts of Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Lawson, Infor, and pretty much any vendor with dreams of high volume sales to capture true market dominance. ...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-06-03