According to this recent article (http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/saas/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207403609), it seems that SAP’s ambitious plan for offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) to the mid-market was just a wee bit too ambitious:
SAP’s SaaS Scaleback
May 7, 2008 · No Comments
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Who’s Minding the Store?
April 29, 2008 · 1 Comment
I know, I know. I pick on Lawson Support too much. Keep reading →
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I’ve Been Immortalized!
April 24, 2008 · No Comments
I guess I can’t complain any more. Lawson finally knows me!
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Is there a “LawsonAppliance” in your Future?
March 5, 2008 · No Comments
Software vendors just love to have their own dedicated box, right? We all know about the Google Appliance.
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Is Lawson Enterprise-Ready?
February 14, 2008 · No Comments
This is a topic which always generates a lot of debate. On the one hand, you have Lawson, which touts its “enterprise-readiness”, and its ability to support large enterprises. Most of us think of Lawson as a software vendor targeting small-to-medium companies, but ask any Lawson executive or salesperson, and they will tell you, “oh, we compete with SAP and Oracle all they time, and we win, too!”
Some oft-cited examples:
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Are You Aligned?
January 7, 2008 · No Comments
We always hear a lot about IT alignment. That is, how aligned your IT goals are with goals of your business? Usually, these are addressed in a macro view, but rarely in micro. But what about within the IT organization itself? Are its goals aligned internally within IT?
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Should We Keep Lawson?
January 4, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s an interesting dilemma. A Lawson client asked me why they should continue to use Lawson for their HR software. While they use for Lawson for Financials, they really don’t utilize much of the HR suite:
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Apple’s Stupefying Search Box
December 11, 2007 · 2 Comments
Maybe I’m just not hip enough to get it.
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More Bandwidth ≠ Greater Productivity
November 21, 2007 · 2 Comments
Business Week published an article, “Ten Penny-Pinching Ideas for 2008″ (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2007/tc20071120_184990.htm) which got my attention. No, it wasn’t the sarcastic reference to “the best ways to soak your overpriced tech consultants for free advice” in the opening teaser. Keep reading →
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Whatever Happened to “Upgrade While Active”??
November 8, 2007 · 5 Comments
During the 7.2 -> 8.0 Applications upgrade cycle, Lawson introduced “Upgrade While Active” (at CUE 2003 I think…). This changed the upgrade process to reduce the downtime required to move the data from between application product lines as part of the upgrade.
The 8.0 -> 9.0 Applications were rewritten to use the Java-based sqldbcopy, and table data is copied between product lines/databases directly on the database server rather than the previously-used dump/load method. This, of course, speeds things up dramatically. Keep reading →
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