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:
Entries categorized as 'ERP'
SAP’s SaaS Scaleback
May 7, 2008 · No Comments
Categories: ERP · LWSN · Landmark
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.
Categories: ERP · LWSN · Lawson · Support
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:
Categories: ERP · LWSN · Rants
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:
Not a Win For LWSN
October 18, 2007 · 1 Comment
SAP announced today that Wal-Mart has selected SAP for Financials: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071018/sap_contract.html
I honestly don’t think Lawson competes on the same level as SAP on Financials products. But the SAP win at Wal-Mart is interesting, given Wal-Mart’s previous selection of Lawson for HR/Payroll, and Lawson’s assertions about how “Wal-Mart Loves Lawson” (more…)
SAP to Acquire Business Objects
October 10, 2007 · 1 Comment
First Hyperion gets acquired by Oracle (see http://www.oracle.com/hyperion/index.html).
Now more big news this week: http://www.businessobjects.com/news/press_release.asp?id=20071007_005046. The question I’m getting from a lot of you in the Lawson community is: “Where does this leave Lawson?”. And, of course, the answer is, “well, of course, I don’t know”. But I have my opinions/ideas. (more…)
Will Landmark Suffer from 2nd System Effect?
September 20, 2007 · No Comments
I recently wrote (see http://lawsonguru.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/applying-the-change-function-to-lwsn/) about Pip Coburn’s book “The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn” (see http://www.amazon.com/Change-Function-Technologies-Others-Crash/dp/B000NA6U2O) and how it can be applied to Lawson. I want to expand a bit on how I think it applies to Landmark. (more…)
LWSN and Dogfood ?!?
May 30, 2007 · 3 Comments
Bonus!: LWSN and Dogfood ?!?
I was copied on this email from a Lawson client, who was addressing their concerns to Lawson: Making the commitment to use your own products is a matter of scale and features. For some businesses and some products, it may be the right decision; for others, that may not be the case.
We are getting conflicting information from Lawson on this subject. (more…)
Categories: ERP · LWSN · Rants
Oracle Sues SAP
March 23, 2007 · No Comments
A few days ago, Oracle sued SAP in what could turn into a very ugly case. Depending on the merits and outcome of this case (which I’ll get to shortly), it could mean a rude wake-up call for any firm doing ERP consulting work. (more…)
IBM’s Buying Spree
August 10, 2006 · No Comments
This is getting really spooky.
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Categories: ERP
