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 'LWSN'
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
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…)
LWSN Announces 2008 Q1 Financial Results
October 4, 2007 · 1 Comment
Despite the upbeat quarterly report, I’m hearing a lot of grumbling from the troops. In particular that the company is being decimated in the name of cost-cutting, and that the focus has shifted away from long-term R&D to short-term billable/maintenance revenue. Also that all intellectual properties, etc. (e.g. Architects) are now being offshored and that St. Paul will be only a shell, if it even survives as the HQ. Lastly, that Landmark apps are on the back burner.
Lawson’s Quality Crisis…The More Things Change…
June 6, 2007 · 3 Comments
A number of years ago, I wrote a LawsonGuru Letter article titled “Lawson’s Quality Crisis”. I really had high hopes that Lawson was turning the corner on these problems as part of their various initiatives (including their adoption of better CMM practices, the Xansa partnership, etc.) (more…)
Categories: LSF9 · LWSN · Landmark · Rants · Support
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
Is Lawson’s Smart Client coming for S3 customers?
May 23, 2007 · No Comments
A very detailed technical article was just published on the InfoQ.com website,http://www.infoq.com/articles/lawson-casestudy. For Lawson’s S3 clients, there are hints of things to come… (more…)
Simpler is Better, huh?
April 5, 2007 · No Comments
Sorry. I couldn’t resist.
