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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

October 9, 2009 · 1 Comment

No, this post has nothing to do with Lawson.  Except that Lawson S3 supported databases include both Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. 

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→ 1 CommentCategories: Consulting · IT · Microsoft · Oracle

Can Lawson Remain Relevant?

October 1, 2009 · 3 Comments

Some very interesting developments on the mid-market ERP space:
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→ 3 CommentsCategories: ERP · LWSN · Lawson · Lawson M3 · Lawson S3 · Thoughts

No Pain, No Gain?

September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Sure, it’s a tired adage, but it’s rather fitting.
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→ Leave a CommentCategories: Thoughts · Upgrades

Caution: Rough Patches Ahead

August 31, 2009 · 2 Comments

Recently posted on a LawsonGuru.com forum:

Has anyone encountered any problems when moving to ESP 7?
We are preparing to move to ESP 7 and are not aware of any problems, but if anyone has any bad experiences, please share.

This was immediately responded to by a user who said:

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→ 2 CommentsCategories: Patches · Rants · Support · Thoughts

“We Are All Culpable”

August 22, 2009 · 3 Comments

That line comes back to me as I read about a client suing Lawson over a failed implementation.

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→ 3 CommentsCategories: ERP · LWSN

The Morphing of the Enterprise Software Vendor Revenue Model

July 11, 2009 · 4 Comments

Is this an anomaly or an interesting market trend in the enterprise software?

In case you missed it this past week, Lawson released their latest financial results.
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→ 4 CommentsCategories: CRM · ERP · LWSN · Lawson

Tell Us About Your S3 Apps Upgrade

July 10, 2009 · 2 Comments

Several Lawson clients have asked me about what I’m hearing about the Lawson S3 applications upgrades.  As you know, Lawson S3 apps will be decommissioned in 2010, and clients are in various stages of the upgrade.

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Troubleshooting “Duplicate Records” in Crystal Reports

July 8, 2009 · 1 Comment

If you haven’t discovered Ken Hamady, you need to check out his recent post on troubleshooting “duplicate records”.  This is perhaps the most frustrating issue that report designers encounter when developing reports against Lawson tables.

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→ 1 CommentCategories: Crystal · LBI

Lars, You Need a Cause

June 24, 2009 · 3 Comments

I’ve recently noticed some interesting ads, focused on brand loyalty and awareness:

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→ 3 CommentsCategories: Lawson · Lawson CUE · Thoughts

What’s Your VUE?

May 7, 2009 · 2 Comments

imageLawson has announced an interesting service offering, VUE ‘09, targeted at those of you who weren’t able to make it to their recent CUE ‘09 conference in San Diego.

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