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Category Archives: Landmark
CUE 09 Descends On San Diego
When Lawson CUE was held in San Diego this past April, Lawson invited some software industry bloggers to attend the annual event. I’ll let you read their reviews: Frank Scavo’s Enterprise Spectator Michael Krigsman’s IT Project Failures Ray Wang’s Software Insider’s Point of View Vinnie Mirchandani’s Deal Architect Unlike the LawsonGuru Blog, which targets you—the [...]
SAP’s SaaS Scaleback
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:
LWSN Announces 2008 Q1 Financial Results
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 [...]
Applying the Change Function to LWSN
Last summer’s reading included a significant and highly-relevant 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) by Pip Coburn. As I was reading, I naturally started to draw some parallels to some Lawson initiatives.
Will Landmark Suffer from 2nd System Effect?
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.
Lawson’s Quality Crisis…The More Things Change…
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.)
Is Landmark the Real Deal?
What we saw of Landmark at CUE 2006 looks like it may be the real deal, even though it sounds like it is still living in the ivory tower and hasn’t (yet) been exposed to many people. As soon as that happens and the defects start to surface…then we’ll know more.
The Broken Chain & Lawson 9.0
Over the past few months, my wife and I have been tooling along our local bike trails. This came to a surprise halt a few weeks ago. First indication of a problem was that my chain was slipping every now and then as I pedaled hard up a hill. This time was no different, as [...]
Does Landmark Change Lawson’s Offshore Strategy?
Is Lawson about to reinvent itself? Remember a couple of years ago, how everyone was trying to be part of the offshore phenomenon? Lawson, not wanting to miss the party nor the potential savings, hooked up with offshore services provider Xansa (see http://www.danalytics.com/guru/letter/archive/2004-03.htm). The plan was that Xansa would be utilized, “…to manage Lawson’s product [...]
When will LID go away?
It’s a question I hear quite a bit. For years now, Lawson has been telling us that LID will be going away. Now with the just-released 8.1 Technology, this may indeed be getting closer to reality. All application forms can be accessed from the Lawson Portal. In fact, Lawson’s developers have been given free rein [...]
