I found this recent Lawson press release announcing the hire of a new VP to be curious. (more…)
Entries categorized as ‘LWSN’
Cloudy with a Chance of Lawson?
November 18, 2009 · 1 Comment
Categories: ERP · Harry Debes · LWSN · Lawson · Thoughts
Can Lawson Remain Relevant?
October 1, 2009 · 3 Comments
Some very interesting developments on the mid-market ERP space:
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Categories: ERP · LWSN · Lawson · Lawson M3 · Lawson S3 · 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.
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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Is LWSN Re-Investing Your Maintenance Fees?
May 5, 2009 · 7 Comments
Phil Simon forwarded this blog post about how software companies are “skimping” on R&D, and are using maintenance revenue streams to finance their on-going operations. You—as the software customer—send the vendor some money each year—some to be used for providing you support, but some of it is expected to be used to further enhance the product.
CUE 09 Descends On San Diego
April 27, 2009 · 10 Comments
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 actual Lawson customer, each of these bloggers targets the larger enterprise software marketplace. But, hey, it’s Lawson’s conference, so they have to right to invite whomever they want.
Alas, I stayed home.
Categories: ERP · Harry Debes · LWSN · Landmark · Lawson · Lawson CUE · Lawson M3 · Lawson S3
What Lawson Can Learn From IBM
February 19, 2009 · 5 Comments
As you know, LawsonGuru.com and Decision Analytics have absolutely no affiliation with Lawson Software. Which makes for a sometimes contentious relationship with Lawson.
Categories: Consulting · ERP · LWSN · Thoughts
Do You Agree With Harry?
August 28, 2008 · 3 Comments
Lawson’s CEO Harry Debes certainly isn’t afraid to speak his mind or express his feelings. But Harry’s latest remarks deriding Software as a Service (SaaS) might just put him in the doghouse:
Categories: ERP · Harry Debes · LWSN · Thoughts
LWSN Expands Support Options as SAP Narrows
August 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Over the past year or so, Lawson has been expanding their support offerings. It used to be that you had just one option: “Maintenance and Support”.
LSWN: Your Full-Service Provider
July 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
An interesting comment in the recent FY08 earnings conference call, made by CEO Harry Debes:
“I think some of our competitors in the case of Microsoft delivers no services, in the case of SAP and Oracle deliver a lot less services. It’s a strategy of ours to in fact be intimately involved with our customer not just to sell them software, we don’t think of ourselves as a software publisher. We think of ourselves as a solutions company and that involves services.”
Categories: ERP · Harry Debes · LWSN · Lawson · Thoughts
