Yesterday, Lawson released their fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2008. To just read Lawson’s press release (http://www.lawson.com/wcw.nsf/pub/new_3CABF3), you can see that (according to Lawson, at least) everything’s rosy:
Entries categorized as ‘LWSN’
LWSN: Watch Your Back!
June 17, 2008 · 4 Comments
For several years now, I’ve been telling Lawson (and anyone else who’s been listening…) that Microsoft–not SAP and not Oracle–is the competitor that Lawson needs to watch out for:
Wonders Never Cease
May 22, 2008 · 1 Comment
As they say, “wonders never cease”, or something like that.
SAP’s SaaS Scaleback
May 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
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:
Lawson: "The 6% Solution"
March 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
An interesting article in CIO Magazine (http://www.cio.com/article/177300/Why_ERP_Systems_Are_More_Important_Than_Ever).
“More than 85 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their ERP systems were essential to the core of their businesses, and that they ‘could not live without them.’”
But what jumped out at me were the numbers related to ERP market share. Besides the obvious fact that Oracle’s acquisition streak has bought it a huge market share, I’m still surprised that, according to this article, Lawson only has 6% of the market:
Is there a “LawsonAppliance” in your Future?
March 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Software vendors just love to have their own dedicated box, right? We all know about the Google Appliance.
Is Lawson Enterprise-Ready?
February 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
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:
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.
