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Entries categorized as ‘Thoughts’

Checkbox Computing

January 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment

One of the people I pay attention to in the tech world is John C. Dvorak. While he’s not always right, he does provoke our thought process when it comes to technology.

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Categories: IT · Thoughts

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

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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Categories: 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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Categories: Patches · Rants · Support · Thoughts

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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Categories: 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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Categories: Lawson · Lawson CUE · Thoughts

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. 

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Categories: CRM · ERP · LWSN · Thoughts

All A-Twitter ‘Bout Nothin’

April 23, 2009 · 8 Comments

It seems the whole universe is “tweeting” about something, and we, as a culture, just can’t get enough of it:

  • Some celebs have exceeded 1 MILLION followers, and that makes the “news”.  Gee, pardon my lack of excitement.
  • Senators and Congress{men|women} tweeting during Obama’s address to Congress.  Have they forgotten about decorum and manners?

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Categories: Rants · Thoughts

Does CRM Invade Our Privacy?

April 11, 2009 · 1 Comment

Once a year, it happens.  My birthday, that is.  I won’t yammer on and on about birthdays, and how when you get to be “over-the-hill”, you don’t want to think about birthdays.  No, I’m perfectly fine with my age (hey, I earned my grey hair!).

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Categories: CRM · Rants · Thoughts