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.
Troubleshooting "Duplicate Records" in Crystal Reports
July 8, 2009 · 3 Comments
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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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What’s Your VUE?
May 7, 2009 · 2 Comments
Lawson 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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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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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.
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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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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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We All Knew This Day Would Come
March 27, 2009 · 2 Comments
Your Paper, Sir?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the newspaper industry is in a serious decline. Maybe that’s not strong enough.
Newspapers, as we’ve known them, are on their deathbed. And it’s a sad reversal of fortune. Gone are the glory days of The Washington Post’s Woodward and Bernstein.
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There’s Simply No Excuse
March 3, 2009 · 4 Comments
Yes, I know. I’m taking a cheap shot.
But this is just ridiculous, and this is not an isolated incident:
- http://blog.lawsonguru.com/2008/05/22/wonders-never-cease
- http://blog.lawsonguru.com/2008/04/29/whos-minding-the-store/
- http://blog.lawsonguru.com/2007/10/22/now-not-serving-number/
And Lawson’s new CIO has been on the job for almost a year.
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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.
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