LawsonGuru Blog
Thought-Provoking Commentary for the Lawson Software Community
Is LWSN Re-Investing Your Maintenance Fees?
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
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.
All A-Twitter ‘Bout Nothin’
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?
Does CRM Invade Our Privacy?
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!).
We All Knew This Day Would Come
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.
There’s Simply No Excuse
Yes, I know. I’m taking a cheap shot.
But this is just ridiculous, and this is not an isolated incident:
- https://blog.lawsonguru.com/2008/05/22/wonders-never-cease
- https://blog.lawsonguru.com/2008/04/29/whos-minding-the-store/
- https://blog.lawsonguru.com/2007/10/22/now-not-serving-number/
And Lawson’s new CIO has been on the job for almost a year.
What Lawson Can Learn From IBM
As you know, LawsonGuru.com and Decision Analytics have absolutely no affiliation with Lawson Software. Which makes for a sometimes contentious relationship with Lawson.
Phil Simon’s New Book: Why New Systems Fail
Make sure you check out the new book, Why New Systems Fail: Theory and Practice Collide, by my friend and fellow independent consultant Phil Simon. The book includes an interview with me on reporting.
Are You Recession-Proof?
The economy is on practically everyone’s mind these days. We know we’re in for a bumpy ride over the next several months, and perhaps even years. Everywhere we turn, organizations are “battening down the hatches”, learning to do more with less. One way to do that is to evaluate our tools as well as our approaches to some of the routine tasks that we perform.
All We Need is a Reset Button
I don’t know what it is about kids and iPods. Sometimes I think I should expand my consulting practice to include the fixing, resetting, and yes, disposing of unusable iPods. Seems my two boys have a knack for doing things to their iPods for which they just weren’t designed.
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