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SAP to Acquire Business Objects
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. Read more of this post
LWSN Announces 2008 Q1 Financial Results
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.
Applying the Change Function to LWSN
Last summer’s reading included a significant and highly-relevant book, “The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn” (see http://www.amazon.com/Change-Function-Technologies-Others-Crash/dp/B000NA6U2O) by Pip Coburn. As I was reading, I naturally started to draw some parallels to some Lawson initiatives. Read more of this post
Will Landmark Suffer from 2nd System Effect?
I recently wrote (see https://lawsonguru.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/applying-the-change-function-to-lwsn/) about Pip Coburn’s book “The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn” (see http://www.amazon.com/Change-Function-Technologies-Others-Crash/dp/B000NA6U2O) and how it can be applied to Lawson. I want to expand a bit on how I think it applies to Landmark. Read more of this post
Lawson’s Quality Crisis…The More Things Change…
A number of years ago, I wrote a LawsonGuru Letter article titled “Lawson’s Quality Crisis”. I really had high hopes that Lawson was turning the corner on these problems as part of their various initiatives (including their adoption of better CMM practices, the Xansa partnership, etc.)
LWSN and Dogfood ?!?
I was copied on this email from a Lawson client, who was addressing their concerns to Lawson: We are getting conflicting information from Lawson on this subject.
1. Is Concur a Lawson Partner?
2. Is Lawson using Concur internally for Expense Reimbursement?
3. Does Lawson plan to use Concur internally for Expense Reimbursement in the future?
If the answer to any of these is “yes”, can you please explain why and what the plans are for the Lawson Time & Expense module?
Is Lawson’s Smart Client coming for S3 customers?
A very detailed technical article was just published on the InfoQ.com website,http://www.infoq.com/articles/lawson-casestudy. For Lawson’s S3 clients, there are hints of things to come… Read more of this post
Oracle Sues SAP
A few days ago, Oracle sued SAP in what could turn into a very ugly case. Depending on the merits and outcome of this case (which I’ll get to shortly), it could mean a rude wake-up call for any firm doing ERP consulting work. Read more of this post
David Williams shares some secrets on moving your ProcessFlow v8 .flo files to LSF9
David Williams from Paradigm ERP is a frequent LawsonGuru Letter Guest Spot contributer. He also has a blog on Lawson ProcessFlow. Read more of this post
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