| LawsonGuru.com Store now Open for Business! - Thursday, May 22, 2008 | In response to your many requests, I have opened the LawsonGuru Store, where you can purchase Crystal Reports for use with your Lawson applications. I'm still building up the inventory, but some popular reports are now available. I've kept the prices pretty low; you'll be getting high-quality reports for less than you'd pay for a couple of hours of consulting. |
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| Share Your Add-In Solutions! - Monday, March 31, 2008
Stop Re-inventing The Wheel!
C'mon, help your fellow clients! I have added a new Add-In Library where you you can share your Excel Add-In Query Wizard and Upload Wizard solutions. To get things started, I've uploaded a few, but the rest is up to you! read more ... |
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Going to work isn’t nearly as dangerous today as it was in the days when young boys were forced to climb and clean chimneys, steel workers balanced untethered atop skyscrapers and women risked their limbs working in textile mills. Back then, every workday could be your last.
Baseline Magazine, May 2008
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How to avoid finance hiring mistakes.
CFO Magazine, May 2008
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Top IT shops made themselves approachable, and now everyone wants a piece. Project portfolio management can help hold off the hordes while keeping your hard-won reputation intact.
Information Week, April 7, 2008
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The software Vendor's Project oasis, code name for a massive ERP overhaul, nearly crippled its ordering system. Refocusing on the user experience and connecting with a hidden class of customers salvaged the company's business.
Baseline Magazine, April 2008
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Stock Picker Likes Sunnier Second Half (at CNBC)
Gimme My Money! (at Motley Fool)
Community Medical Centers Signs Multi-Suite Lawson Software Contract (Business Wire)
ST. PAUL, Minn.----Lawson Software today announced that Community Medical Centers licensed Lawson Smart Office and the Lawson S3 Human Capital Management, Enterprise Financial Management, Supply Chain Management and Business Intelligence Suites.
Lawson May See MSFT Competition (Zacks.com)
W have lowered our target price to $10.00 from $11.00, which is 29.4 times our FY2008 EPS estimate and 20.0 times our FY2009 EPS estimate.
Lawson Software, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for Thu, July 10 (CCBN)
Lawson Software Announces Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results Date and Conference Call (Business Wire)
ST. PAUL, Minn.----Regulatory News:
[$$] Web Spending Tools Help in Tight Times (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Coverage initiated on Lawson Software by KeyBanc Capital Mkts (Briefing.com)
Leading Healthcare Provider Completes Implementation of Multiple Lawson S3 Enterprise Software Suites (Business Wire)
ST. PAUL, Minn.----Lawson Software today announced that Mayo Clinic has completed its implementation of the Lawson S3 Human Capital Management Suite, including the Employee & Manager Self-Service applications.
More Than 80 Organizations Use Lawson Learning Accelerator for Employee Training (Business Wire)
ST. PAUL, Minn.----Lawson Software today announced that more than 80 organizations worldwide have chosen Lawson Learning Accelerator to train staff on Lawson software systems. Introduced in March 2007, Lawson Learning Accelerator allows organizations to create customized, role-based training simulations and documentation to help effectively train and introduce employees to new software systems and capabilities.
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Troubleshooting LSF9 Application SecurityThere's no doubt--Lawson Application Security in LSF9 is more robust, and therefore more complicated, which makes it harder to troubleshoot. Fortunately, you have some visibility--unlike with LAUA security--into the rules engine. |
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Oh, so now you’re an expert, huh?
Can’t you just envision this as being a perfect line of Alice Kramden dialogue from an episode of The Honeymooners? Ralph is contriving some plan with Norton, purporting to be “the expert” on whatever scheme is being cooked up. ...
LWSN: Watch Your Back!
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:
In articles and discussions over the...
One Of My Hats: "Application Architect"?
A recent CIO magazine article (http://www.cio.com/article/187350/Hot_Jobs_Applications_Architect/1) made me think about some of the roles I fill for my clients.
When describing my own consulting business, I really have a hard time, since I’m ...
Lawson’s Install Amnesia
Does anyone else think that when you install a Lawson application, install locations should be remembered for future installs?
In other words, why do you have to enter these paths every single time you install a Lawson product?
And while we’...
Wonders Never Cease
As they say, “wonders never cease”, or something like that.
In last month’s LawsonGuru Letter I asked for your feedback on how well you think Lawson Support is working for you. And, just as I’m compiling your comments, I ne...
Too clever for your own good?
I’ve never been a fan of complicated scripting, whether it’s shell scripts, Perl, python, or whatever. The reason I don’t like it is because it’s usually written by developers who think they’re being “clever̶...
SAP’s SaaS Scaleback
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 a...
Who’s Minding the Store?
I know, I know. I pick on Lawson Support too much.
But man, what an easy target:
I mean, c’mon. Here’s a company that constantly touts itself as a “player” in ERP space. Yet they can’t even keep their support infr...
I’ve Been Immortalized!
I guess I can’t complain any more. Lawson finally knows me!
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Lawson: "The 6% Solution"
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 ...
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