Insights from Lawson CUE 2009

April 23, 2009 from The Enterprise System Spectator – “Lawson invited me to attend its annual conference in San Diego this week. I last attended Lawson's CUE in 2005, so this was a good opportunity to catch up on the latest with this vendor of enterprise software…

Here are some of the points that to me were most meaningful, from discussions with Lawson executives and customers as well as from dialog in the analyst meetings. I'll try to comment beyond what is in the announcements and press releases…”

180 View – We think it’s useful to know what is happening at the conferences held by the technology vendors, and appreciate Frank Scavo’s writing about it. I am hearing more about Lawson lately and one can see from this write up that they continue to invest in their systems and should be considered in certain industries such as the fashion industry and equipment manufacturers.

Lawson and IBM Join Forces to Attack the SMB Market

February 2007 from Aberdeen Group – “On February 1, 2007 Lawson and IBM jointly announced an expanded relationship to better serve small and mid-size businesses (SMB) in North America. Under this agreement, IBM will co-develop, sell, and implement solutions specifically designed for the needs of banking and insurance companies, and for manufacturers of fashion and food and beverage products. The solutions will be based on Lawson’s S3 and M3 enterprise management applications.”

180 View – The M3 system mentioned is the former Movex product from Intentia, which was purchased by Lawson. Lawson/IBM will be competing with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and many others including themselves as they also implement SAP and Oracle. The SMB Market has many interpretations. Our view is that Tier One products like SAP, Oracle and Lawson are targeted to companies with revenues of $200 Million and up.