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News Analysis: Lawson Puts Its Full ERP Suite In The Cloud

News Analysis: Lawson Puts Its Full ERP Suite In The Cloud

By R "Ray" Wang on April 22, 2010

Lawson External Cloud Services Represents A Big Step In On Demand ERP Options On March 31, 2010, Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) announced the Lawson External Cloud Services offering.  The venerable St. Paul, Minnesota vendor plans to deliver the full ERP Suite including Lawson S3, Lawson M3, and Lawson Talent Management via Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon EC2, Apps Strategy, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CRM, deployment options, EC2, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise performance management, enterprise software, erp, HCM, HR, iaas, Infrastructure as a service, Intentia, Lawson, Lawson CUE, Lawson Global Users Group, Lawson M3, Lawson S3, Lawson Software, Lawson Talent Management, Lawson Test Drive, license policy, Mid market, News Analysis, Oracle Enterprise Manager, SaaS, saas bigots, SCM, social enterprise apps, software trends, Software Vendors, strategy, subscription pricing, supply chain, True SaaS, vendor strategy, virtualization | 1 Response

Tuesday's Tip: Dealing With Vendor Threats To Charge For Back Maintenance Fees

Tuesday’s Tip: Dealing With Vendor Threats To Charge For Back Maintenance Fees

By R "Ray" Wang on April 13, 2010

Four Common Customer Scenarios Will Trigger Vendors To Raise The Back Maintenance Fee Discussion Back maintenance fees describe the amount an organization would have paid for maintenance if they would have continued to pay the usual stream required to access support, bug fixes, patches, and upgrade rights.  As economic conditions have worsened, many organizations have […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, back maintenance fees, best practices, bill of rights, bug fix, contract negotiations, contract strategy, cost reduction, CRM, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, erp, IT Strategy, license policy, license returns, revenue recognition, SaaS, SCM, self support, software as a service, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Software Vendors, upgrade, vendor management, vendor strategy, vendor threats

Best Practices: Lessons Learned In What SMB’s Want From Their ERP Provider

Best Practices: Lessons Learned In What SMB’s Want From Their ERP Provider

By R "Ray" Wang on November 2, 2009

Competition Intensifies For The Small And Medium Organization’s Software Budget

Software vendors such as Oracle and SAP can no longer rely on their large enterprise customers for double digit year-over-year growth.  In fact, their customers have not only reached a saturation point in being able to consume new solutions, but have also faced demands to cut […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged best practices, business requirements, business solutions, CDC Software, channel programs, channels, Cloud Computing, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, Epicor, erp, Exact Software, financing options, IFS, Infor, Lawson, market strategy, microsoft, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Office, netsuite, oracle, QAD, SaaS, smb, sme, social enterprise apps, Software Ecosystems, software trends, Software Vendors, SYSPRO, vendor financing, vendor strategy, VM Ware, Web 2.0

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