Lawson Release 9 Combines Leading ERP Applications from Lawson with IBM's Middleware Platform; Lawson Customers Get Path to Ser
15 Marzo 2006 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) today announced Lawson Release 9,
which includes Lawson's new technology layer, enhanced business
applications, strengthened business intelligence capabilities and
enhanced business process management tools optimized on IBM's
WebSphere, DB2 Universal Database and Tivoli software. Lawson
Release 9 lays the foundation for a service-oriented architecture
(SOA) and prepares customers for Lawson's next-generation Landmark
applications. Lawson Release 9 is designed in response to customer
and marketplace demands for less complexity. The release will unite
a number of Lawson applications, technology and tools under one
version number, simplifying purchasing pricing, packaging,
maintenance contracts and support for customers. This release also
represents the fulfillment of Lawson's commitment to deliver its
portfolio of business applications on IBM's marketplace-leading
application deployment software and other IBM middleware; the
commitment was announced last May during Lawson's CUE user
conference. "Buyers of enterprise software don't have to wait until
2008 or 2010 to start realizing the benefits of next-generation
business applications and don't have to mortgage their
organization's future to get them," said Dean Hager, Lawson
executive vice president and chief product officer. "Less than 10
months after announcing our Landmark and IBM partnership plans,
we're delivering real value - not hype - at a lower total cost of
ownership for our customers." "Lawson has delivered an impressive
package to the market, giving customers like us a clear path to an
SOA future," said Sonia Burgin, Project Manager for Buncombe
County, NC, an early adopter of Lawson Release 9. "Lawson Release 9
helps us reduce IT complexity while giving us the flexibility we
need to rapidly respond to changing needs." World-Class Technology
Provides SOA Foundation Lawson System Foundation 9 (LSF 9) combines
Lawson's best technology with marketplace-leading software from IBM
to present a high-performance, standards-based technology solution
to Lawson customers and a path to SOA. LSF 9 builds on and
leverages the quality of Lawson 8.1 technology to deliver solid
security, scalability, performance and usability. Built-in ease of
deployment means moving to LSF 9 will require an installation
effort similar to a technology refresh so it will not disrupt
customers' business operations or mission-critical applications.
Separating the technical foundation from the applications, Lawson
provides cross-version compatibility so Lawson customers can easily
upgrade their enterprise applications and technology incrementally
and separately - on their own timelines and at much lower costs.
LSF 9 also includes IBM's leading WebSphere Application Server ND
6.0, Tivoli Directory Server 6.0 and DB2 Universal Database
Enterprise Edition 8.2. Implementation of Tivoli Directory Server
and DB2 Database are optional, but together with the required
WebSphere Application Server represent significant opportunities
for Lawson customers to consolidate and better leverage IT
investments. With LSF 9, Lawson joins a wide-ranging ecosystem of
applications optimized for IBM middleware. "Our joint commitment to
innovation and customer value is why we go to market with strategic
alliance partner Lawson to support business applications for the
global mid-market," said Robert LeBlanc, general manager,
WebSphere, IBM Software Group. "Today's announcement represents a
milestone by both companies toward providing mid-market and large
companies with open, SOA-based applications that allow them to
leverage and consolidate their existing IT assets, reduce IT
complexity, lower costs, and provide them flexibility regarding
their choice of operating platforms." Enhanced Business
Applications Lawson Business Management Solutions 9 run on and
require LSF 9. The Lawson Business Management Solutions contain
major enhancements to ERP applications, including: -- Lawson Human
Capital Management Suite 9 - Lawson will be announcing Lawson
Performance Management, a new application designed to align
employee performance with organizational results, helping managers
determine how best to invest in the development of their workforce
and provide an objective, comprehensive way to measure both an
employee's goal attainment and behaviors that impact performance.
In addition, Employee/Manager Self Service has been enhanced to
offer more information to employees and managers, driving faster
user adoption of self-service to reduce administrative costs and
improve service to employees. -- Lawson Supply Chain Management
Suite 9 - New Procurement Card capabilities enable companies to
streamline their purchasing processes by enabling authorized
employees to use credit cards for purchasing rather than formal
requisition and purchase order processes. Features include card
issuance tracking, pre-set spending limits and advanced
reconciliation capabilities. Using Procurement Cards substantially
reduces transaction and overhead costs. Lawson will also be adding
new functionality to improve the way an organization develops and
manages supplier relationships. -- Lawson Enterprise Financial
Management Suite 9 - Enhancements to Cash Management offer
opportunities for greater capital productivity, efficiency and
fraud prevention with Cash Code Lists, Positive Pay, Stale Dating
and Statement Reconciliation. Deduction management capabilities
enable customers to improve cash flows, financial performance and
channel relationships through fewer write-offs, accelerated
collections, better customer communications and reduced overhead
involved in managing deductions and trade promotions. In addition,
new allocation features designed primarily for financial services
industries allow Lawson's Strategic Ledger module to capture the
financial consequences of customer interactions in a variety of
ways for multi-dimensional analysis, accountability and statutory
reporting. Lawson will also be adding new functionality designed
primarily to help publicly traded companies more efficiently comply
with Sarbanes-Oxley Act Sections 404 and 409. Business Intelligence
Tailored for the Mid-Market Availability of Lawson Business
Intelligence 9 was previously announced in November 2005. It is
designed to help executives and business managers make better,
faster decisions to improve corporate performance. Key benefits
include: -- The enhanced, secure report "bursting" capability
reduces the administrative time spent creating, dividing and
distributing multiple copies of reports to staff while ensuring
decisions makers have the relevant information they need to take
corrective actions and mitigate risks. This feature allows
organizations to reduce the number of reports to maintain while
improving access to information through filtered report
distribution. -- Automated Workflow Controls and Proactive
Notifications help customers ensure consistency, accuracy and
timely completion of business processes, as well as compliance with
internal controls set up by an organization. -- Improved access to
information for discovering trends, finding problems and analyzing
the drivers of business performance. Lawson Analytic Architect
provides an easy but powerful way of creating analytical databases
(OLAP) from Lawson HR, Financials and Supply Chain applications
which can be analyzed by Lawson Scorecard or other tools. --
Strengthened user interface includes improved graphical content and
scorecards with drill-down capability so that important business
interactions are recognized quickly and their impact on business
decisions can be assessed immediately. Enhanced Tools Lawson
Business Process Management Suite 9 provides tools to help manage
world-class, end-to-end business processes. From business process
design, security and integration to the underlying application
design and configuration, Lawson Business Process Management Suite
9 helps customers streamline and secure their business processes.
Combined with Lawson's business intelligence solutions and
exclusive World-Class Passport offering - featuring Hackett Group
metrics, benchmarks and best practices - the Business Process
Management Suite and related services can help customers implement
new business process improvements and derive greater lifetime value
from their Lawson investments as they migrate to Lawson Release 9.
The Future: Path to SOA-Based Applications Lawson Release 9
prepares customers for next-generation Landmark applications, which
are designed to deploy in an SOA. The company has identified a
four-step path toward SOA-based Landmark applications for its
customers. The first step is implementation of Lawson System
Foundation Suite 9, which provides customers with Lawson's
supporting technology foundation including IBM's middleware
platform for SOA. Step two is implementing Lawson 9 Business
Management Solutions as they become available. Step three is adding
new Landmark-based application extensions as they become available.
The first Landmark-based product is expected in the first half of
2006. The fourth and final step will be the ultimate conversion of
customers' current Lawson business applications to Landmark-based
applications as they become available. Lawson Release 9 is designed
for customers to deploy rapidly. With Release 9, Lawson further
eases the customer transition leveraging the company\'s Global
Solution Centers for delivery, enabling customers to get the
skilled Lawson resources they need quicker for a reduced cost.
"Lawson's approach to SOA is clear and simple and perfect for the
mid-market," said Maher Hakim, senior vice president of product
management, Lawson Software. "Unlike our competitors, we're
delivering benefits to customers today without confusion or
uncertainty." About Lawson Software Lawson Software provides
business application software and consulting services to services
organizations in the healthcare, retail, government and education,
banking and insurance and other markets. Lawson's software suites
include enterprise performance management, distribution,
financials, human capital management, procurement, retail
operations and service process optimization. With headquarters in
St. Paul, Minn., Lawson has offices and affiliates serving North
and South America, Europe, and Africa. Lawson Software and Lawson
are registered trademarks of Lawson Software, Inc. All rights
reserved. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains
forward-looking statements that contain risks and uncertainties.
These forward-looking statements contain statements of intent,
belief or current expectations of Lawson Software, Inc., and its
management. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future results and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause
actual results to differ materially from the potential results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. The company is not
obligated to update forward-looking statements based on
circumstances or events that occur in the future. Risks and
uncertainties that may cause such differences include but are not
limited to: uncertainties in the company's ability to realize
synergies and revenue opportunities anticipated from the Intentia
International acquisition; uncertainties in the software industry;
global military conflicts; terrorist attacks in the United States,
and any future events in response to these developments; changes in
conditions in the company's targeted service industries; increased
competition and other risk factors listed in the company's most
recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and as included in other documents the company
files from time to time with the Commission.
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