Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Face Some Headwinds,...
Purchasing in Q3 reflected both economic downturn and summer doldrums. While on-premise vendors continued massive double digit declines in year-over-year new license revenue, SaaS vendors faced some...
View ArticleWednesday’s Whispers: People Whispers November/December 2009
PEOPLE WHISPERS: MOVES, PROMOTIONS, AND MILESTONES* As always, thanks for your emails and alerts. If you’ve got a change or know of a promotion, keep dropping me a line! If you need a referral, and...
View ArticleTuesday’s Tip: 10 Cloud and SaaS Apps Strategies For 2010
Keep In Mind Basic Rules Still Apply Regardless Of Deployment Option The proliferation of SaaS solutions provides organizations with a myriad of sorely needed point and disruptive solutions. Good...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Lawson Software Closes Healthvision Acquisition for $160M,...
Lawson Acquisition Brings Healthcare Focused ERP To Last-Mile Patient Management Solutions On January 11th, 2010, Lawson Software announced it had closed a $160M all cash offer for Healthvision, a...
View ArticleQuarterly Financial Tracker: Q4 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Continue To Trump On...
The Year Of SaaS Shows… And Yes, In This Economy. The recession continued to take its toll on software sales with a slight impact to the SaaS vendors. Growth rates have come down from the high 30’s to...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Lawson Puts Its Full ERP Suite In The Cloud
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....
View ArticleResearch Summary: Best Practices – The Case For Two-Tier ERP
Forward And Commentary Legacy optimization remains a key component for funding future innovation. Two-tier ERP emerges as one strategy to optimize existing systems while adding innovation. The report...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Infor Extends $1.84B Unsolicited Offer For Lawson
Unsolicited Offer Marks Chuck Phillips’ First Acquisition Attempt At Infor On March 11th, St.Paul, MN, based Lawson announced that Infor and Golden Gate Capital made a $1.84B unsolicited offer. This...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Infor Launches New Era With Infor 10
After 11 months of behind the scenes work, CEO Charles Phillips and the Infor management team unveiled the launch of Infor 10 in New York City on September 13, 2011, to customers, industry analysts,...
View ArticleEvent Report: #InforSummit Reveals More Than A Redesigned Infor
Changes at Infor More Than Cosmetic Analysts and tech watchers gathered on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, 2013, for Infor Summit, a progress check on Infor, the third largest independent applications...
View ArticleLawson & Issues on two fronts: Earnings and Icahn
Today, Lawson Software (LWSN) announced earnings below analyst expectations. Specifically, profits of $2.6 million were reported (vs. year earlier number of $8.6 million) resulting in a 2 cents/share...
View ArticleMonday’s Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights
Apps Users Seek Third Party Maintenance For Cost, Value, and Service Updated surveys from inquiries, client conversations, and user group meetings show a 113.8% increase in interest in third party...
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