Lawson Software further strengthened its commitment to the IBM(R) System i community worldwide by releasing Lawson 9 on the IBM System i platform, including Lawson 9 upgrade programs and services for existing System i Lawson customers in services industries. Since the late 1970s, Lawson has been building and optimizing applications to run on IBM's "all-in-one" business computing system and its predecessors. Today's announcement demonstrates that continued commitment.
"Thousands of Lawson customers and prospects depend on System i to run their businesses reliably and cost-effectively," said Guenther Tolkmit, senior vice president of product development, Lawson. "That is why it is important to give them access to the same Lawson 9 benefits as our other customers, including industry-standard technology that is leading toward a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and new application enhancements tailored for industry-specific needs."
Designed in response to customer and marketplace demands for less complexity, Lawson 9 lays the foundation for moving to SOA and establishes a planned path for customers to purchase future Lawson Landmark-based applications. It includes the new Lawson technology layer, enhanced business applications, strengthened business intelligence capabilities and enhanced business process management tools.
Lawson 9 supports i5/OS Version 5 Release 3 (V5R3) and i5/OS Version 5 Release 4 (V5R4) - the newest version of the IBM integrated operating system - and is optimized for IBM middleware including WebSphere Application Server ND. Furthermore, it simplifies the total ownership experience with simplified purchase pricing, versioning, packaging, maintenance contracts and support for customers.
Great Plains Coca-Cola has already been using Lawson 9 on System i successfully. "Lawson and IBM continue to partner with Great Plains Coca-Cola to extend our System i investments, keep our systems current and help us derive greater value from our technology investments," said Clayton Sliger, chief financial officer, Great Plains Coca-Cola.
By Lawson
Posted December 31st, 2006 by Nymphadora
