Comments on: Quick Take: Infor and Golden Gate Gain Definitive Agreement To Acquire Lawson For $2B http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/ Your buy side advocate for enterprise apps strategies, vendor selection, & contract negotiations Tue, 22 May 2012 17:35:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: R "Ray" Wang http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12145 R "Ray" Wang Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:03:36 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12145 Daniel - the new layer will probably be on Microsoft for now. However, Infor is better in a position to back IBM technology as backing MSFT is backing a competitor. - Ray Daniel – the new layer will probably be on Microsoft for now. However, Infor is better in a position to back IBM technology as backing MSFT is backing a competitor. – Ray

]]> By: R "Ray" Wang http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12144 R "Ray" Wang Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:02:59 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12144 Clive - not much innovation in the market place among the large vendors. Their biz models have them going for fast follower status. Some are just slow joggers =) What do other folks think? - Ray Clive – not much innovation in the market place among the large vendors. Their biz models have them going for fast follower status. Some are just slow joggers =) What do other folks think? – Ray

]]> By: clive boulton http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12143 clive boulton Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:00:24 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12143 Ray @ Dynamics CRM 2011, Vancouver, I almost melted. Project Green is now Managed Solutions. Last May , Redmond moved to block SFDCs ingenuity. Definitely, LJE is repurposing Sun assets, maybe not to be left behind. I asked Larry @ EdZ ChC event (he ducked). Marc and Hasso debated same puck. Ray @ Dynamics CRM 2011, Vancouver, I almost melted. Project Green is now Managed Solutions. Last May , Redmond moved to block SFDCs ingenuity. Definitely, LJE is repurposing Sun assets, maybe not to be left behind. I asked Larry @ EdZ ChC event (he ducked). Marc and Hasso debated same puck.

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12134 Daniel Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:49:13 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12134 And the new experience layer is Infor Workspace or Lawson Smart office? What strategy would you expect there? And the new experience layer is Infor Workspace or Lawson Smart office?

What strategy would you expect there?

]]> By: R "Ray" Wang http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12086 R "Ray" Wang Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:50:55 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12086 Daniel - Baan (LN) tends to be in larger shops. M3 targets smaller shops and departments. Both are older products. The long term goal is to keep those platforms alive with cross sold products that abstract the data and transactions into a new user experience layer. We'll see if this strategy succeeds. - Ray Daniel – Baan (LN) tends to be in larger shops. M3 targets smaller shops and departments. Both are older products. The long term goal is to keep those platforms alive with cross sold products that abstract the data and transactions into a new user experience layer. We’ll see if this strategy succeeds. – Ray

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12085 Daniel Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:42:10 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12085 Product-wise, the real question is what will happen with M3 and LN (Baan). I do not see how these products complement each other. Both are manufacturing ERP products targeting almost the same markets. Product-wise, the real question is what will happen with M3 and LN (Baan). I do not see how these products complement each other. Both are manufacturing ERP products targeting almost the same markets.

]]> By: R "Ray" Wang http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12080 R "Ray" Wang Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:32:34 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12080 Phil - the cloud computing boat was hard to move lawson customers to b/c they weren't ready. Lawson customers tend to be more conservative. That being said, will Infor and Lawson customers be ready to embrace the cloud? What do you think? - Ray Phil – the cloud computing boat was hard to move lawson customers to b/c they weren’t ready. Lawson customers tend to be more conservative. That being said, will Infor and Lawson customers be ready to embrace the cloud? What do you think? – Ray

]]> By: R "Ray" Wang http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12079 R "Ray" Wang Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:31:44 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12079 Clive - The puck's moving to scale. Will that leave ingenuity behind? - Ray Clive – The puck’s moving to scale. Will that leave ingenuity behind? – Ray

]]> By: clive boulton http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12036 clive boulton Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:15:41 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12036 Good customer road-map. "skate to where the puck's going, not where it's been" Industry acquisitions boil down to who can build revenue scale to innovate and provision customizations in a SaaS architecture. Good customer road-map.

“skate to where the puck’s going, not where it’s been”

Industry acquisitions boil down to who can build revenue scale to innovate and provision customizations in a SaaS architecture.

]]> By: Phil Simon http://blog.softwareinsider.org/2011/04/26/quick-take-infor-and-golden-gate-gain-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-lawson-for-2b/comment-page-1/#comment-12031 Phil Simon Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:23:24 +0000 http://blog.softwareinsider.org/?p=7590#comment-12031 Lawson as a product won’t go anywhere. Oracle still supports PS apps nearly a decade after its acquisition. People still work on Integral applications and that’s been defunct for much longer than that. Lawson missed the boat on cloud computing, doing way too little way too late. Lawson as a product won’t go anywhere. Oracle still supports PS apps nearly a decade after its acquisition. People still work on Integral applications and that’s been defunct for much longer than that.

Lawson missed the boat on cloud computing, doing way too little way too late.

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