Lawson Software, the Enterprise behind the Internet, today announced that it has joined Project Monterey, a UNIX operating system (OS) initiative led by IBM, along with SCO, Intel, Compaq and other industry leaders. Lawson also announced that it is "Monterey-ready," meeting the criteria to port its applications to the Project Monterey UNIX operating system for Intel IA-64 processors (code-named Monterey/64).
"Lawson is deploying the internal resources to port its world-class line of enterprise e-business solutions and services to the Monterey platform," says Cliff van Tonder, country manager for Lawson Software Africa. Lawson`s e-business management system includes enterprise solution suites for financials, human resources, procurement, supply chain, analytics and relationship management. "Lawson solutions are engineered to help companies achieve operational excellence by managing global business performance in real-time via the Web, and combining process and performance management into a single integrated system," van Tonder says.
"We feel IBM`s Monterey initiative plays a key role in extending enterprise-ready e-business applications into the volume UNIX marketplace on PowerPC and Intel platforms," said Bill Keatts, vice president, Research and Development, Lawson Software. "As an early adopter of open systems, Lawson knows from experience the vitality and benefits of open platform computing. Our n-tier, component-based software architecture is ideally suited for the kind of flexibility Project Monterey is designed to support. Our customers will gain additional options for deploying their Lawson e-business solutions and the reassurance of quality from our close association with other top e-business vendors."
As part of Monterey/64, an enterprise-volume, shrink-wrapped, UNIX operating system is being developed for Intel`s Itanium (IA-64) processors. The OS uses technologies from the IBM AIX operating system, SCO UnixWare operating system and NUMA-Q`s Dynix/ptx enterprise technology.
"Lawson Software is again demonstrating its position as an open computing leader by selecting Project Monterey as an open operating system of choice for the near future," said Miles Barel, program director, AIX Marketing, IBM. "As we make further developmental progress, we are even more committed to providing the most scalable, flexible and unified UNIX for all of Lawson`s mission-critical applications, just as we are to the rest of our quickly expanding list of independent software vendor (ISV) participants."
The objective of the Project Monterey initiative is to establish an enterprise-volume UNIX product line that runs across Intel IA-32 and IA-64 processors (Monterey/64) and IBM`s Power processors in systems that range from departmental to large data center servers. Project Monterey has garnered widespread support from major ISVs in the e-business, business intelligence and enterprise resource planning (ERP) market segments. Additional information on IBM and UNIX can be found at www.ibm.com/servers/aix. More information on Monterey/64 is available on the Web at www.ibm.com/servers/monterey, www.sco.com/monterey; and www.sequent.com/products/software/operatingsys/monterey.html.
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Lawson Software, a $270 million provider of Self-Evident Applications(tm) (SEA) for e-business, offers role-based Web solutions for financials, human resources, procurement, supply chain and performance management. With 2,800 mid- to large-sized corporate customers, Lawson has distinguished itself competitively through a unique blend of feature-rich customer solutions, technology innovation and user-friendly support. Lawson Software has been acclaimed by technology analysts for its innovative and unique use of leading-edge technologies, like Self-Evident Applications(tm) (SEA) on the Web, and Drill Around(tm) for integrated, cross-application data access.
Says the Meta Group, "Lawson Software gives its customers quantified savings by aiming their technology at saving corporations on overhead...a rare thing in the client/server world." Offering LAWSON INSIGHT(r)II for UNIX, NT and AS/400 platforms, Lawson has 28 offices and affiliates serving 36 countries worldwide and a 96 percent client retention over five years. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis and London.