However, the St Paul, Minnesota-based enterprise applications vendor is making a very specific play, aiming for the former JD Edwards customer base who are committed to the IBM iSeries platform. This is the segment of the customer base that Oracle has promised the least to, offering maintenance but little sign of future development. Although Oracle has denied it, there have been suggestions that Oracle could sell this side of the business off.
Lawson is promising immediate savings if users switch from Oracle support to Lawson’s support and lifecycle ROI if they rapidly migrating to Lawson Release 8, its web-based business application built for the iSeries Power5, and WebSphere-based systems.
The company will offer product upgrades, business and technical consulting services from Lawson and Ciber, an IBM Premier Business Partner. It expects migrations would be typically be completed in less than 12 months, and during that time PeopleSoft World and OneWorld maintenance support would be available at a favorable discount.
