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WSSC Product Profiles Requirements Definition - Payroll/HRIS IV. Survey Assess Packaged Solutions Arthur Andersen LLP date \@ MMMM d, yyyyJanuary 19, 1995 Vendor Analysis - title \* mergeformat Lawson Software (pg. page 1) filename \* mergeformat LAWSON2.DOC I. BACKGROUND Product Name/Series: Lawson Financials; HRMS Vendor Address: 1300 Godward Street Minneapolis, MN 55413-1764 Vendor Contact/Phone Number: Phone/FAX: Michael Crotty 612-379-2633 Eric Morgan - Sales Representative 201-256-4500 X2328 Marketing Literature Provided/Sent: Product literature Total Number of Employees: 425 Year Established/Founded: 1975 II. ARCHITECTURE/PLATFORM Architecture MINICOMPUTER Client/Server Hardware: AS/400 RS/6000, HP/9000, DEC ALPHA 7000 Operating Systems/NOS: OS/400 Windows NT, UNIX DBMS: AS/400 Proprietary Database Oracle, Sybase, Informix User Interface: Windows, Motif front-end Windows, Macintosh, Motif, Character Development Tools: RPG 3 Third Party Report Writer Developed in COBOL Report Writer supplied by 3rd party - ReportSmith III. PRODUCT/VENDOR OVERVIEW Special focus on utility industry, if applicable: Lawson has served several major utilities. Other industries served: Manufacturing Distribution, Health Care Representative clients (with product and industry noted): Utilities Served: Las Vegas Valley Water District, Bay State Gas, Vermont Gas, Electric Power of Chattanooga, North Carolina Electric Corp. Technical direction/new products (per vendor): Lawsons technical strategy is to support Windows NT and the UNIX environment. In its product direction, the company plans to remain a general package, but will provide dedicated support for vertical industries, including utilities. Other comments and analysis: Lawson is dedicating all it resources to creating an open system with horizontal functionality. The company stopped developing its mainframe product line in favor of concentrating on its client/server systems. Lawson also has strong experience with l