Amsterdam, July 16, 2003 - Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced that industry analyst firm Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT, IT.B) has positioned Lawson in the leader quadrant in the recently released "Project Portfolio Management: Smart Suites for Real Time Processes" Magic Quadrant research report. According to Gartner, leaders are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.
The Magic Quadrant evaluated 27 vendors on specific criteria, including vendor viability, functional depth, support capability, service commitment, package breadth and vision of technology.
"Recognition in the leader quadrant in the Project Portfolio Management Magic Quadrant is a wonderful confirmation of the positive impact our Service Process Optimization suite can have for both internal IT and professional services organizations," said Dean Hager, Lawson's executive vice president of Service Process Optimization. "Lawson is committed to helping service-intensive companies and organizations achieve operational excellence by improving their decision-making, managing their business processes more effectively and achieving workforce optimization."
Lawson's Service Process Optimization suite helps services organizations manage the full lifecycle of all activities and projects while strengthening customer satisfaction. Lawson provides functionality in six key areas: portfolio management, opportunity/demand management, project management, resource management, financial management, and time and expense management.
About Lawson Software
Lawson Software provides business process software solutions that help services organizations in the healthcare, retail, professional services, public sector, financial services, and other strategic markets achieve competitive advantage. Lawson's solutions include enterprise performance management, distribution, financials, human resources, procurement, merchandising and services automation. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., Lawson has offices and affiliates serving North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Additional information about Lawson is available at www.lawson.com.
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Editors Note:
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted July 2003 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission, which permission should not be deemed to be an endorsement of any company or product depicted in the quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is Gartner, Inc.'s opinion and is an analytical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It measures vendors against Gartner defined criteria for a marketplace. The positioning of vendors within a Magic Quadrant is based on the complex interplay of many factors. Gartner does not advise enterprises to select only those firms in the "Leaders" quadrant. In some situations, firms in the Visionary, Challenger, or Niche Player quadrants may be the right matches for an enterprise's requirements. Well-informed vendor selection decisions should rely on more than a Magic Quadrant. Gartner research is intended to be one of many information sources including other published information and direct analyst interaction. Gartner, Inc. expressly disclaims all warranties, express or implied, of fitness of this research for a particular purpose.
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