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January 2010

 
The LawsonGuru Letter
 
Thought-Provoking Commentary for the Lawson Software Community
In This Issue
Cloudy, with a Chance of Lawson?
Tools to monitor LBI health
Unapplied Cash Report for Lawson M3
P-Cards
Roth 401(k) Company Match
Worthwhile Reading
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Quote of the Issue
"When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane."
-- Hermann Hesse
Cloudy, with a Chance of Lawson?
Are Lawson and "cloud computing" now a wintry mix?
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Welcome to the latest issue of The LawsonGuru Letter, a free newsletter providing provocative commentary on issues important to the Lawson Software community.  The LawsonGuru Letter is published by-and is solely the opinion of-John Henley of Decision Analytics.
 
Tools to monitor LBI health
Anybody out there ever implement any tools to montior LBI health?  We had some issues at one point scheduled reports did not run due to LBI failed to connect to backend SQL Server database.  It would be nice to catch this kind of error before my users do.
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Unapplied Cash Report for Lawson M3 
i have experience with Crystal but not with M3 database. I have LBI, M3 database (Oracle)
and Crystal. I also have Smart Office client installed to access M3 and its programs. User wants to see the Unapplied cash report of customers which doesn't include deposits by the customers.  What tables, fields, and conditions i should use to get this report?
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P-Cards
We are in the process of selecting a vendor to provide our company with the use of P-cards.  I was looking to see if anyone had any experience in using the P-card capabilities and features in Lawson, in addition to any other experiences that you may have in using P-cards. Read More...
 
Roth 401(k) Company Match
We are in the process of implementing a Roth 401(k) plan with a company match in addition to a traditional company match plan.  The issue is that I am unable to tie the company match portion on a pre-tax basis to the Roth plan, as it must be set-up after-tax.   The company match is always pre-tax so I am wondering why Lawson doesn't allow for this.  Does anyone know if there are any tax implications to the employee if the company match is set up after-tax? 
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Thanks for joining us this month. 
 
Sincerely,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Henley
Decision Analytics
Worthwhile Reading
Big Software: Finally Dead?
It may be an old question, but new technologies are giving it new and increased relevance. Will CIOs finally pull the plug?
CIO Insight, October 2009
Demand For Health IT Talent Rising
Robert Half Technology and Manpower among staffing firms reporting that projected demand by clients for health IT skills will rise early next year.
Information Week, December 7, 2009
10 Trends for 2010: Piecing Together a Technology Strategy
Despite a brutal economy and tight budgets, organizations are making plans to deploy the technologies that are most likely to drive their business in 2010. Here are 10 business and technology trends that will help solidify those plans.
Baseline Magazine, December 2009
 

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