Lawson Software Unveils Lawson Smart Office, Linking Microsoft and Lawson Capabilities

Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) introduced Lawson Smart Office, a personalized user interface that allows users to directly access Lawson and Microsoft applications and update data pervasively and instantly across the applications. Lawson is bringing together Microsoft productivity, mobility and collaboration tools, such as Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Groove, with Lawson enterprise applications and business intelligence capabilities. Lawson Smart Office places the business software user at the center of the "information workplace" and the multiple processes they work with. Smart Office helps people access the information they need, when they want it, in the context required, combined with the analytic and Smart Notification capabilities of Lawson Business Intelligence. It also promotes greater collaboration and real-time information sharing across various business applications. Lawson developed Smart Office around the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, to support any business processes using Microsoft applications. http://www.lawson.com