Tipping Point for Cloud-ERP and Big Companies

Within the past couple of years, only-mid-sized companies were making the switch to cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suites. But now, it’s become an IT imperative. More recently, mid-size and large companies are seeing the benefits of this and ditching the old ‘legacy’ software in the past. When the cloud was first introduced, many CIOs of large companies thought it was too risky, but we’ve now come to see that the cloud-services have proven to be more secured against cyberattacks than the corporate data centers. These large companies not only acknowledge this, but are realizing that while these old legacy apps are still functional, they’re just not enough to compete in the digital business environment of today.

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Brooklyn Nets Form Wide-Ranging Partnership with Global Software Leader Infor

 

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE) and global software leader Infor, have formed a fully-integrated partnership with professional National Basketball Association team the Brooklyn Nets. The wide-ranging partnership covers four major areas: team performance, fan experience, team business operations, and jersey patch sponsorship. The partnership with BSE is Infor’s first combining analytics and sports in North America, with similar relationships already established in Europe and Asia – Ferrari and Super Rugby team the BNZ Crusaders, respectively. Infor will develop a one-stop digital hub to assist Nets General Manager Sean Marks and the team’s Basketball Operations department generate stronger results on the court. As part of the partnership, Infor will have its logo featured on the front left of the Nets game jerseys starting the 2017-18 season. The partnership will also include major Infor branding at Barclays Center for all Nets and New York Islanders games, as well as other events, as well as the team’s practice facility in Brooklyn.

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WorkOutLoud Offers First & Only Social Platform Specifically Designed to Secure Customer Engagement that Drives Profitable Growth

Former Lawson Executive & Minneapolis Director of Startup Grind Launch WorkOutLoud Offering the First and Only Social Platform Specifically Designed to Secure Customer Engagement

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After 2 full years of imagination and development, early customer incubation, beta releases, and now more than 20 customers that are helping us prove out our idea for a comprehensive customer community platform and the value within… we are announcing our company to the world. It’s time to #WorkOutLoud #CustomerCommunities

 

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IP Designer Series – The Branch Node

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The Branch node in IP Designer is useful for an “if-then-else” type of logical statement.

After adding a branch node to your process, make sure the node is connected (using the connection tool) to previous nodes. That way, all your variables will be available. Then, click on the branch node and add conditions. You can add many conditions, and you can use variables and/or javascript code to create the comparisons.

In this example, we have very simple conditions:

When you create a connection from a branch to another node, you will be prompted to select the condition that should lead to that node:

NOTE: If you need to connect your branch node to a different node, DO NOT DELETE the connection. That will delete your entire condition!!! Simply grab the end of the arrow and move it to the correct node, or right click on the connection to unlink it and create another connection to the correct node.

Introducing A Free Tier of LSFIQ Lawson Security Reporting

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Today we are introducing a free tier of our super popular security reporting application.

LSFIQ is the only cloud-based application that enables you to upload and analyze your Lawson Security data with ease and with no software to install. Simply upload two easy-to-create files into your LSFIQ account and get access to dozens of incredible reports that give you instant, detailed view into your security data. And now there is a great new free version.

It has taken us a while to make the freemium vision come to life but we are proud to announce that as of 2017, you can use our application completely free with no obligation to ever buy.

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Update the Micro Focus License Manager

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In Lawson version 10.0.8, you may encounter performance issues followed by the dreaded “error occurred outside of IOS” notification.  If you run into these issues, check your event viewer.  If you see an error like the one below, you may need to reinstall the Micro Focus license manager.  Here are the steps to do install it.

  1. Go to ftp://asqcust:[email protected]/supportdownload/CES/lmsetupx64.msi and download the msi
  2. Place the file on your Lawson application server
  3. On the Lawson application server, stop the Sentinel RMS License Manager service
  4. Double-click the installation file and follow the steps
  5. The Sentinel RMS License Manager service should be restarted after the installation is complete

Don’t forget to check your Event Viewer

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Sometimes Lawson errors can be very cryptic and difficult to troubleshoot.  Sometimes you will have a very specific error in the ios.log or other system logs, and a search on InforXtreme produces ZERO results.  It can be quite frustrating!  Don’t forget that you have another place to check for errors.  Always remember to check your Windows Event Viewer for another “perspective” on the error.  Sometimes a Google search or even InforXtreme search on the error text in Event Viewer will actually produce results where the log search didn’t.  Some examples I have found are an error in the importdb script, which provided more information for an Infor ticket I had open, and a MicroFocus license manager error that led me to a KB and a download that solved some performance issues for us.  So, the bottom line is, don’t forget to check server logs in addition to Lawson and WebSphere logs!

IP Designer Series – The Assignment Node

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The Assignment node in IP Designer is pretty straightforward and simple to use, but it can also be very useful and flexible. The first step to using the assignment node is to create and initialize your variables in the start node properties.

The assignment node can be used to set simple variables. It can also be used for more complex assignments. Here is a simple assignment, created by clicking :

You can also use javascript and regular expressions in your assignment node to manipulate strings. This example uses a simple “if” statement to assign a variable (created by clicking ):

This example takes a line from a data iterator, splits it on the “,” , and removes unwanted characters using regular expressions. It assigns that string to the “impCompany” variable, which was created and initialized in the Start node.

7 cloud technology predictions for 2017

There’s no denial that cloud technology saw impressive growth in 2016. Companies like Amazon and Microsoft embraced the technology and saw increased sales. And there’s no sign of a slowdown. Below are seven predictions for cloud technology in 2017 from cloud market experts.

  1. When faced with a hardware refresh, more companies will turn to the cloud rather than new equipment.
  2. Cloud vendors with incomplete solutions will continue to form surprising alliances.
  3. CISOs will increasingly see cloud migration as a risk mitigation strategy.
  4. New Software as a Service (SaaS) will emerge to help people manage cloud-based resiliency.
  5. Machine learning will begin to enable the prediction of application downtime and duration.
  6. Cloud apps providers will build more native logging and audit features.
  7. Companies will continue to implement multi-cloud models.

Are your predictions on the list? What other predictions do you have?

 

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Infor BI–Office Plus: Create a Database Alias

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This is a simple way to create a database alias.

 

Create your Alias:

  1. Log on with Options
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  2. Select the Repository
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  3. On the Database Structure Pane – Click New Database Alias button
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  4. Fill in information:
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Your Alias is now created:

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