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Lawson reaches turning point

 
Source/Author  lsuzukamo@pioneerpress.com
 

 

After a bold merger and shake-up at the top, St. Paul software maker aims to take on industry Goliaths


In 2004, a new threat emerged. Oracle's $10.3 billion hostile takeover of Lawson's chief competitor, PeopleSoft, changed the industry's landscape.

Lawson Software has always had potential, people say. Now it will have to prove it. Lawson is Minnesota's largest business-software maker — and St. Paul's high-tech hope. When Lawson moved to town in the late 1990s, it was mentioned in the same breath as the Minnesota Wild hockey team as a key to revitalizing downtown St. Paul.

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