Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) provides software and service solutions to 4,000 customers in manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries across 40 countries. Lawson's solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications that help customers streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business performance. Headquartered in St. Paul, MN, Lawson has 40 offices worldwide.

Sirius is a Lawson technology infrastructure solution partner and can provide a solid technical foundation across Lawson's enterprise-wide software portfolio. As IBM's largest solution partner, Sirius provides advanced infrastructure solutions to Lawson customers throughout the US in all markets and industries. Sirius can manage the entire hardware lifecycle from architecture to implementation, including trained technical pre-sales resources to size and perform capacity planning for Lawson environments.

To fully exploit the advanced capabilities of Lawson software requires flexible, powerful systems underneath the business applications. The whole solution stack must be able to respond to changing business needs rapidly and cost-effectively. Based on leading hardware technology, such as advanced POWER5 virtualization and IBM middleware optimized for Lawson software operations, Sirius offers IBM IT infrastructure solutions designed to maximize the rewards of implementing and operating Lawson applications.