Lawson Software Inc. will work with IBM to develop new service-oriented architecture (SOA) interfaces to its line of business application software, the two companies announced yesterday.
Lawson will make IBM's WebSphere middleware software the foundation for its SOA-enabled platform, code-named Project Landmark, said Dean Hager, Lawson's chief product officer. The first Landmark components, which include Lawson's financial, supply chain management and human resources software, will begin shipping within the next year, he said.
SOA applications are designed in such a way that different parts of the application can operate independently of one another. Because of this design, any one feature can be changed without breaking other parts of the application.
