California Water District Signs Multi-Suite Contract with Lawson Software.

Elsinore Valley will use Lawson applications to support best practices in strategic sourcing, project accounting and budgeting

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) today announced that Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District licensed the Lawson S3 Enterprise Financial Management, Human Capital Management and Supply Chain Management suites to automate business processes in the areas of human resources, project accounting, budgeting, strategic sourcing and payroll. Lawson Professional Services will provide implementation services for the system rollout. The contract was signed in Lawson's fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, which ended May 31, 2007.

Established in 1950, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) serves more than 38,000 people in California's Western Riverside County, including the cities of Palm Springs, San Jacinto and Elsinore Valley. EVMWD is a sub-agency of the Western Municipal Water District and a member agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

"We wanted to replace our 20-year-old legacy business system with a proven ERP system to reduce operational costs and administration," said James A. Ollerton, director of information technology for Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District. "We chose Lawson based on its ease of use and track record of more than 50 successful utility deployments. Once implemented, the Lawson system will help us streamline business processes via employee and manager self-service functionality, automated workflows for purchase order approvals and paperless versions of the most common employee forms."

To enhance its operational efficiency, EVMWD will use the Lawson applications to create one consolidated business system and eliminate duplicate data entry. This unified system will enable EVMWD staff to enter and access key information from a single data point, helping them more easily manage core functions, such as accounts receivable, utility billing, purchasing, payroll, budgeting and benefits administration. The Lawson applications also will help the water district enhance its ability to quickly create and electronically distribute executive management reports and budget reports.

EVMWD will begin implementation of the Lawson applications this month and expects to complete the rollout by August 2008.

"Public utilities need flexible business systems that allow them to quickly respond to evolving customer and regulatory requirements," said Ken Munson, industry marketing director, Public Services, Lawson Software. "Our affordable and easy-to-use applications help public services organizations such as EVMWD optimize and streamline business processes so they can achieve their business goals."

Lawson serves more than 120 public services customers, including three of the top seven digital state governments and four of the 25 largest school districts in the United States. State governments, cities, counties, school districts, publicly owned utilities/authorities and special districts rely on Lawson solutions to help meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders - constituents, employees, students, vendors and the community - while helping to maximize limited budgets.

About Lawson Software

Lawson Software 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. Lawson solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses or organizations by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business or operational performance. Lawson is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., and has offices around the world. Visit Lawson online at www.lawson.com.

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