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The Future of ERP:
Technologies, That You Should Look-out For

Presented by:
Anish Kanaran
Regional Director
Epicor Software Corporation

© Epicor Software Corporation 2011

The Evolution : Humans & Internet
Graduated
The New breed: Students who are born & brought-up with
the internet, will graduate from college in 2011 2011
College
Late Twitter & Android
2000
High School
Mid Facebook
2000
6th Grade
Early Dot com Bust
2nd Grade 2000
Late Dot com Boom
Kindergarten 1990’s & Google
Mid
1990’s
IE & Yahoo
Born
AOL
1990


‘Cloud Computing’
What’s Next
 Dynamism
??????
 Abstraction
 Resource Sharing


ERP Pain Points: Are You Feeling It?

Slow time
High cost Risky Data
to value
and upgrade quality and
and limited
complexity cycle consistency
agility


The future of enterprise apps: Next-generation
architecture strategies — the road to SOA

SOA
(2010s)
Object
Oriented
Architecture
Client (2000s)
Server
(1990s)

Legacy Some ERP Vendors in the market are
(1970s – still struggling to modernize there
1980s) legacy architecture, to reach this stage.


SOA v/s Big SOA


SOA v/s Big SOA

• SOA as “service-orientation” - • Big SOA started as a simple
application design approach methodology to put multiple
• The basic goals of service- applications under a single
orientation are: IT umbrella architecture.
– to make an application easily • Big SOA is about wrapping all
accessible for diverse callers of your enterprise
and applications inside an
– to segregate the application’s overarching set of software
capabilities from business and tools to create a “single
processes. system view”.


SOA: The Platform for the Next 10 Years
From To

Function oriented Process oriented
Built to last Built to change
Prolonged development cycles Incrementally built and deployed
Batch processing Real time

Tightly coupled Loosely coupled
Application silos Orchestrated services
Object oriented Message oriented
Known implementation Abstraction

Client-Server Service Oriented Architecture


True Service Oriented-Architecture™ (SOA)

• SOA for Server Business logic
• Built for change

SOA Server Logic
• SOA for Client logic
• Designed for people
• Reduces cost and complexity
• Ready for business
• True SOA™
• Abstraction of complexities
• Flexible self-describing
business services
• XML metadata

SOA Client Logic
• Web Services as a by product
• Easier application-application
integration and B2B
connectivity


The Future of ERP: Expanding Dimensions

1. Cloud Computing
2. Industry Solutions
3. Business Intelligence
4. Mobile Solutions
5. Enterprise 2.0

Source: Leading independent technology & research company: ERP Software Trends In 2010 And Beyond.


Cloud Computing


Cloud Computing “SaaS”
software as a service
consume it
“PaaS”
platform as a service

build on it
“IaaS”
infrastructure as a service

migrate to it

IT as a Service Courtesy: Microsoft Corporation


Cloud Computing – What's in it for you

“..we'll see companies with large, on-premises ERP deployments begin to add more
cloud-based, departmental applications and, in some cases, develop a two-tier strategy,
with the second tier running in the cloud..”

1. Complete choice and flexibility for ERP
deployment.
2. Rapid, secure, low cost access to value-
added solutions.
Source: Cloud-Based ERP May Be Approaching the Tipping Point by Leading global IT research & advisory firm , May 2011.


Industry Solutions


Industry Solutions

“Today’s increasing complexity of business
processes requires solutions that are tailored to
respective industry challenges.

Vendors…must provide preconfigured best-practice
packages to unlock access to new enhanced
capabilities.”
Source: Leading independent technology & research company


Business Intelligence


In the next 5 years
enterprise data will
grow…

650%
80% will be unstructured!
Did you know that?
It's estimated that 40 Exabyte (that's 4.0 x 1019) of
unique new information will be generated worldwide
this year.
That's estimated to be more than in the previous 5,000
years.
Source: Leading global IT research & advisory firm

Embedded Business Intelligence – The Benefits
• Supports real-time information with
anywhere, anytime, any device access
• Empowers users without compromising
security or straining IT resources
• Improves operational efficiency and
predictability through best practices
• Establishes a culture of high
performance that aligns users with
objectives
• Reduces “shelf-ware” with rapid
adoption and implementation of BI
enterprise wide
• Drives better business insights and
smarter decisions


Mobile Solutions


The Three Types of Enterprise Mobility

Handheld, MES Field Mobile Smart Devices
“On-site applications for “Robust field applications “Web Access and updates
tasks on the move.” for ruggedized devices.” on the go for any device.”

Connected Local Wireless Remote Internet Anywhere

Connected People, Processes, and Applications


Mobile Apps: Lowering TCO & Increasing
Productivity

33% of 90% of 80% of
respondents organizations business
used their will support will support a
personal mobile corporate apps workforce
devices at work, on personal using
during last 1 mobile devices tablets
month by 2014 by 2013

Source: Leading global IT research & advisory firm © Epicor Software Corporation 2011

Mobile Solutions: The Impact

“… companies are transitioning from very focused and
dedicated mobile systems loosely linked to ERP to mobile
systems tightly aligned with accessing ERP capabilities.
“Having the right device, for the right role, with the right
ERP access will lead to improvements beyond a typical ERP
implementation.”

Source: Leading IT research & analysis company, May 2011.


Enterprise 2.0


Enterprise 2.0

Engagement
Sign up and go
Social Networking
Aggregation
Don’t search – Explore!!
Tagging - New Structures

Collaboration Distributed work

Empowerment for the user


The Influence of Social Media
“SMBs and large enterprises have been seen joining social networking sites like Facebook as a
platform to and large enterprisesand/or servicesseen joining social feedback.”
“SMBs market their latest product have been offerings as well as to gain
networking sites like Facebook as a platform to market their latest
"This behavior of businesses extending their presence in social media spaces will generate
product and/or services offerings as well as to gain feedback.”
interests to integrate systems that will mine data for businesses to analyze.“

As"This behavior500 businessesFacebook users, approx 1 in every 13 people on Earth
of 2011, there are of million active extending their presence in social
uses Facebook.
media spaces will generate interests to integrate systems that will
mine data for businesses to analyze.“
Twitter witnessed 32% increase in online traffic in 2011

As of 2011, there are 500 million active Facebook users, approx 1 in
every 13 people on Earth uses Facebook.

Twitter witnessed 32% increase in online traffic in 2011
Source: IDC ASEAN, Techvibes Media & onlineschools.org

Source: IDC ASEAN, Techvib`es Media & onlineschools.org

© Epicor Software Corporation

ERP: The Future of Business Starts Here

• Today’s market demands a new approach that
existing systems and processes can’t easily handle
• Modern ERP solutions offer strong emerging
technologies that are gaining momentum globally
• Current and future initiatives should be focused
on using technology to help business…

…Spark Innovation and Power Growth
Growth
Through
Innovation


About Epicor


Epicor at a Glance

Founded 1972 Employees ~4,000
Revenues $840M+* Partners 400

* Based on FY 2011


Epicor by the Numbers

16 The average % revenue growth rate for Epicor over the last
7 years, 2x the market for business software

40 Years Epicor has been in business, and the years of functional
history reflected in Epicor products today

95 Percentage of customers who are actively supported

150 Countries where Epicor does business and serves customers

3000 Businesses selecting Epicor Next-generation ERP

Number of vendors in the Visionary quadrant in the latest Magic
1 Quadrant by Leading global IT research & advisory firm for
midmarket ERP

Our Global Customers

Industries Manufacturing Distribution Retail Services

Over
33,000
customers

Revenues
$10M - $2B

In over 150
countries

In over 30
languages

With 95%
retention


Our Unique Solution Position

Market Deployment
Large Enterprise • On Premise
• >2,500 employees
• $30B market • SaaS
Upper Midsize • On Premise
• 500-2,500 employees
Lower Midsize • On Premise
• 100-500 employees
Small Business • On Premise
• <100 employees

One product and technology for small to large businesses,
on premise or on demand.


Thank You

Reach me @

Anish Kanaran
Epicor Software ME
+971 50 657 9424
akanaran@epicor.com
www.epicor.com
www.facebook.com/epicor
www.twitter.com/EpicorEMEA


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