How to Solve the Confusion on Migrating to Cloud. Watch this webinar to understand how to determine the right time for your migration to the Cloud, the challenges faced during migration, and the changes in your technology cost due to this migration.
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3. Agenda
Background
Cloud - general landscape
Life on a non-cloud environment
ERP solutions dilemma
Advantages of moving to Cloud
Disadvantages of moving to Cloud
Summary
4. Background
Computer systems became available to business’ in the mid 60’s
It is now strange to note that at that time the computers were
Large behemoths
Occupied a large area
Needed special skills to operate
Come to the early 80’s and ‘personal computers’ (PC’s) were
introduced
For large enterprises though the mainframe and large computer
systems were still the norm
In the late 90’s towards the end of the decade companies started
providing Software as a Service (SaaS) model of operation
Cloud computing was here to stay
5. Non-Cloud Scenario
On-premise hardware manages and has various software
installs
Headcount - to manage these systems and related
equipment
Periodic review for upgrades of both hardware and
software is
Expensive
Time consuming
Takes focus away from day-to-day business
Adds capital cost
Adds operational expense for upkeep and maintenance
Not core business
6. Life In a Non-Cloud Environment
Here are a few specialized functions that would need
additional coverage/ hardware/ skilled resource
Document scanning
Bar coding
Process low and automation
These would all need additional resources and involve
costs – initial and ongoing
7. Evolution of the Cloud
Salesforce was a pioneer in the larger business function coverage
with a ‘true’ Cloud offering
Many other companies tried to follow suit, but it was not until the
mid 2000’s that offering began to proliferate
Today many of the offerings are in SaaS and are deployed to users
in a subscription mode
Here are a few notable
Salesforce
NetSuite
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Zuora
Coupa
11. The ERP Dilemma
Enterprise solutions have never
been singular
There have regularly been
multiple ‘integrated’ systems
No single provider/ company
covered all functions
Homegrown support logistics and
integration proliferated
Large headcount to manage the disparate
infrastructure, software and integration needs
14. ERP – Oracle Applications
E-Business Suite – R12 - has been around since 2007
Prior to that there was 11i, released in 2000
Currently Oracle supports and manages both R12 and Cloud ERP
Cloud ERP was released in 2011
Then called Fusion Applications
They introduced the version of Cloud ERP with CRM then HCM
followed by ERP
The initial versions were still in controlled release so the first
commercially available version was Release 4
Current release is 11 (soon 12 will also be released)
More confusion with EBS-R12 and Cloud Release 12
16. What you Gain by Moving to Cloud
Modern technology stack
and open architecture
Singularly simpler user interface
– based on open standards
User focused reporting
capabilities
Integration based on open architecture
means easier capabilities to move data
No hardware or technology footprint –
always current on versioning/ patching
19. What you Lose by Moving to Cloud
Legacy and older technologies –
with harder to support components
Multiple systems used for
functions – loss or ease of use
Reporting challenges and need
specific skills for access to data
Customization capability
All infrastructure, hardware and
software upkeep is owned by provider
Uniquely different business
processes
22. On-Premise
IT focused processes
IT owns and makes changes to system, business
provides requirements
IT manages specific skills for data and reporting
needs
IT drives project based initiatives for updates and
upgrades
Can have any number of non-PROD environments
Varied business processes
User focused processes
Business owns process driven approach to configuration and data
capture
Data and reporting is a user function and is real time – using BI and
Analytics
Updates and upgrades are seamless invisible to user and happen
regularly
Non-PROD environments are limited in number, expect additional cost
Best-practice modern process maps
Cloud
23. Summary
There is no right answer that is clear the decision is always based on
your individual
It is surely a possibility that if you are using only financials then the
answer maybe easy
If you have complex manufacturing or distribution functions in your
enterprise then the answer is not easy
Here are a selective list of functions that are easy to migrate to the
Cloud
Finance
Human Capital Management
Sales
To name a few ….
24. Contact Us
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