The Future of ERP: Technologies, That You Should Look-out For Presented by: Anish Kanaran Regional Director Epicor Software Corporation
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The Evolution : Humans & Internet
The New breed: Students who are born & brought-up with the internet, will graduate from college in 2011
1990
Mid 1990’s
Late 1990’s
Early 2000
Mid 2000
Late 2000
2011
Born
AOL
IE & Yahoo
Dot com Boom & Google
Dot com Bust
Twitter & Android
Kindergarten
2nd Grade
6th Grade
High School
College
Graduated
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What’s Next ??????
‘Cloud Computing’
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Abstraction
Dynamism
Resource Sharing
ERP Pain Points: Are You Feeling It?
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High cost and
complexity
Slow time to value
and limited agility
Risky upgrade
cycle
Data quality and consistency
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The future of enterprise apps: Next-generation architecture strategies — the road to SOA
Legacy (1970s – 1980s)
Client Server (1990s)
Object Oriented Architecture (2000s)
SOA (2010s)
Some ERP Vendors in the market are still struggling to modernize there legacy architecture, to reach this stage.
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SOA v/s Big SOA
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SOA v/s Big SOA
• SOA as “service-orientation” - application design approach
• The basic goals of service-orientation are:
– to make an application easily accessible for diverse callers and
– to segregate the application’s capabilities from business
processes.
• Big SOA started as a simple methodology to put multiple applications under a single IT umbrella architecture.
• Big SOA is about wrapping all of your enterprise applications inside an overarching set of software and tools to create a “single system view”.
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Loosely coupled
Orchestrated services
Message oriented
Abstraction
Process oriented
Built to change
Incrementally built and deployed
Real time
Tightly coupled
Application silos
Object oriented
Known implementation
Function oriented
Built to last
Prolonged development cycles
Batch processing
SOA: The Platform for the Next 10 Years
From To
Client-Server Service Oriented Architecture
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True Service Oriented-Architecture™ (SOA)
• SOA for Server Business logic • Built for change
• 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
• Web Services as a by product • Easier application-application integration and B2B connectivity
SOA
Clien
t Logic
SOA
Server Lo
gic
The Future of ERP: Expanding Dimensions
Source: Leading independent technology & research company: ERP Software Trends In 2010 And Beyond.
1. Cloud Computing
2. Industry Solutions
3. Business Intelligence
4. Mobile Solutions
5. Enterprise 2.0
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Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing
IT as a Service
“IaaS”
infrastructure as a service
migrate to it
“PaaS”
platform as a service
build on it
“SaaS”
software as a service
consume it
Courtesy: Microsoft Corporation
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1. Complete choice and flexibility for ERP deployment.
2. Rapid, secure, low cost access to value-added solutions.
“..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..”
Source: Cloud-Based ERP May Be Approaching the Tipping Point by Leading global IT research & advisory firm , May 2011.
Cloud Computing – What's in it for you
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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
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Business Intelligence
In the next 5 years enterprise data will
grow…
80% will be unstructured!
650%
Source: Leading global IT research & advisory firm
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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.
Did you know that?
Embedded Business Intelligence – The Benefits
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• 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
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Mobile Solutions
The Three Types of Enterprise Mobility
“On-site applications for
tasks on the move.” “Robust field applications
for ruggedized devices.”
“Web Access and updates
on the go for any device.”
Connected People, Processes, and Applications
Connected Local Wireless Remote Internet Anywhere
Handheld, MES Field Mobile Smart Devices
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Mobile Apps: Lowering TCO & Increasing Productivity
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33% of
respondents used their
personal mobile devices at work,
during last 1 month
90% of
organizations will support
corporate apps on personal
mobile devices by 2014
80% of
business will support a
workforce using
tablets by 2013
Source: Leading global IT research & advisory firm
“… 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.
Mobile Solutions: The Impact
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Enterprise 2.0
Enterprise 2.0
Sign up and go
Empowerment for the user
Don’t search – Explore!! Aggregation
Social Networking
Collaboration Distributed work
Tagging - New Structures
Engagement
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“SMBs and large enterprises have been seen joining social networking sites like Facebook as a platform to market their latest product and/or services offerings as well as to gain feedback.” "This behavior of businesses extending their presence in social media spaces will generate interests to integrate systems that will mine data for businesses to analyze.“ 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
The Influence of Social Media
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“SMBs and large enterprises have been seen joining social networking sites like Facebook as a platform to market their latest product and/or services offerings as well as to gain feedback.” "This behavior of businesses extending their presence in social media spaces will generate interests to integrate systems that will mine data for businesses to analyze.“ 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, Techvib`es Media & onlineschools.org
ERP: The Future of Business Starts Here
Growth Through
Innovation …Spark Innovation and Power Growth
• 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…
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About Epicor
Epicor at a Glance
* Based on FY 2011
Founded 1972
Revenues $840M+*
Employees ~4,000
Partners 400
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Epicor by the Numbers
16
40
95
150
3000
1 Number of vendors in the Visionary quadrant in the latest Magic Quadrant by Leading global IT research & advisory firm for midmarket ERP
The average % revenue growth rate for Epicor over the last 7 years, 2x the market for business software
Years Epicor has been in business, and the years of functional history reflected in Epicor products today
Percentage of customers who are actively supported
Countries where Epicor does business and serves customers
Businesses selecting Epicor Next-generation ERP
Manufacturing Services Retail Industries
Our Global Customers
Over 33,000 customers Revenues $10M - $2B In over 150 countries In over 30 languages With 95% retention
Distribution
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Market Deployment
Large Enterprise • >2,500 employees • $30B market
• On Premise
• SaaS
Upper Midsize • 500-2,500 employees • $15B market
• On Premise
• SaaS
Lower Midsize • 100-500 employees • $15B market
• On Premise
• SaaS
Small Business • <100 employees • $10B market
• On Premise
• SaaS
Our Unique Solution Position
One product and technology for small to large businesses, on premise or on demand.
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Thank You
Reach me @ Anish Kanaran Epicor Software ME +971 50 657 9424 [email protected] www.epicor.com www.facebook.com/epicor www.twitter.com/EpicorEMEA
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