Better insight. Automated action. Despite technical debt

JEFF VAILChief Operating OfficerWGroup

TOM FOUNTAINChief Technical

OfficerPneuron

Better insight.Automated

action.DESPITE TECHNICAL DEBT.

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Today’s Presenters

Tom FountainCTO, Pneuron

Jeff VailCOO, WGroup


It's Not the Big That Eat the Small...

It's the Fast That Eat the SlowJason Jennings and Laurence Haughton

Modernization“Speed” Themes

Cloud

Multi-Modal IT

Agile and DevOps

Automation


Unfortunate Realities

LegacyInfrastructure

Governance Processes

Culture


Introducing


The Agenda

State of Enterprise Innovation

“Business-oriented” Architecture

A New Approach – Pneuron Platform

Mini Case Study

Resources

Q&A

1.2.3.4.5.6.


How Does a Modern Business Innovate?One must embrace the “Genius of the And”*…

balance centralized and distributed strategies which leverage your core and emerging opportunities at the edge

What You Need: Centralized, Controlled

• Security, Controls• Predictability• Efficiency, Utilization

What You Want: Distributed, Dynamic

• New Business Models• New Partners & Channels• New Operating Models

What You Face: Disruption

• Hackers• M&A• Outsourcing• Non-traditional competitors

What You Can Leverage: Digital Innovation• Social• Mobile• Analytics• Cloud

…and…

…and…

* Jim Collins, “Built to Last”, 1994

Innovation = Conceive, Design, Deploy, & Optimize with Speed, Agility & Low Cost

IT Business


The Need: An Evolution of Business ArchitectureTraditional: Centralized Model

Centralization or homogenization precedes value creation, demands costly pre-requisites, and fights today’s increasingly distributed and

diverse operating environment.

Pneuron: Fully Distributed Execution “Fabric”

Decompose and distribute all solution elements – access, analysis, processing and control. Flexible,

agile configuration and late binding for rapidly evolving, complex and diverse environments.

Context: Wave I – ERP (Transactional); Wave II – Big Data (Analytical); Wave III – Orchestration (Operational)


The Platform: Logical DesignPneurons are a broad library of configurable, fully interoperable services sequenced to meet diverse functional &

business needs

Interoperability

Abstracts Variations

Isolates Implementation & Adaptation

Expansion & Customization

THE BENEFITS:

Query relational databases

Parse flat files / Excel

Leverage Application APIs

Execute Web Services calls

Encapsulate existing Java applicationsInte

ract

ion

Pneu

rons

If-Then network branching

Multi-branch workflow routing

Apply native (Apache math library) or imported

mathematical routinesApply any of 60+ built-in (or

user imported) matching algorithms

Import / execute existing PMML-based predictive

models

Anal

ytic

s Pn

euro

ns

Write specified content into relational databases

Write specified files to an FTP site

Publish XML messages to a JMS queue

Allows specified content to be emailed

Facilitates creation of new Pneurons with user-specified

functionality

Out

put

Pneu

rons


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Multi-Tab DisplayAllows projects or networks to be managed on discrete

tabs to simplify presentation and usability.

Pneuron LibraryFunctionally segmented

libraries of capability-specific Pneurons available for drag-

and-drop selection.

Project / Platform ControlsIntegrated menus and

application-level controls offer project, alias, variables, and administrative functionality.

Key Functionality:

1. Project Import / Export to provide archive and

migration support

2. Access to Alias Management to create

credentialed connections to

underlying sources

3. Definition of shared User Variables and SQL statements for re-use

across projects

4. Integrated Debug capability for

development support

5. Integrated Project execution

The Platform: Logical DesignDesign Studio is a web-based, visual configuration

environment to design and deploy “networks” (intelligent workflows)

CanvasCall or encapsulate existing applications or functions as

interoperable network components.

Fully Permissioned

Agile DeliveryAccessibility

Visual Configuration

THE BENEFITS:


THE BENEFITS:

The Cortex “containerizes” multiple technologies to dramatically simplify solution architecture and

deployment

The Platform: Physical Deployment

Key Features:

1. Server-based main Java program aligned with Java, JDK, messaging, and web

services

2. Runs in a JVM and is deployed on the target host server or VM

3. Hosted within the available capacity of existing servers, dedicated server(s), or to

available cloud capacity

4. Receives and processes self-describing XML messages within durable message queues

for inter-node communications

5. Dynamically manages both vertical and horizontal scalability by matching load with

available capacity

6. Implements HA and performance management functions via dynamic

clustering

7. Offers a full suite of Management APIs for authorized external control

Multiple Technologies, One Platform

High Availability

Dynamic Scaling

Feature-Rich


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THE BENEFITS:

The Platform: Physical DeploymentPneuron’s distributed deployment aligns

processing requirements to available capacity and operating constraints

Any Mix of Servers

Rapidly (Re)Configurable

Privacy / Processing Options

On-Premise, Cloud, or Hosted


Use Case Example: Anti-Money Laundering InvestigationCurrent State: Manually intensive workflows lack the consistency, productivity, and scalability to meet escalating regulatory and business requirements

Future State: Automated, consistent, and scalable workflows provide the consistency and productivity to meet escalating volumes, regulatory review, and improvement objectives

Platform Deployed, Solution Configured, and Results Delivered in 4 weeks…50% reduction in investigation cycle times


Extraordinary Results


Pneuron: Bringing Innovation to Life

Pneuron sits at the intersection of Business and ITBy seamlessly orchestrating to apps, infra and databases inside and outside the

enterprise, users can innovate with unrivaled agility, speed and control

Hybrid DeploymentTake advantage

of resources inside and

outside the 4 walls of the enterprise

Best of Both Worlds

Take advantage of legacy

systems and new apps, services,

infra and databases

Continually Innovate

Rapidly bring to life new

elements of your business solution

The Win-Win

Enable successful partnership between IT

and Business


Pneuron: Recommended ResourcesInnovation – Analyst Points of View

• Gartner: Building a Sustainable Innovation Process and Culture Primer for 2016

https://www.gartner.com/doc/3188955/building-sustainable-innovation-process-culture

• Gartner: Three Questions Leaders Should Ask About Innovation

http://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/three-questions-leaders-should-ask-about-innovation/

Pneuron Platform – Architecture & Technology

• Microservices & Containershttp://pages.pneuron.com/microservices-and-containers-a-pneuron-perspective.html

• Meeting the Demands of Today’s Innovation Economyhttp://pages.pneuron.com/the-pneuron-distributed-platform-a-new-paradigm.html

• Request a Demohttp://pages.pneuron.com/schedule-a-demo.html

Pneuron In the News & Points of View

• Three Trends Driving Digital Business Innovationhttp://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2016/11/16/three-trends-driving-digital-business-innovation/

• What if We’ve Got Big Data and Analytics All Wrong?http://www.technewsworld.com/story/tech-buzz/83656.html






http://pages.pneuron.com/microservices-and-containers-a-pneuron-perspective.html

http://pages.pneuron.com/microservices-and-containers-a-pneuron-perspective.html

http://pages.pneuron.com/the-pneuron-distributed-platform-a-new-paradigm.html

http://pages.pneuron.com/the-pneuron-distributed-platform-a-new-paradigm.html

http://pages.pneuron.com/schedule-a-demo.html

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2016/11/16/three-trends-driving-digital-business-innovation/

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/tech-buzz/83656.html

Top 25 Companies the World Needs to

Know About

Pneuron: Unique, Powerful, Innovative

“One of the most intriguing enterprise

products in a long time.”

-Mark Gibbs

“Quite unlike anything I have

ever seen.”

Top Enterprise Innovation of

2014

“Pneuron’s technology is

bloody brilliant. Really.”

“Jaw dropping.”

-Doug Laney

Top Company to Watch in

2016

“Exquisite….truly game

changing.”-Robin Bloor

Break-Out Company of

2016: Business Orchestration


Smart Steps Forward

No need for a new organization

No need for a massive investment

No need for a major tech overhaul

(No pain)


Getting Started: Treat innovation as a process.

Concept DevelopmentIdea Evaluate

Impact Pilot Launch

Idea Collection (By Theme) Idea Shortlist

Pilot Business Case

DevelopmentPilot Test Rollout

LEARNING

VALUE CRITERIA TOP

10% COMMITTEE REVIEW EXECUTIVE

DECISION


Manage Innovation Like a Business (COE Model)

4. Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement Cycles

1. Requests for improvement reviews

PROCESS CONTROLLERSSchedule Monitor Handle

Expectations

SOLUTION DEVELOPMENTDefine Design Configure Verify

IT INFRASTRUCTURE & GOVERNANCE

2. Approved projects

3. Process goes “live”

Business Units

Blueprints & Component Library

Center of Excellence

Jointly owned by Business & IT


You are the catalyst for

change!


Discussion


JEFF VAILChief Operating OfficerWGroup

TOM FOUNTAINChief Technical

OfficerPneuron

Contact Us

Tom FountainChief Technology Officer,

Pneuron

Jeff VailChief Operating Officer,

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