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ERP IN THE CLOUD
Prepared by KTL
Solutions, Inc.
Agenda
What is the Cloud
Five Trends Driving Cloud Adoption
ERP in the Cloud
Cloud Technology vs. Cloud Solutions
Q&A
What Is The Cloud?
Cloud Continued
Five Trends Driving ERP to the Cloud
Hardware/Virtualization/Multi-tenant/Bandwidth
Mobile and Changing Workforce
IT – Cost Center to Strategic Partner
Improved Functionality
Lowering Costs – Short and Long Term
Hardware/Virtualization/Multitenant/Bandwidth
ASP Model “2001: A Space Odyssey”
Shared Servers
Shared Processors
Moore’s Law
New Work Environment
Mobile
Work Anywhere
Involve Everybody
From Any Device
New Work Environment
Changing Workforce
Work Anywhere
Involve Everybody
From Any Device
IT – Cost Center to Strategic Partner
Get off “Break Fix Carousel”
Barrier to Entry
IT – Cost Center to Strategic Partner
Get off “Break Fix Carousel”
Improved Client Experience
Improved Functionality
Disaster Recovery
Scalable
Platform Agnostic
Lowering Costs
Both Short and Long Term
Eliminate Up Front Costs
Upgrades, System Maintenance
Predictable Expense
Top Three Reasons are Cost
41%
Focus internal resources elsewhere
46%
Not emotionally attached to having it in house
48%
Seeking best fit solution; any model
Limited IT resources / no interest in building…
50%
54%
Lower up front costs
68%
Reduces cost/effort of upgrades
79%
Lower TCO
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Source: Aberdeen Group, SaaS ERP: Trends & Observations 2010. October 2010
Five Trends
Hardware/Virtualization/Multi-tenant/Bandwidth
Mobile and Changing Workforce
IT – Cost Center to Strategic Partner
Improved Functionality
Lowering Costs – Short and Long Term
The Cloud is Bigger Than You Think
Cloud Enterprise Applications
Market Worldwide ($ Billions)2
25
20
15
10
5
0
2008
2012
Microsoft Cloud Strategy
Public, Private, Hybrid Cloud
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Public
Private
ERP Acumatica
Acumatica Cloud Technology
What is the Cloud
Computational Services, Definition
Trends to the Cloud
Reasons for moving to Cloud
Microsoft Strategy
Best of Both Worlds
Cloud Solutions
ISV ReQlogic
Personify
What is the Cloud
Computational Services, Definition
ADP
Trends to the Cloud
Reasons for moving to Cloud
SQL
Dynamics GP
Integrations
Microsoft Strategy
Best of Both Worlds
A2Z
Website
Cloud Technology vs. Cloud Solutions
Technology
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Single Contained Software
Upgradable
Configurations
What
is the Cloud
Computational Services, Definition
Solution
Trends to the Cloud
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Morefor
Than
OnetoIntegration
Reasons
moving
Cloud
Complex Integration
Microsoft
Strategy
Integrated Software Vendors
Best of Both Worlds
Customizations
Summary and Q&A