coexistence on prem and cloud_in_harmony-powerhour series
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Collaborate 2016:
PowerHour Series
Power Hour Series : Co-existence – OnPrem
and Cloud Together in Harmony
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Master Data Explained
Co-existence is defined as
‘To exist together, at the same time, or in the same place’
This loosely translates – in the business world – of having multiple systems/solutions being used and available in the same business workplace.
Introduction
Think back a couple of decades ago - Payroll/HR , CRM/Sales , Shop Floor / Manufacturing-MES systems that existed then
A separate system was used for each of these functions
The business acumen and focus was to get the best functionality for each set of processes
The current model of co-existence now is no different
People still choose a robust system for their backend / operational processes and more ‘modern’ systems for their customer facing functions
Reality
A couple of decades ago there were multiple companies providing solutions for business functions
These were disparate systems and the challenge was in integrating them
Business’s maintained the need for focused systems to do specific tasks due to efficiencies garnered from these focused solutions
They managed to live with the challenges in integration
Then assimilation and mergers became the mantra all around!!
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Then assimilation and mergers became the mantra all around!!
This did not mean that they all merged into one big solution, they kept the best of breed
And attacked the integration challenge
Welcome to the world of standards based integration methodologies and packaged solutions!
This has now brought back co-existence in a big way – with better integration
Types
There are different types of co-existence that exist Hardware being hosted and you owning the application
related licenses So you do not own the hardware
Hardware and software being paid for in a subscription model The current and an efficient method of pay as you use
reality
We are not going to discuss hardware related co-existence
The key being some OnPremise applications managing your business functions and others being managed as ‘hosted’ These non on-premise solutions are commonly called –
‘Cloud solutions’
What does it mean
This typically means that
There are multiple solution providers for your business
Some business functions are performed in one system
and others are on a different system
There is need for integration between each of these - in
most cases - disparate systems
The processes need to be mature for these disparate
systems to work together to provide business sense
and efficacy
How do you choose
Functionality co-existence focuses on areas that – either do not exist in the current solution
– extends in some way inherent functionality and;
– enhances the user experience
Large corporations have existing backend operational / accounting systems that have limitations in their framework
This makes them in many ways inflexible to manage changes in the current fluid market or new business models
The newer functionality and solutions are nimble and are typically customer facing systems that are expected to be agile and user-friendly
Solutions – Current market trends
Zuora is a one of the leaders in the subscription space
There are others that also provide subscription tracking
in an exemplary fashion – Recurly, Stripe, Chargify and
others
Concur is a market leader in expense management
software with others – Expensify, Replicon to name a few
ADP is probably the most common Payroll software used
(in the US), and it is the most common coexistence
based solution in the market
Oracle also has some products that work in this manner
between Ebusiness Suite and Cloud ERP
How does it effect the user?
The major challenges using coexistence software models
Integration
Integration
Integration
This is the most common problem thread and the offerings are now using common methodologies to integrate
Other challenges include how much of the backend data they can access and use
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