…………○ 2:00 — Review of 2005 acquistion of JDE and PSOFT in 2005
……………………§ 8000 psoft customers
……………………§ 3000 jde customers
…………○ 3:30 — If your customers are thinking Fusion is their path then they need to upgrade to 8.8 for PSOFT to leverage fusion migration tools
…………○ 4:00 — Project Fusion — Two Pieces
……………………§ Middleware (enhancement of current version)
……………………§ Application
……………………§ Full Suite release in 2008
……………………§ 8000 engineers on this, 90% of PSOFTs team
…………○ 6:00 — Grid, Middleware, Applications
…………○ 7:00 — How to get to Fusion
……………………§ Liscenses can be traded
……………………§ Migration tools will be provided
…………○ 8:00 — Consider
……………………§ Investment in PSOFT tools
……………………§ Investment in Resources that know PSOFT
……………………§ Note PSOFT current apps will continue to 2013
……………………§ Could swap for ORCL modules now or ORCL Fusion products later
…………○ 10:00 — Types of Business
……………………§ Stable – Current ERP works. 2006 to 2007 get to an upgrade capable version . Affter 2008 Move to ORCL Fusion or SAP or Web Services Model.
……………………§ In Flux. ERP solution is evolving and being heavily invested in. Replace w/ ORCL eBusiness Suite in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, outsource application magmt and/or move to ORCL Fusion.
…………○ 13:00 What is your companies software philosphy
……………………§ Early Adopter (go in w/ ORCL now – to fusion in 2008)
……………………§ Stablized (start inl 2009)
……………………§ Laggard (stay on PSOFT till 2013)
…………○ 15:00 How protect and plan to protect your investment
……………………§ Stay current on releases
……………………§ Use 3rd parties to maintain applications
……………………§ Investigate BPO
…………○ 17:30 Factors for evaluating Impact
……………………§ Business Case
………………………………□ Existing Investment in Applications & Tech
………………………………□ Functional needs matched in 3-5-10 years
……………………§ Key Drivers of Business Case
………………………………□ Reduce IT cost
………………………………□ Upgrade
………………………………□ Lack of functional fit
………………………………□ PSOFT Skill Pool Declines
………………………………□ Migration will come sooner or later
………………………………□ 3rd party support (could reduce risk / cost)
……………………§ Investment in ERP is higher than you think
………………………………□ Research shows true ongoing cost is 75 * liscensing ocst
………………………………□ Integration to legacy system costs
………………………………□ Customizations (UI, Process, DW, Reporting etc)
………………………………□ Support team and End user skills on product
…………○ 21:00 — PSOFT Still Rocks In
……………………§ CRM B2C for Fin Svcs & Comm
……………………§ Campus / Student Reg Systems
…………○ 22:00 — IT Budget and PSOFT (for PSOFT Customer)
……………………§ 15% is POSFT Support
……………………§ 25% is PSOFT New
……………………§ Net: Big $ are here … need to watch and plan
…………○ 23:00 — 1st Step — ERP Software Assessment
……………………§ Define Strategic Goals of Company
………………………………□ Risk reduction, growth, scale, cost reduce, productivity gains, it alighnment w/ strategy for IT Overall
……………………§ Define Current Status of ERP and Supporting Systems
………………………………□ Funcitonality implemented, customization level, current arch, fucnt and tech challenges, current support
……………………§ Outline Migration Plan Decision Criteria (which may lead to none)
………………………………□ Skills Retention, low liscense cost, increase functionalty, reduce downtime, reduce support
……………………§ Evaluate short and long term options
……………………§ Deliver Recommendations
…………○ 26:30 — Guided Discovery
……………………§ Free. Client commitment 1/2 Day, Total Duration about two weeks.
……………………§ Step 1 – Current State Assessment
……………………§ Step 2 – Value Creation (cost reduce, svc levels up, ops capabiliiteis up)
……………………§ Step 3 – Assess Goals for Future State
……………………§ Step 4 – Recommendations
…………○ 29:30 – Reasons Why You Should Do a Guided Discovery
……………………§ Current State Snapshot
……………………§ Performance Improvements (costs, SLA)
……………………§ Etc
…………○ 30:00 – 34:00 IBM LOVE IN (why IBM)
…………○ 34:00 – Q&A
……………………§ Gartner PSOFT to Fusion = PSOFT to SAP .. Should SAP be considered
………………………………□ No. ReImplementation <> Migration … but close yes.
……………………§ Stay on DB2 ok?
………………………………□ Stance is ORCL DB. No promise for DB2.
……………………§Future of SQL, PeopleCode, etc
………………………………□ J2ee open. That is going away.