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Optimize Your Oracle EBS Environment

December 17, 2014

John Schmottlach Vice President, Delivery

Apps Associates LLC

Roger Barondess Sales and Partner Development

Excel4apps


Agenda

• Introductions

• R12.2 Key Features

– Focusing on 12.2.4 Key Features

• EBS Roadmap for 12.2 and Beyond

• Integrating Cloud Applications into Enterprise Business Systems

– Why Consider Cloud-Based Applications

– Options for Deployment

– Using Middleware as an Enterprise Platform

• Cloud Computing Platforms to Cut Hardware Costs


Excel4apps

• Dedicated to the development of superior reporting and budget loading solutions for E-Business Suite

• Effective alternatives to tools like FSGs, Client ADI, and Oracle Discoverer

• Founded in 2005

• Used by over 750 of the world’s leading companies with over 19,000 users in 62+ countries worldwide

• Corporate Headquarters: Sydney, Australia

• North America Headquarters: Raleigh, NC

• Regional offices: Australia, United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, South Africa

www.excel4apps.com/oracle


Performance. Growth. Excellence.

• Global Reach, Broad Service Profile ─ Founded in 2002, 600+ employees

─ US, Europe, India, Middle East

─ Service Offerings: Applications, CRM, Analytics, EPM, Cloud, Middleware, Application Development, App & Infrastructure Managed Services

• Significant Investment in R&D ─ Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

─ Business Process & System Integration

─ Analytics & Big Data

• Strategic Partnerships, Certifications, Credentials ─ Oracle Platinum Partner

─ Salesforce Silver Partner

─ AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, Certified Oracle Competency

─ CMMI Level 3 & SSAE 16


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R12.2 Features That You Need to Know About


UI. Simplified.

• New Skins for R12.2.4

• Simplified Home Page

– App concept

– Looks the same on any device

• Touch Oriented Icons

• Consistent with Fusion Applications

• SDK for shorter custom development


Mobile

• Mobile Apps for 12.1.3 and 12.2.3+ – Approvals

– Fusion Expenses

– Timecards

– iProcurement

– Sales Orders

– Products

– Procurement

– Project Manager

– Production Supervisor

– Project Manufacturing

– Maintenance

– Field Service

• No additional cost for licensed users of base products


Gesture Support

• Improved UI Components

– Bigger Buttons

– Larger Column Height

– Increased Row Height

– Swipe to move to next record

– Drag columns

– Pull down to refresh

• All OA Framework certified on Safari


Endeca Extensions

• Leverage Endeca for enhanced information display and search – AR, AP, Channel Rev

– iProcurement, OM

– Project Management

– Discrete and Process Mfg.

– Quality, Cost

– Inventory

– Warehouse Management

– Installed Base

– Service, Depot Repair, Field Service

– Service Contracts

– EAM

– HR


Online Patching


New Functionality in R12.2.4

Environmental Accounting & Reporting Project Procurement

Project Cost Breakdown Structure Contract Lifecycle Management

Projects Based Federal Contract Management E-Kanban

In-Memory Cost Management Cost Impact Simulator and Gross Profit Analyzer

Outsourced Manufacturing Order Management: Subscription Sales

Yard Management Supplier Warranty Management

Linear Asset Support HTML Order Management Workbench



Roadmap


Support


UI Roadmap


Coexistence



Integrating Cloud Applications into the Enterprise


Industry Reports

• On-Premise ERP Becomes “Legacy” By 2016

• “Postmodern Business Systems” Adopted Heavily Over Next 5 Years

– Loosely coupled and more federated systems

– Back to “best of breed”

– Emphasis on flexibility and speed to implement

– No more single vendor suites of products

• By 2018, 30% of Companies Will Have 100% Cloud Applications

• Increased Focus on Integration

• TCO Improvements Will Not Be Made Without Long-Term Value

Source: Gartner Press Release, “Gartner Says By 2016, the Impact of Cloud and Emergence of Postmodern ERP Will Relegate Highly Customized ERP Systems to "Legacy" Status”, January 29,2014


Building the Business Case

• Internal Servers and Infrastructure

– Purchasing and maintaining

– Hardware refresh

• Annual Maintenance

• License Costs (Application and Infrastructure)

• DBA and Application Support

• Consulting for Implementation and Upgrades

• Customizations

• Testing

License and Subscription

Costs

Implementation Customization

Hardware Support Staff Maintenance

Training


But Here’s the Problem…


Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

• Plug and Play Integration – Boomi

– Informatica

– Mulesoft

– CastIron (IBM)

– Oracle FMW (NEW)

• Drag and Drop Integration

• Dashboards and Proactive Alerts

• Web Services Enabled Applications

• Short Deployment Cycles

• Can Handle On-Premise and SaaS Applications with One Tool

Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service, Massimo Pezzini, Yefim V. Natis, Paolo Malinverno, Kimihiko Iijima, Jess Thompson, Eric Thoo, January, 2014


Why Middleware Makes Sense

• Single Platform for Integration

• Leverages Multiple Methods of Inputs from Source System

• Reduction of Cost to Implement

• TCO Reduced with Centralized Hub for Monitoring Issues

• Workflow for Notifications and Retrys

• Becoming Less Complex


How R12 EBS Leverages Web Services

• EBS R12.1+ includes the Integrated SOA Gateway as the infrastructure to provide and consume SOAP based Web Services

• REST-based Web Services are available as of R12.2.3



Cloud Computing Options


Challenges for Enterprise Today


Source: http:// www.appsassociates.com/white-papers/moving-applications-to-cloud

Building Your Cloud Roadmap

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Step 1 – Classify Applications

• E-Commerce

• General Business Apps

• ERP

• Cloud – Native

• Test/Dev

• DR

• Batch Processing

Step 2 – Assess Application Requirements

• Architecture

• Network

• Security

• Compute

• Storage

• Scalability

• Licensing Constraints

Migration Steps


• Business applications can be represented in a dependency tree which can help to determine which applications can be migrated first.

• From this diagram, we can easily identify the “low hanging fruit” – the ones which have the lowest dependency on other applications to begin the migration process or upon which other applications have a dependency to sustain operations.

Identify Target Applications and Platforms


Cloud Assessment

•Cloud Migration Roadmap

•Evaluate Vendor choices

Proof of Concept / Proof of Value

•Learn Cloud specifics

•Build a Pilot

•Educate on new technologies

Application /Data Migration

•Migrate data

•Migrate Application

•Integration

Tune - Optimize - Enhance

•Leverage Elasticity and Scalability

•Optimize Utilization

•Enhance availability

Source: http:// www.appsassociates.com/white-papers/moving-applications-to-cloud

Step 4 - Migrate Applications to Cloud

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Infrastructure Challenges

• Hardware components rapidly approaching end of life

• IT Infrastructure being managed across multiple locations

• Multiple vendors and support contracts

• Legacy applications

Cost of Ownership

• Increasing operational expenses year over year

• Capex spend at different cycles

Key Business Drivers


Infrastructure Spread Across Multiple Locations

• Connectivity between and from multiple locations

• Multiple servers, SAN Storage, Network equipment

• Printers, Tape Libraries, File Servers

Applications Include

• Domain controllers, PING Identity, Monitoring Servers

• Ticketing System & other Windows based applications

• Oracle ERP

• Oracle Business Intelligence

• Applications on MS SQL Server

On-Premise Environment


AWS Region: East & West

• Direct connectivity from each Customer location to AWS

• DR for Enterprise Applications

• IT more focus on Business

Migrate to EC2 & Virtual Private Cloud

• Secure platform with Internal Controls

• Scalable and Elastic

• Backup Infrastructure on AWS S3, Glacier

Utility Compute Model

• Reserved and On-Demand instances

• Predictable cost model

• Reduced Total Cost of Ownership

AWS Solution


• Apps Associates designed and built the network architecture for Client on AWS enabling access from our five separate locations.

• We built a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) based site to site Virtual Private Network (VPN) between AWS and Client’s warehouses and corporate headquarters.

Example Client Cloud Architecture


Analysis & Planning

Review of Infrastructure & Costs

Application Footprint & roadmap

Detailed plan & roadmap for migration to AWS

POC & Validation

VPC and Network Connectivity

Security configurations

Backup operations

Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (EBS) and

OBIEE

Build Phase

VPC & BGP tunnels

EC2 and Elastic Block Store (PIOPS) configurations

Custom AMIs for legacy Apps

Snapshots and Backup processes

Migration to AWS

Active Directory & Windows services

Oracle EBS, OBIEE

Business Applications such as Track-it, Lacrosse,

Cast Iron, & Ping,

Journey to the Cloud


Office Relocation with no Interruption

35% Reduction in Backup Costs

50% Reduction in # of IT Vendors

Reduced OPEX

Results & Benefits


• BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Drives Much of UI Improvements to EBS

• UI Improvements and Mobile are Roadmap Focus – But R12.2+

• New Applications Will Be Fusion or Non-Oracle (But Likely SaaS)

• Business Will Drive More Application Decisions

• Integration of SaaS and On-Premise Applications Will Be Required

• Implementation Cycles are Shrinking

• Complexity is Increasing, Just Not Application Complexity

• CIOs Looking to Reduce EBS Spend for Maintenance and Enhancement

• Hardware Becoming End-of-Life and Driving Decisions

Summary


Questions?


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