sap predictions/priorities for 2012 paul hawking

SAP Predictions/Priorities For 2012

Paul Hawking

@Victoria UniversitySAUG Brisbane 2012

Sybase Unwired Platform

Predictive Analysis

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Top 10 Business Priorities, 2012

Top 10 Business Priorities

Increasing enterprise growth

Attracting and retaining new customers

Reducing enterprise costs

Creating new products and services (innovation)

Delivering operational results

Improving efficiency

Improving profitability (margins)

Attracting and retaining the workforce

Improving marketing and sales effectiveness

Expanding into new markets and locations


Top Technology Priorities of CIOs

Rank Technology

1 Analytics and business intelligence

2 Mobile technologies

3 Cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS)

4 Collaboration technologies (workflow)

5 Legacy modernization

6 IT management

7 CRM

8 ERP applications

9 Security

10 Virtualization


CFOs top investment initiatives

2011 Gartner / FEI Technology Study , May 2011

Security

IT Management

Mobile

SOA and architecture

On-Demand / SaaS / Cloud

Document management and storage

Enterprise business applications

BI, analytics and performance management

16

17

21

22

27

28

46

65


Not All Companies Gain The Same Value

1. Realize much more value from their systems and use them in distinctly different ways.

2. Likely to seek and measure tangible benefits, such as reduced cost and increased revenue.

3. Emphasis on integrating, optimizing and using analytics to drive improved business performance.

4. Extend systems throughout their organization and implement across a range of functions.

5. Integrate the organization and external systems of customers and suppliers.

6. Aggressively use information and analytics to improve decision making.

7. Use strategically for competitive differentiation.

8. Tailor systems to sustain competitive advantage and standardize other areas.

9. More likely to implement industry modules.

10. Twice as likely to take advantage of SOA.


Top Technology Priorities of CIOs, Gartner

Rank Technology

1 Cloud computing

2 Virtualization


4 IT management

5 Business Intelligence

6 Networking, voice, and data communications

7 Enterprise applications

8 Collaboration technologies

9 Infrastructure

10 Web 2.0

Rank Technology






6 IT management

7 CRM

8 ERP applications

9 Security

10 Virtualization

2011 2012


Business Intelligence Priorities - Analysts/SAP

Mobile

Self

Service

In

Memory

Collaborative

BI OnDemandAnalytics,Predictive Analysis CloudEmbedded

Business

Intelligence

Business ObjectsExplorer

HANA

StreamWorks

Business ObjectsExplorer


Business Intelligence Maturity - Gartner


ASUG Business Intelligence Maturity Model

Stage 1

Information Dictatorship

2

Information Anarchy

3

Information Dictatorship

4

Information Collaboration

Information and Analytics

Requirements are driven from a limited executive group

KPI’s and analytics are identified, but not well used

KPI’s and analytics are identified and effectively used

KPI’s and analytics are used to manage the full value chain

Governance IT driven BI Business driven BI evolving

BI Competency Centre developing

Enterprise wide BI governance with business leadership

Standards and processes

Do not exist or are not uniform

Evolving effort to formalise

Exist and are not uniform

Uniform, followed and audited

Application Architecture

BI “silos” for each business unit

Some shared BI applications

Consolidating and upgrading

Robust & flexible BI architecture


Recommendations

Understand your Business Intelligence Maturity

Develop a Business Intelligence strategy

Understand the potential and implications of HANA

Investigate Business Intelligence as a differentiator



Rank Technology






6 IT management

7 CRM

8 ERP applications

9 Security

10 Virtualization


Mobility


SAP Mobility Predictions - insiderResearch

The percentage of SAP organizations with a comprehensive, enterprise-wide mobile strategy will more than double in the next three years, from 32% to 67%

75% of SAP organizations expect their mobile applications to be supported on multiple devices three years from now

32% of SAP organizations will deploy five or more mobile applications in the next twelve months


SAP Mobility


Recommendations

Develop enterprise mobile strategy – BYOD?

Understand the potential and implications of SUP/Gateway/Afaria

Investigate mobility as a differentiator



Rank Technology






6 IT management

7 CRM

8 ERP applications

9 Security

10 Virtualization


“New” SAP


Strategy First Then Tools


Disclaimer - Predictions

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

"I will be the next Prime Minister of Australia."Tony Abbott, Leader of Opposition, 2012


Paul HawkingSAP Academic Programs DirectorSchool of Management and Information systemsTelephone: +61-3-99194031Mobile: +61-419301628Email [email protected]

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