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Nic WoodDate Presented: 18th Jun 2019

Date of this Version 18th Jun 2019

Draft 1d

“To SaaS or Not To SaaS – I think I’ll Pass on SaaS for now”


Me

Version 1

Context

Trends “old wine in new bottles”

To SaaS or Not to SaaS

The Journey (“voyage to Ithaca”)

Passing on SaaS (for now)

My Ford Fiesta’s got a 100,000 in the clock, but I know

how to keep it running, plus I’ve pimped it (inside and

out)

The Basics

Considerations

Why fix it, if it ain’t broken

Ford are going to keep adding bling till 2030

All my mates drive similar cars

Halford’s still sell loads of “addons”

It already couples with my caravan, and my rooftop

bike rack, but

I may do an electric conversion at some stage, as a

concession to the 21st century

Agenda


Me

Nic has worked in Business and IT for over 25 years. During this time he has been involved in over 20 delivery and transformation projects, a

plethora of bids and sales opportunities, and has held numerous prestige positions, ranging from Senior Practice Manager at Oracle

Corporation to Enterprise Solution Architect for one of the largest Shared Service implementations in EMEA. Nic's reputation is primarily based

on his extensive Oracle knowledge, however over the years he has also implemented several non Oracle solutions (including Microsoft

About

Nic Wood

ERP Enterprise and Cloud Architect at Version 1

Bristol, United Kingdom


Version 1: Oracle Applications

E-Business Suite JD Edwards PeopleSoft

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Context


The Basics: NIST* Definitions

SaaS

PaaS

IaaS

Hybrid

Software as a Service (SaaS) - The capability provided to the consumer is to use the provider’s applications running

on a cloud infrastructure. The applications are accessible from various client devices through a thin client interface

such as a web browser. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure including

network, servers, operating systems, storage, or even individual application capabilities, with the possible exception

of limited user-specific application configuration settings. (Source: NIST CC Definition)

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - The capability provided to the consumer is to deploy onto the cloud infrastructure

consumer-created or acquired applications created using programming languages and tools supported by the

provider. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure including network, servers,

operating systems, or storage, but has control over the deployed applications and possibly application hosting

environment configurations. (Source: NIST CC Definition)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - The capability provided to the consumer is to provision processing, storage,

networks, and other fundamental computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary

software, which can include operating systems and applications. The consumer does not manage or control the

underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, deployed applications, and possibly

limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls). (Source: NIST CC Definition)

The cloud infrastructure is a composition of two or more distinct cloud infrastructures (private, community, or public)

that remain unique entities, but are bound together by standardized or proprietary technology that enables data

and application portability (e.g. cloud bursting for load balancing between clouds) (Source: NIST CC Definition)

*NIST – the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce


The Basics 2

On Premise

Private Cloud

Public Cloud

Cloud Provider

Cloud Consumer

On-Premise is hosted within an organizations own offices, or data centre, and provides an internal solution for

hosting needs. Since an On-Premise is completely controlled in-house this means you often have more flexibility. If

you need to have things setup in a very specific way, with specific hardware, you have that control (definition from

Liquid Web)

A hosted Private Cloud solution is owned and operated by third-party service providers. (Like Liquid Web.) Since the

infrastructure servers a much larger population customers benefit from the economies of scale (definition from

Liquid Web)

The cloud infrastructure is provisioned for open use by the general public. It may be owned, managed, and

operated by a business, academic, or government organization, or some combination of them. It exists on the

premises of the cloud provider. (Source: NIST CC Definition)

A cloud provider is a person, an organization; it is the entity responsible for making a service available to interested

parties. A Cloud Provider acquires and manages the computing infrastructure required for providing the services,

runs the cloud software that provides the services, and makes arrangement to deliver the cloud services to the

Cloud Consumers through network access. (Source: NIST CC Definition)

The cloud consumer is the principal stakeholder for the cloud computing service. A cloud consumer represents a

person or organization that maintains a business relationship with, and uses the service from a cloud provider.

Cloud consumers need SLAs to specify the technical performance requirements fulfilled by a cloud provider. SLAs

can cover terms regarding the quality of service, security, remedies for performance failures. A cloud provider may

also list in the SLAs a set of promises explicitly not made to consumers, i.e. limitations, and obligations that cloud

consumers must accept. (Source: NIST CC Definition)


Stop saying “There is no cloud, it’s just some else’s computer”

“The cloud is a hyperscale, automated computer farm run by

someone who's better at automation and security than you,

and can buy electricity and servers and network connectivity

more cheaply than you because they buy so much of it and if

you want all the benefits of cloud you have to design things to

achieve that'. Not that catchy, so I can see why it hasn't taken

off as a tag line”

Mary Branscombe, Freelance Tech Journalist, ZDNET


Cloud, in some way shape or form, is coming…but the type of journey depends on

many factors…

Shared Operating Model

Iaa

S

Pa

aSS

aa

S

Application

Layer

Middleware

Layer

Operating

System

Layer

Sa

aS P

aa

S Iaa

S

Cloud Consumer

Cloud Provider

It is important, as per standardised Cloud

support models (e.g. TOGAF or NIST [National

Institute of Standards and Technology]) to

understand the importance of the Shared

Responsibility Model. What essentially this means

is that in providing (Cloud) applications services

to users, the responsibility for provision of these

services to the expected and agreed SLA,

would be shared between the Cloud Consumer

and Cloud Provider.


SaaS Trends – “Old Wine in New Bottles”



Expenses & Travel

EPM & Business

Intelligence

Recruitment



Expenses & Travel

Human Resources EPM &

Business Intelligence

CRM

Recruitment



Expenses & Travel

Human Resources

Enterprise Resource Planning

EPM & Business

Intelligence

CRM

Recruitment


To SaaS or Not to SaaS


The Journey – “voyage to Ithaca the Cloud”

As you set out for Ithaca hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery.

C. P. CAVAFY

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/c-p-cavafy


Considerations - “POPIT” Transformation – Not Just Technology

Organisational Architecture

Cultural and Organisational Opportunities and Constraints

Business and Application Opportunities and Constraints

Information & Technical

Architecture

Physical and Technical Opportunities and Constraints

People

Organisation

Process (& Application)

Information

Technology

Business &

Application

Architecture


Costs

Oracle Insight Studies

“Over time, system costs tend to converge. Below is a

chart showing total costs of ownership (TCO) over 10

years for both cloud-based and on-premise software”

(Zach Hale, Content Analyst)

Zach Hale

Cloud software’s low cost of entry—especially

compared to hefty upfront perpetual license fees—

has contributed to its widespread adoption. Use of

hybrid cloud systems increased from 19 percent to

57 percent in one year in 2017 (Forbes Research)


Which parts of your business are ready for the SaaS Cloud?

Human

Capital Mgt

SELLSIDEBUYSIDE INSIDE

Procure to

Pay

Enterprise

Performance Mgt

Order to

Cash

Master Data Mgt

Customer

Experience

Supply Chain

Analytics & BI

Mfg & Logistics

Record to Report


Key Practical Factors of the SaaS Cloud

• Cheaper Up Front Costs

• Historically, security has been a top concern for prospective ERP buyers. But while buyers once were wary about

the security of cloud-based software, many are becoming less sceptical today

• Cloud ERPs offer less flexibility for businesses that seek to tailor their system to their hearts’ content

• Generally “Solution Driven”, rather than “Requirements Driven”


SaaS tends to be “Solution Driven”


Customisations, Extensions & Modifications in the Cloud

11th July 2017 Workday:

“This question is one of the most frequent ones we’ve received over the years from customers,

analysts, and employees alike. And we have always been clear with our response: While opening up

the platform was a likely possibility in the future, we needed to stay focused on more immediate

priorities for our customers and the requisite needs of our application development teams. Indeed,

we had to ensure our technology core offered rock-solid reliability and scalability as well as the

flexibility to continually evolve with a rapidly changing business landscape.

Today, we are ready to take a big step forward on our extensibility journey by announcing our intent

to open our platform to customers and a broader ecosystem of partners, independent software

vendors (ISVs), and developers.

Aneel Bhusri , Workday


Oracle’s on SaaS Extensions and Modifications


Visual Builder Cloud Service

Faster App Delivery

Nothing to install orconfigure, runs in thebrowser. Applicationsaccessible from anydevice.

Easy to Use SaaS Integrated Extensible

More complex behaviorcan be implemented instandard JavaScript andHTML.

Drag and drop visualdevelopment with liveWYSIWYG designer

Easy access to SaaSdata and processes viaREST catalog. EnrichSaaS with engagingcustom UI.

Key Value Proposition

VBCS

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Optimize engagement through experience analytics for your extensions

Enrich SaaS with custom UI and logic

On-Prem Applications

API

BlockchainVisual low-code extensions for web, mobile and content-driven sites

Innovate with custom chatbots; seamless bot-to-human hand-off

Delight app users with rich content exchanges and omni-channel content delivery

Leverage blockchain to extend enterprise boundaries with apps

Oracle SaaS

API

3rd Party SaaS or On-Prem Apps

API

ORACLE CLOUDPLATFORM

UI / Logic Extensions

Chatbots &Mobile apps

Omni-ChannelDigital Content

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4

5

6

Analytics

ExtendOracle PLATFORM TO EXTEND APPS

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Connect to anything with no/low code ease of use

50+ pre-built adapters with deep auto discovery

Robust hybrid integration support

Prebuilt flows and turnkey recipes for common integrations

Intelligent ML based recommendations for attribute mapping

Only vendor to automate application integration, process, API & insights via a single suite

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INTEGRATION

Oracle SaaS

Oracle Applications, 3rd party, customer, legacy…

ON-PREMISES

API

3rd Party

API

ORACLE CLOUD

APIAPIAPI

BlockchainAPI

ConnectOracle PLATFORM TO CONNECT APPS




My Ford Fiesta’s got a 100,000 in the clock, but I know how to keep it running, plus I’ve pimped it (inside and out)

I may do an electric conversion at some stage, as a concession to the 21st century

It already couples with my caravan, and my rooftop bike rack




My Ford Fiesta’s got a 100,000 in the clock, but I know how to keep it running, plus I’ve pimped it (inside and out)

I may do an electric conversion at some stage, as a concession to the 21st century

It already couples with my caravan, and my rooftop bike rack


Enhance the good bits For example introduce RPA such as Blue Prism or UIPath, andFor example move up the P2P Maturity Model

Start testing out new extension and integration capabilities with EBS

Carry on going under the bonnet of the EBusiness Suite?

IaaS

V

IaaS IaaS

V


https://blogs.oracle.com/ebstech/


We had a client who wanted to change the unit price on a copied requisition at check out. The intention was to help the business save time when raising requisitions from a copied requisition. This was achieved in EBS by creating an externalised DB package within the e-Business suite (i.e. going under the bonnet of the EBS Application), which obviously is not possible within Oracle Cloud ERP. Therefore, from a “SaaS cloud journey” point of view, we had to educate the end user community on adopting the standard process and functionality.

Approve PO

EBS DB Package

Modification

Modify Unit Price

Copy Requisition

Requisition Approval

Complete Requisition

Create PO’s

Browse Catalogue

Approve PO

SaaS

Copy Requisition



Create PO’s

Browse Catalogue

Going under the bonnet of the EBusiness Suite Not going under the bonnet of Oracle Cloud ERP SaaS – but you can add a spoiler on the outside

Carry on going under the bonnet of the EBusiness Suite?


Example 1- mechanic

Approve PO

EBS DB Package

Modification

Modify Unit Price

Copy Requisition



Create PO’s

Browse Catalogue

Approve PO

ERP SaaSCloud

Copy Requisition



Create PO’s

Browse Catalogue

We had a client who wanted to change

the unit price on a copied requisition at

check out. The intention was to help the

business save time when raising

requisitions from a copied requisition. This

was achieved in EBS by creating an

externalised DB package within the e-

Business suite (i.e. going under the bonnet

of the EBS Application), which obviously is

not possible within Oracle Cloud ERP.

Therefore, from a “SaaS cloud journey”

point of view, we had to educate the end

user community on adopting the standard

process and functionality.


Example 2

Several clients have implemented a quick address system for address lookup in Supplier and Customer forms. Historically, and in many clients even now, the solution uses Experian’s QAS Pro to validate addresses, which again involves using an externalised DB package within the e-Business suite (i.e. going under the bonnet of the EBS Application).

However, with the Oracle Cloud ERP SaaS solution, we now validate using the Experian real-time address validation web service, which is an example of a PaaS for SaaS solution, sitting alongside the Oracle Cloud ERP SaaS solution, rather than within it.

Approve PO

EBS DB Package

Modification

Modify Unit Price

Copy Requisition



Create PO’s

Browse Catalogue

Approve PO

SaaS

Copy Requisition



Create PO’s

Browse Catalogue

Going under the bonnet of the EBusiness Suite Oracle Cloud ERP SaaS extended using PaaS for Saas

Thanks!

I’ve got the valid

address you need,

let me throw it to

you!


Example 2- mechanic

EBS ERP SaaS

Cloud

We had a client who wanted to change

the unit price on a copied requisition at

check out. The intention was to help the

business save time when raising

requisitions from a copied requisition. This

was achieved in EBS by creating an

externalised DB package within the e-

Business suite (i.e. going under the bonnet

of the EBS Application), which obviously is

not possible within Oracle Cloud ERP.

Therefore, from a “SaaS cloud journey”

point of view, we had to educate the end

user community on adopting the standard

process and functionality.

Validate the Address

Perform due

diligence checks

(bribery, slavery,

credit etc

Submit for

Onboarding Approval

Create new Supplier

on the System

Approve Supplier

Experian Web

Service

DB Package to validate with QAS

Validate the Address

Perform due

diligence checks

(bribery, slavery,

credit etc

Submit for

Onboarding Approval

Create new Supplier

on the System

Approve Supplier

Validated Address


Why fix it, if it ain’t broken Enhance the good bits For example introduce RPA such as Blue Prism or UIPath, andFor example move up the P2P Maturity Model



• Enterprise Command Centers: new dashboard capabilities to help users discover

and act on top priorities without custom operational reporting.•Mobile Oracle is pleased to announce recent updates for Oracle E-Business Suite smartphone apps, which expand functions in Mobile Self-Service HR, Timecards, Approvals, and Maintenance, as well as simplified login setup when using Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solutions.User Experience: continued modernization, including more HTML user interfaces,

more investment in mobility, and new Enterprise Command Centers.• Data Privacy Standards: functionality to help customers comply with data privacy

regulations.• Accounting Standards Changes: enhancements to address accounting standards

changes, such as new lease accounting and revenue recognition standards.

Identify and Act on Top Priorities without Custom Operational Reporting


Start testing out new extension and integration capabilities with EBS

spring boot for microservices and event sourcing


The E-Business Suite you KNOW

The E-Business Suite you OWN

The E-Business Suite you CUSTOMIZED

The E-Business Suite you INTEGRATED

Move you EBS to Cloud

IaaS

V

IaaS IaaS

V


When doe the “ERP in the Cloud” business case stack up?

• the client has a “Full Blown Enterprise Wide Cloud Strategy” mindset (not just for ERP)#

Oracle ERP in Cloud (SaaS, PaaS and IaaS)


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