IBMPlanningAnaly-csJanuary13th,2016

CandaceTaylor–DirectorofMarke4ng,CrescoIntl

MikeMackevicius–IBMPreSalesTechnicalSpecialist

SanjeevDa?a–Prac4ceDirector,CrescoIntl

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WhatisIBMPlanningAnaly-cs?

PlanningAnaly4csisastateoftheartbuilt-for-cloudplanningandanaly4csolu4onü  Highspeedin-memorydataengineü  BusinessIntelligence(Cognos)capabili4esü  WatsonAnaly4cspartoftheDNASpeed- StartInstantly&Growasneeded

Automatplans,AnalysesandReportsAgility- Adaptplansandanalysestochangingcondi4ons

Alignfinancialplanswithcorporateobjec4veslinkedto opera4onaltac4csandmarketevents

Foresight- Analy4csforeveryone.Highavailabilityanduserbaseto explore,visualizeinternalandexternaldataandan4cipatethe future.

ü  Office of Finance and LOB Organiza2ons trying to improve cycle 2me

and staff around planning, budge2ng and forecas2ng, analysis and repor2ng

ü  Strugglingwithspreadsheetsandoverrelianceonmanualeffortsü Mid-size companies (less than 100 users) to Large Enterprises ü  Improve Performance of current budge2ng/planning system ü  Create compelling Dashboards and visualize financial data ü  Keep Spreadsheet look and feel and explore other op2ons ü  Use Spreading techniques and create Alternate Scenario Methods ü  Hassel free setup with Cloud Op2ons

WhoisPlanningAnaly-csfor?

Synchronizeobjectsfromanydatasource

Collabora-onandPintoshare&reuse

Richinterac-veworkspace

Naturallanguagediscovery&manipula-on

PlanningAnaly-csWorkspaceBestinBreedPlanning//Easy,intui4ve,graduated

Organizeintomul--tabbedworkbooks

Source:IBM

PlanningAnaly-csWorkspaceBusinessLedDesign//Webbased,Easy,Intui4ve

Usetemplatestoacceleratedesign

Startaproject

Visualapplica-onanddatamodeldesign

Built-inplanning&analy-cintelligence

Source:IBM

IBMPlanningAnaly-cs–AWendeeQues-on

AreyouconsideringtomigrateyourcurrentAnaly4cssoXwareontoaCloudPlaYorm?

PlanningAnaly-csDemo

PlanningAnaly-cs-ValueofSaaS

Savings GainsLowEntryCost SpeedtoValue

ReducedRisk Agility

OPEXvs.CAPEX Elas4city

MinimalInfrastructureCost WorldClassSolu4on

Redundancy Alwaysonthelatestandgreatestversion

LowerITcosts Be?erSupport

SLA

Source:IBM

BenefitsofPlanningAnaly-csonCloud

ü EnterprisedeploymentshaveTieredArchitectureincludesMul4-Tenantapplica4ons4erandSingleTenantCognosTM1DBTier

ü Applica4onTierisdeployedusingcon4nuousdevelopmentprac4cesandwillbeupgradedonascheduledeterminedbyIBM

ü  IBMCustomerswillgainaccesstonewfeaturesandfunc4onali4esfrequently.Customerswillreceiveno4fica4onsinadvanceofupgrades

ü Customerswillnothavetheop4ontodeferupgradestotheApplica4onTierastheyaresharedwithallcustomers

BenefitsofPlanningAnaly-csonCloudcont’d

StandardandPremiumDeploymentOp4onsforTM1DatabaseTierPremiumTM1DatabaseTierop4on

Ø  Dedicated,PrivateVirtualorPhysicalEnvironmentØ  512GBorRAMandØ  UpgradeFlexibility

StandardTM1DatabaseTierOp4on

Ø  SingleTenantVirtualEnvironment(RunsonMul4-TenantPhysicalInfrastructure)

Ø  64GBofRAMØ  UpgradeFlexibility

(StartwithStandardandUpgradetoPremiumasNeeded)

CloudAvailabilityforPlanningAnaly-cs

TheServiceLevelAgreement(SLA)isacontractualagreementensuringaHighAvailabilitycloudservice.

Source:IBM

PlanningAnaly-csPricing

Source:IBM

§  #1UserofPart#D156ELL§  #10UsersofPart#D1JT9LL§  MonthlyContracts,1-3-5YearContracts

Licensingques4ons:sales@crescointl.com

ü  Data Scalability ü  Reduce Administra2on and Simplify the applica2on landscape

ü  Get Real Time Reports and Avoid Mul2ple Job Servers

ü  Reduce Hardware, Lower Cost of Maintenance

ü Meet Business Needs with Dashboards and Mobile Delivery

ü  Con2nued Licenses Trade Ups for Contributor Licenses

Migra-ngfromEPtoPlanningAnaly-cs

> Automates manual, spreadsheet-based planning, budge2ng, forecas2ng, repor2ng and analysis

> Uncovers predic2ve insights automa2cally from your data > Links opera2onal tac2cs to financial plans, synthesizes informa2on, infers trends

> Enables dimensional analysis and calcula2ons for in-depth profitability and scenario analy2cs

> Facilitates rapid on-cloud deployment across the organiza2on

Recap//IBMPlanningAnaly-cs

Q&A

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