Why Business is Better in the Cloud

ODTUG NYC Meetup: Profitability & Cost Management Overview PCMCS); Oracle IT Financial Management (ITFM)

The document provides an overview of Ranzal's experience with rapid deployments of Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM). It discusses three case studies of DRM implementations for an automotive services provider, paper and packaging manufacturer, and cable and media provider. Common success factors for rapid DRM deployments are identified, including taking an iterative approach, focusing on both processes and tools, having the right scoped project, training, and flexibility. Ranzal's DRM toolkit and accelerators are also highlighted.

Join Edgewater Ranzal for a whimsical look at the history of Oracle Essbase. Take a walk down memory lane to the days of Arbor Software, where all that was required was a “server under the desk”, and tools such as Application Manager and the Excel Add-In. We will show historical artifacts, and share examples of “alternative” applications from days gone by, in addition to the traditional triad of management reporting, planning and profitability analysis that so many of our customers leverage today. Come for a breakfast treat, take home a few souvenirs, and reminisce with like-minded peers regarding the amazing Essbase!

Cloud & Hybrid Integration Overview; EPM Integration Solutions; Cloud to EPM; HCM Cloud to EPM; NetSuite to EPM Cloud

Many companies face the same challenges with their community: an abundance of great content but no easy way for users to access all that knowledge. In the end, self-service all comes down to the experience and how your users interact with your community in order to find what they need. Making content discoverable wherever it resides can feel like a Herculean task, but it doesn’t have to be. Our best practices driven webinar, with real life examples from GoPro, demonstrated proven ways to: -Design an engaging, value-driven community -Drive self-service success by delivering relevant and proactive answers -Leverage insights from your member interactions to continuously improve your content -Create intuitive community experiences that connect your members with answers, faster No data scientist (or pocket protector) needed!

Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) is the latest evolution of Oracle’s market-leading Financial Close Suite. What makes it different than Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)? A lot! We delivered a side-by-side review of FCCS and HFM. If you’re a customer of Hyperion Enterprise, HFM, or non-Oracle financial reporting packages evaluating alternative solutions, you will gain a much deeper understanding of Oracle’s strategy in the consolidation and close domain. Discussion included: -Functional and technical comparison of FCCS and HFM (Dimensions, Rules, Reporting, etc.) -Migration considerations/best practices -Product direction from Oracle

Noble Energy, an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, had struggled for years with a cumbersome spreadsheet and email-driven account reconciliation process. The accounting team sought a purpose-built tool with auditing, workflow and automated reconciliation capabilities. The IT team wanted a solution in line with their Cloud-first strategic direction. After evaluating several products, Noble Energy selected Oracle Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS) with transaction matching and partnered with Perficient to deliver the implementation. Project owner Matt Dossett, CPA and Senior Accountant, discussed their migration to ARCS including lessons learned and how ARCS could benefit your organization. Discussion included: -Challenges with the legacy account reconciliation process -The factors leading to the selection of Oracle ARCS -Considerations of implementing a cloud solution with on-premises Oracle EBS ERP -The value of automated reconciliations with transaction matching -Benefits realized with ARCS implementation

To effectively conduct clinical research and development you need to collect, manage, and visualize clinical and healthcare data – including mHealth data – using a centralized and secure data repository that can be considered the single source of truth. Oracle Data Management Workbench (DMW) is a proven solution that is used by a number of global pharmaceutical and medical device organizations to aggregate and manage clinical data in support of their R&D initiatives. In this SlideShare, we demonstrate how Oracle DMW can quickly enrich and expand the value of clinical data, as well as support enhanced analytics and decision-making.

If you’re among the many Oracle E-Business Suite customers still using Discoverer for your reporting and analytics needs, change is inevitable. But it doesn’t have to be disruptive to your business. For Group Voyagers, a group of leading escorted tour, river cruise and independent travel package companies, moving off Discoverer took just nine weeks! Gary Aragon, accounting manager at Group Voyagers, joined us to discuss the company’s long-term reporting strategy and how it was able to successfully migrate to Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE). Discussion included: -Replacement Options - OBIEE and Oracle Analytics Cloud -Best practices, methodologies, and deployment risks -User adoption -Benefits realized with OBIEE

This document summarizes Land O'Lakes' use of Oracle's big data technologies to power various analytics applications. It describes applications built for WinField, Walmart, and Tractor Supply Company that leverage diverse data sources on the Oracle platform. It also outlines Land O'Lakes' investment in Oracle technologies like Exadata, Exalytics, and Endeca and evaluates expanding these applications to Oracle's big data suite and Hadoop.

According to IDC, by 2019, 50% of manufacturing supply chains will have benefited from digital transformation, with the remainder held back by outdated business models or functional structures. Improving business processes is a top supply chain priority, especially in a digitally enabled world. If you’re looking to modernize your supply chain by making a move to the cloud, this is an opportunity to see the look and feel of Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud with a drill-down into Drop Ship. We covered: -Key benefits and features of Oracle Order Management Cloud -Drill-down into drop shipment functionality -Key components for a successful implementation -Client success story

Oracle EPM Innovation Day - Boston Mike Killeen of Edgewater Ranzal presented on Improving Performance with Enhanced Insight into Profitability and Costs using Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (HPCM)

The World is Evolving. Are your Manufacturing apps ready to evolve to the Cloud? According to IDC nearly 68% of the global manufacturing firms have already migrated to the Cloud. The Cloud is transforming today’s manufacturing companies into service-oriented and collaborative businesses by enabling them to access large amounts of critical data in real time anywhere along their supply chains, and at a reduced cost. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how to: • Determine the right time to migrate to the Cloud • Understand the Oracle Cloud Manufacturing offerings • Differentiate between Cloud Manufacturing and Oracle EBS Know more: http://www.jadeglobal.com/webinars/manufacturing-systems-moving-cloud and email us at: marketing@jadeglobal.com Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/jadeglobal/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/jade-global https://twitter.com/JadeGlobal

The document discusses Edgewater Ranzal, an Oracle consulting partner focused on Oracle Business Analytics solutions. It summarizes their services including enterprise planning, business intelligence, data integration, and infrastructure services. It then discusses WestRock, a packaging company formed from a merger, and their need to integrate 80 financial data sources within 100 days. The solution involved using Oracle Data Relationship Management (DRM) and Financial Data Management Enterprise Edition (FDMEE) to map the sources and load them into Oracle's JD Edwards and Hyperion systems.

Integration of Primavera P6 and Oracle ERP systems utilizing the Process Integration Packs from Oracle AIA.

This information is for current Oracle EPM customers who are managing existing Hyperion environments and would like to understand the considerations when thinking about upgrading to a later version or not. This information comes following another successful year of Accenture completing Hyperion upgrades for various customers with various products under the EPM suite (for example HFM, Planning, Essbase, FDMEE). Therefore, we are in a great position to share this information with you as we believe that this will assist you in the definition of your own upgrade strategy taking necessary elements into consideration.

Mercer Advisors, a privately held wealth management firm with approximately $11 billion in assets under management, needed a more robust financial reporting solution. Its legacy solution relied on an Excel-based framework with multiple General Ledger systems providing current and historical data. Mercer Advisors decided to implement Essbase Cloud, part of the Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) platform to provide a modern platform for financial reporting. Mercer Advisors partnered with Perficient to execute on its vision to reap the benefits of this solution. Mercer Advisors chief financial officer, Douglas Maxwell, discussed the OAC implementation including lessons learned and how OAC can benefit organizations like yours. Discussion included: -Challenges with the legacy environment -Excel to cloud migration approach -Benefits realized

The future of the cloud holds a wealth of promise for those who know how to leverage the power of high-performance computing to fuel business innovation and growth. As predicted, cloud has quickly become a prominent technology for executing digital transformation, but many enterprises are still struggling to understand how the cloud can help future-proof their business. This second webinar in our Cloud First, Business-Driven webinar series explored some of the key concepts around the future of cloud, and how to think about what’s next for your enterprise. We discussed: -Short- and long-term cloud trends -Personal cloud with intelligent agent -Personalized pricing and payment systems -Taking hybrid cloud to the next level -Customer-defined products

If you are interested to know more about AWS Chicago Summit, please use the following to register: http://amzn.to/1RooPPL Forrester estimates that cloud adoption will soar 91% from $100 billion to $191 billion in 5 years. The next phase of cloud adoption will feature more diverse workloads, more applications that bridge public clouds and private data centers, and a greater emphasis on cost efficiency. In this webinar, we’ll discuss the impact of cloud adoption on the industry and on your business, including realignment of tech budgeting and applications, retooled staffing to enhance the skill sets of your internal teams, and the role of specialist firms in accelerating your progress. Join Vikram Garlapati, Manager of Solutions Architect, AWS, Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst John Rymer, along with Amit Khanna, VP of Cloud Services at Virtusa, to gain insight into the state of cloud adoption and to learn the lessons and best practices gained from multiple engagements that helped customers transform their application landscapes. Learning objectives: 1) Understand overall trends in cloud adoption 2) Learn best practices for migrating diverse workloads – to take full advantage of cloud services

This document summarizes a webinar on cloud computing hosted by Sand Hill Group on September 16, 2010. It features presentations from cloud computing leaders M.R. Rangaswami and Kamesh Pemmaraju of Sand Hill Group, Otavio Freire of openQ, and Neil Fox of Ness Technologies. The webinar discusses identifying the business value of cloud computing for customers and vendors based on research including a survey of 511 IT executives and 40 confidential interviews. It also summarizes Ness Technologies' cloud assessment process to help companies determine their cloud readiness and considerations for moving applications and workloads to the cloud.

Join the Raffa Technology team for an informative seminar reviewing the powerful cloud based accounting system Intacct. This educational seminar will focus on the key business drivers for implementing a cloud based accounting solution and provide you with best practices for selecting the right software for your organization. We will also walk you through a tour of Intacct's key features and functionality.