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Technology Direction Consolidate and Centralization of computing environment. Je- Kyun Kim Swapnil Patil William Lindsey Ken Brenner Sumit Gangwani Varun Jain. Agenda. Future IT Direction Benefits and Issues with Direction Chose
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Technology Direction Consolidate and Centralization of computing environment Je-Kyun Kim SwapnilPatil William Lindsey Ken Brenner SumitGangwani Varun Jain
Agenda • Future IT Direction • Benefits and Issues with Direction Chose • Personnel needed to support the management and implementation of direction • Compare and Contrast to other Scenarios • Course of Action • Justification
Future IT Direction • Consolidating and Centralizing computing environment • Audit & consolidate applications at organization level • Integrate together all present applications into a single application • Consolidation of the IT architecture
Future IT Direction • Consolidating and Centralizing computing environment • Fusing together disparate data sources into a single source • Setting up compliance departments to address issues with law and regulations • Implementing security at multiple levels. (eg. Application layer, network layer, data layer, physical layer)
Benefits • Better service to client • Improved decision making capacity for management • Aligning technology along with the business goals • Ease of operation for IT • Global updates • Better version control • Cost Reduction • Labor Cost • Storage Cost • Power Cost • Fewer Licenses (generally) • Network security response time and mitigation.
Issues • Security Issues • Resolved by implementing security at multiple levels: application, data, network and presentation • Communication Issues • Resolved by proper training • Data Availability • Proper data backup and disaster recovery plan
Required Users • An efficient IT implementation Team • ERP Team • System integration • Data Integration • Support and Maintenance • Security Team • Project Management Team • Compliance Team
Compare and Contrast • Systematic approach towards aligning your IT infrastructure with your business goals • Utilizes IT resources more efficiently than Heterogeneous Infrastructure • Reduce errors and redundancies in business process • Easy to backup a central database rather than having discrete data sources • Cost Reductions in term of labor, storage space, floor space, power
Course of Action • Audit the Applications, architecture and data storage • Prepare a road map for implementation • Analyze what are the business requirements of the organization and implement an ERP which will address the following • Maintain a data warehouse • Business Intelligence • CRM • Back Office Solution • Security • Continuous Availability
Course of Action • Finalize the software package that will satisfy our requirements • Fuse together the data into a single data source • Testing of the new system • User Acceptance • Go Live
Justification • Better decision making capability • Operational • Tactical • Strategic
Justification • Maintaining focus on client needs and service delivery • Identifying and eliminating redundancies and waste and waste • Effective communication between different geographic business units
Overview • Direction: Consolidating and Centralizing computing environment • Better Service & Improved Decision Making • Security Changes & Data Availability • Required Teams: ERP, System Integration, Data Integration • Utilizes IT resources more efficiently
Overview • Reduce errors and redundancies in business process • Audit the applications and prepare a road map • Organize and execute business requirements and implementation • Better decision making capability & reduces redundancy
ERP Systems • Longitudinal View • Multidimensional Aspects
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