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Network General Corporation. Ken Boyd – VP IT & CIO Dan Brann – Director, IT Applications. Agenda. Overview of Network General Highlight of our business drivers Why we selected Oracle What other vendors were evaluated Quote to Cash solution Experiences from the implementation Q & A.
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Network General Corporation Ken Boyd – VP IT & CIO Dan Brann – Director, IT Applications
Agenda • Overview of Network General • Highlight of our business drivers • Why we selected Oracle • What other vendors were evaluated • Quote to Cash solution • Experiences from the implementation • Q & A
Corporate Positioning Who is NETWORK GENERAL? • One of the largest private companies in Silicon Valley • Texas Pacific Group and Silver Lake Partners bought the business from Network Associates in July 2004 • Global leader in application and network performance analysis • Nearly two decades of experience • 13,000 customers worldwide
NetworkPerformance Analysis Application Performance Analysis Sniffer AppWize Distributed Portable InfiniStream Netasyst Resource Manager Visualizer Appera Services
What drove the Oracle decision • The Business was acquired with • No G&A • No Systems • No Infrastructure • Key Decisions • 1st Tier or 2nd Tier ERP • Creation of a short list • Select Vendor based on • Ability to implement fast • Strong core functionality • Skills of the team
FUSION – FY06 (2005) • International Rollout of Financial modules – in process • HRMS – in process • Fulfillment Provider Consolidation – in process • Customer Support enhancements – in process • 10g Portal – discovery & definition • Inventory Tracking & Returns Automation • Enterprise Reporting & Planning • Approval Manager • Sales Compensation • Various Enhancement Requests from SCREAM – in process
Summary • 60 day deployment of G/L, Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, and Purchasing for Day 1 • 90 day deployment of Marketing, TeleSales, Field Sales, Order Management, Inventory Management, Service Contracts, and Accounts Receivable • 7 months to a stand-alone NGC application environment All this while hiring and building the business!
If we had to do it again… • More technical consultants to support “the bubble” of effort • Insist that functional groups are staffed appropriately prior to beginning project • Spend more time automating key “intensely manual” processes • Earlier focus on reporting needs & training