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Cisco ERPCA Technologies MIS 501
Cisco ERP • Characterize Cisco • Industry • History • Management philosophy and structure • Who are the key players • What effect have they had on Cisco’s success
Cisco ERP • What is Cisco’s Strategy? • Why have they been successful?
Cisco ERP • Cisco is often characterized as one of the first “information-age” companies. • Why is this so? • How does IT influence their strategy?
Cisco ERP • Why did Cisco need to move to a new ERP? • How does this history influence the choices made in selecting … • the ERP system vender • Applications • Did they really have a choice? • Was $15 that really an excessive amount?
Cisco ERP • Once they made their choice, how did they proceed? • Management Support • Change management • Sound familiar?
What is Cisco About? • A company that makes routers? • Sure, but what else?
Cisco ERP • How did the choices made for the ERP system influence subsequent IT capabilities? • How would you assess their “Internet Capabilities” strategy? • What is their history with the Internet? • They started this almost 20 years ago; put yourself into their shoes in 1993.
Cisco ERP • What has been the impact of this Internet strategy on the company (as described in the case)? • Operations? • Performance?
Cisco ERP • What are the components of this Internet Capability? • Real-time messaging • Data accessibility and consistency • Everyone is on the net • Everyone is on the net through a browser • Customer-facing systems are all web-based • Focus on self-service • Information transparency • Organizational boundaries are permeable (i.e., the “extended enterprise”)
What is CA Tech’s History? • Founded in 1976 to “add on” functionality to IBM Mainframes • Broadened into mainframe software and services, including system management • Expanded to client-server support in the ‘90’s • In 2000’s clearly focused on enterprise IT management and support
What does Enterprise IT Management Mean? • Network Computing • ERP • CRM • SCM Software • Management and integration of these functions in house or hosted
IT in today’s Enterprise • SaaS • ASP • Hosting • Virtualization
Send in the Clouds • Is cloud computing a disruption to CA Technologies business model? • Why? • Why not?
What is cloud computing, really? • It’s a utility model of computing • Pay as you go • Pay for what you use • Rely on economies of scale • Share resources
Not all Clouds are the same • Private clouds • Hybrid clouds • Community or shared clouds • Public clouds
What does the cloud offer? • Platforms and infrastructure • Software
The road ahead? • What should CA Technologies do? • What stands in their way • Who will they be competing with • What services should they offer • Will they cannibalize their existing business model • How will they get there