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Introducing Host Analytics
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Agenda
• Customer requirements• The evolution of financial applications• Host Analytics Overview• Host Analytics CPM suite demonstration• Q&A
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Agenda
• Requirements• The evolution of financial applications• Host Analytics overview• Host Analytics CPM suite demonstration• Q&A
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What We Are Hearing
• Need functional decisions to incorporate financial implications
• Strategic plan is not driven into operations
• Difficulty with scenario modeling
• Need for variance analysis, ad hoc reports and dashboards
• Reporting deficiencies, lack of out of the box finance support
• No version control, broken links, errors and long nights
BetterPerformance
Process Efficiency
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Agenda
• Requirements• The evolution of financial applications• Host Analytics overview• The Host Analytics solution• Q&A
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Successful CFO’s
The most successful CFOs will enable decision making not only through the delivery of timely and
accurate information in context….….but also with an appreciation of the type and level of decision risk associated with each alternative
scenario under consideration.
- Bill McNee, Founder & CEO, Saugatuck Technology, Inc.
Today’s CFOs must balance ”traditional responsibilities with the ability to provide analytical
truths and points of view that shape overall strategy.”
- Brad Richmond, SVP & CFO, Darden Restaurants, Inc.CFO Magazine, December 2010
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Evolution of Financial Applications
Dashboards and variance reports
Financial Consolidation and
Iterations
Budgets, Aggregation and version control
1st generation
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Dashboards and variance reports
Financial Consolidation and
Iterations
Budgets, Aggregation and version control
Scenario Modeling
Evolution of Financial Applications
1st generation 2nd generation
Early Finance Applications
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Evolution of Financial Applications
1st generation 2nd generation
Early Finance Applications
Finance Applications 2.0
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Evolution of Financial Applications
Dashboards and variance reports
Financial Consolidation and
Iterations
Budgets, Aggregation and version control
Strategic Decisions
Scenario Modeling
Functional/ Operational
Decisions
Finance Applications 2.0
1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation
Early Finance Applications
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Profit Improvements
Process Improvements
Evolution of Financial Applications
Dashboards and variance reports
Financial Consolidation and
Iterations
Budgets, Aggregation and version control
Strategic Decisions
Scenario Modeling
Functional/ Operational
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Agenda
• Requirements• The evolution of financial applications• Host Analytics overview• The Host Analytics CPM Suite
Demonstration• Q&A
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Host Analytics at a Glance
• Integrated CPM Suite– Budgeting– Consolidations– Reporting– SEC Compliance
• SaaS Delivery Model– Low TCO Fast ROI
• World class support and services
Our CustomersOur Solution
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Executive Report Manager
Dashboards & Scorecards
ReportingExcel, Ad-hoc, Financial & Operational
Consolidation
Close Process External Reporting
Revenue Planning
Workforce
Planning
Capital Planning
Budgeting & Planning
Host Analytics CPM solution
ERP CRMExcelRDBMSData
WarehouseOther
Host Analytics Consolidator
Host Analytics BudgetHost Analytics Revenue Planning
Host Analytics Workforce Planning
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Why Host Analytics
• SaaS offering• Advanced modeling• Predictable costs• Ease of use• Integrated solution
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31%
52.7%
100%
Jeff KaplanTHINKstrategies
The SaaS Difference
of Host Analytics projects have been delivered on budget
of all projects cost 190% of the estimate
of all software projects are canceled before they are completed
• Host Analytics manages all install, updates &upgrades to infrastructure (hardware & software)
• Rapid access to new functionality• Redundancy in data centers• SAS 70 type II compliance• Predictable costs
– Rapid fixed bid implementation– Predictable price per user fees– All infrastructure costs accounted
for– No hidden costs
• Lower TCO: faster ROI
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SaaS and Security
CFOs need to understand most security and access fears about web-based applications are not only out of date, but prevent them from realizing the sharing and innovation advantages web applications deliver.
Neil Chandler, Research Director at Gartner
SaaS CPM companies can not only keep data safer than it is in most corporate datacenters, but they also build on basic functionality with web-based improvements,
such as benchmark data, frequent updates supporting
legislation or other environmental changes, and
more flexible pricing options.
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Advanced Modeling
• Effect of external drivers
• Opening new facilities
• New product introductions
• Eliminating products, plants and branches
• Outsourcing production
Top down…Strategic
Middle out…Management
Bottom up…Functional
Outputs
• Revenues
• Costs
• Projects
• Initiatives
• Capital
• Workforce
• Scenario
analysis
Types Inputs Centralized Database
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Ease-of-use
User Front End• No scripting• Familiar interface/formulas
• Smart templates• Faster adoption & ROI
Central Database
• No version issues• Workflow control• Eliminates issues with Excel solutions
Reporting• Advanced drill down & analysis-Hierarchies, dimensions &transactions
• Integrated reporting
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Integrated CPM Solution
Budgeting and Planning
Ad hoc reports with drill down
Financial books with
XBRL
Discretionary Initiatives
Presentation quality
graphics
Financial Consolidation
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Summary - Lowest TCO & Highest ROI
• Enable decision making with a financial dimension to it
• Make the right decisions on tough problems
• Process efficiencies
• Increase adoption though ease of use
• No software and no hardware
• Truly owned by finance
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Customers of All Sizes, All Industries
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• Looking to meet your colleagues?
• Have a question or need help?
• Interested in learning Best Practices in:– Finance– Product Use– Industry
• Social media, Web 2.0 technologies
Collaboration with On-Line Community
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What can happen if you get this right…
Source Aberdeen Group 2010 --- No of Respondents 159
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Market Presence
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SaaS In the News
• “BPM is now available to any organization – using the Internet.. Accordingly, innumerable Software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors have emerged, offering less expensive solutions that are relatively easy to buy and implement”Howard Dresner Industry Analyst, Business Performance Management
• “Business users in midsize and large organizations are becoming increasingly frustrated with the long deployment cycles, high costs, complicated upgrade processes and IT infrastructure demanded by traditional CPM applications.”
Neil Chandler, Gartner Group
• “Analysts claim that by 2010, 30% of new software will be delivered via an SAAS model. For many companies large and small, SAAS is the best way to roll out new technology”
Computerworld
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Challenges Operational complexity Needed driver based scenario models Modeling flexibilitySolution Rolling forecasts Implemented driver based labor cost
models Location P&L’sResults Saved $150,000 in implementation Saved $50,000 in maintenance and support Saved $40,000 in annual finance overhead Implemented in 2 months
“The most important need was “what-if” modeling.Juggling 160 megabyte excel documents was not easy to do.
Budgeting and planning is not really our day job. Our day job is really making money for the company where we can. For us to get back to that, that is where it really shows the payoff.” Shawn Anderson, Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis
Red Roof Inn
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Challenges Late and inconsistent excel data Long, long meetings Adjustments mid-year very hard Sales forecasting accuracySolution A single source of consistent data Budgeting now takes half the time What-if scenarios and ad-hoc reporting 12 month rolling forecastsResults Confidence in their data Meetings are dedicated to decision-making Self service reporting Finance understands the model behind the
numbers No involvement from in-house IT staff
“Before, we were lucky just to get the numbers. With Host Analytics we get the numbers and the whole story.”“Budget meetings are now about the business, not about the integrity of information.”
- Mark Cohen, Vice President of Finance and IT, Thule Vehicle Accessories North America
Thule
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Challenges Abandoned aging tool with no GL integration No capability for timely updates during the year No rolling forecastsSolution Easy access to detailed accounting data Intuitive user interface Managers continually look 12 months ahead Data-driven what-if scenariosResults Able to explore all their possible options for growth Planners have confidence in their decision-making Decisions backed up by accurate timely data Accounting and Sales collaborate Relieved IT of support and maintenance
“Instead of having to rely on a gut feeling, we have real data. It is reassuring to see down to a dollar the impact that a decision would make”
- Kimberly JoyceController and director of finance, Bama
Bama Industries
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Security & Compliance and the Private Cloud
• Facilities & Operations– SAS70 II Primary
Datacenter– SAS70 II Backup
Datacenter – Full N+1 redundancy on
all systems for maximum availability
– 24/7/365 onsite + on call teams
• Data Security– Hourly data backup– Stored backups 228-bit
encrypted for protection– Secure offsite backup for
continuity planning
• Technical Controls– Annual third-party
security review and audits– Managed intrusion
detection & prevention– Annual secure code
reviews– Quarterly vulnerability
scanning– Quarterly network
penetration testing
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Support
• Our mission is to have 100% referencable customers by providing World class support and infrastructure
• Proactive monitoring• Actual results
Severity Definition Maximum Initial
Feedback time
Maximum resolution time
Service Hours
Critical Incident – High business impact; Large part of the Application Service inoperable; Multiple End Users affected.
1 hour 6 hours 24x7 for Premium 15x5 for
Standard Major Incident – Medium business impact; Loss
of efficiency in the business operation. 4 hours 24 hours 15x5
Minor Incident – Little business impact; Single End User or small number of End Users affected.
8 hours 48 hours 8x5
RFI Service Request – Request for information; Possible business impact; Information needed for normal operations.
2 days 1 week 8x5
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Uptime & Performance and the Private Cloud
• Application Performance– Transaction time monitoring– Page build time– Budget template load time – Report query execution time– Active alerting for performance
incidents
• Support Performance Transparency– We will publish monthly reporting on– Number of support requests– Time to respond to support request– Time to resolve support request– Performance against SLA commitments– 99.5% application availability guarantee
• > 99.99% actual performance
If we fail to meet our SLA for any month we will make
available a refund equal to 100% of one months
subscription fee.
99.0%
99.2%
99.4%
99.6%
99.8%
100.0%
2006 2007 2008 2009
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How can SaaS help?