1. Cloud vs. On-premise 5 Advantages of Cloud Deployment
Feb 2016

2. Improved Business Benefits From Cloud Deployment
Cloud-based ERP applications deliver additional business benefits; achieved by continuously incorporating user and industry best practices into the applications
Benefits Achieved Through Use of ERP:
Patient and Constituent Organizations
Cloud
On-premise
Additional Benefits of Cloud
Reduction in operational costs
25% 7%
18%
Improvement in complete and on-time delivery
26% 9%
17%
Improvement in internal schedule compliance
19%
11% 8%
Improvement in profitability over the past two years 6%
13%
Improvement in time to decisions over the past year
38%
12%
Improvement in cycle time and key business processes
31%
14%
How business benefits are achieved
Automatic upgrades incorporate best practices and performance improvements
Best practices from across the user group are incorporated into future versions of the application
Improve business processes
Reduce likelihood of workarounds or wasted employee time
Avoidance of customization to applications
Reduces time to complete tasks / increases productivity of staff
Improved application performance
Built in disaster recovery reduces cost of downtime if an event were to occur
Seamless integration of applications brings real-time data and improved analytics / decision making
Integrated applications allows for continuous business performance improvement
Source: Aberdeen Group 2014: Comparison of constituent and patient focused organizations

3. Improved Business Benefits From Cloud Deployment
Cloud-based ERP applications deliver additional business benefits; achieved by continuously incorporating user and industry best practices into the applications
Benefits Achieved Through Use of ERP:
Mid-market Sized Organizations
Cloud
On-premise
Additional Benefits of Cloud
Reduction in operational costs
16% 8%
Improvement in complete and on-time delivery
12% 4%
Improvement in internal schedule compliance
14%
10%
Improvement in profitability over the past two years
17% 9%
Improvement in time to decisions over the past year
35%
11%
24%
Improvement in cycle time and key business processes
13%
How business benefits are achieved
Automatic upgrades incorporate best practices and performance improvements
Best practices from across the user group are incorporated into future versions of the application
Improve business processes
Reduce likelihood of workarounds or wasted employee time
Avoidance of customization to applications
Reduces time to complete tasks / increases productivity of staff
Improved application performance
Built in disaster recovery reduces cost of downtime if an event were to occur
Seamless integration of applications brings real-time data and improved analytics / decision making
Integrated applications allows for continuous business performance improvement
Source: Aberdeen Group 2014

4. Advantage #1: Enhanced Agility
Companies are using the cloud to create competitive advantages: avoiding application customization, improving application integration and enhancing data reliability
Primary Reasons Firms Choosing Cloud
Some Key Benefits of Enhanced Agility
Improved application integration
and application performance
Lower risk / lower cost to integrate
acquisitions or new locations
Automatically match computing power
to business demands, at no additional cost
Improved agility is the primary reason many businesses are moving their applications to the cloud.
Improved agility delivers:
Improved use of internal resources
reduced need for IT staff to spend time on keeping the lights on and fighting fires
improved business processes reduce wasted employee time
improved incorporation of best practices increase employee productivity
Increased speed of rolling out new business initiatives
With the scalability of the cloud, adapting up or down to meet the needs of your new business initiatives will reduce the costs of allowing your staff / business to innovate and grow
Ability to quickly acquire, share, analyze and act on information
Improves business decision making, productivity, competitiveness, supply chain performance, and the ability to adapt to changes in the business’s competitive ecosystem
Simplified internal operations
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Additional benefits which drive users to choose the cloud include:
Empowering innovation
Cost reduction (lower total cost of ownership)
Scalability and adaptability of the solution
By using the cloud to improve business agility, they are achieving business performance improvements that are largely responsible for much of the business benefits highlighted on the next page.
Source:

5. Advantage #2: Overcome Business and Technology Challenges
A Modern ERP Helps Overcome Business and Technology Challenges
Business Challenges
Technology Challenges
Business Agility blocked by rigid systems
Rate of Change
for business is accelerating
User Adoption
requires exceptional UX design
Greater Integration
requirements across social, mobile and analytics
High Operating Costs
limit scope for new investments
Higher Risks
of security & compliance
Limited IT Resources
available to maintain and develop existing applications
Outdated IT Systems
offer suboptimal functionality & don’t scale to support growth

6. Advantage #3: Access to Critical Real-time Information
Cloud-based ERP platforms are better equipped to deliver the right information to the right people, at the right time
Source: Aberdeen Group 2014

7. Advantage #4: Improved Implementation
Cloud implementations are faster to complete, and offer improved value realization
On-premise
4-6 weeks for installation and technical configuration
vs.
Cloud +
Pre-configuration
30 minutes for
provisioning
Task requires the same amount of time for cloud-based than for on-premise
Task requires less time for cloud-based than for on-premise
Source: Infor Consulting Services

8. Advantage #5: Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Most organizations significantly reduce their TCO by transitioning to cloud
Total Cost of Ownership
Cost Saving Areas
Hardware
Servers, Virtual Machine Licenses
Storage
Hardware implementation
Infrastructure
Database, hardware, OS maintenance costs
Real Estate, power and cooling
Disaster Recovery, backup hardware
Risk
Disaster recovery
IT Resources
Technical IT resources that support the Infor applications (DBAs, System Admins, Infrastructure support)
Application Maintenance
Annual application maintenance
Patches
SaaS Subscription
All inclusive cloud subscription
Annual
Savings
How does cloud lower the total cost of ownership
Reduce supporting infrastructure improves performance of applications while reducing costs spent on hardware and infrastructure
Avoid future technical upgrades, reducing consulting services costs
Reduce third party consulting and third party licenses
Improve productivity of IT staff
Reduce the time IT staff spend managing existing or new applications (putting out fires, keeping the lights on)
Free up IT staff to focus on strategic activities that deliver superior value to the organization
Source: Infor Value Engineering

9. Other Strategic Benefits of Choosing Cloud
Description
Value / Opportunity Savings
Upgrades Included
Fast, effortless and painless upgrades that occur without interrupting your organization
Productivity Gains
Continuous Improvement
Integrated Best Practices
Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure Managed by Infor
Leverage 99.5% uptime (99.9% historically), and enable a true disaster recovery solution with a minimum of 14 days’ retention
Prevention of Data Loss
Prevention of Downtime
Best-in-class Security
Protect your data with best-in-class security protocols, chosen to maximize the data security of Infor’s products
Prevention of Security Risks
Lower Total Security Spend

10. Infor CloudSuite Overview On-premise, Hosted, and Infor Cloud
Own/Manage
Cloud
Fixed Costs
On Premise
Hosted
Infor Cloud
Infor CloudSuite Subscription Fee
License Fee
Application Maintenance
IT Resources
Infrastructure
Hardware
Applications
Applications
Applications
Data
Data
Data
Middleware
Middleware
Middleware
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O/S
O/S
O/S
Servers
Servers
Servers
Storage
Storage
Storage
Networking
Networking
Networking
Forester Research - “…survey respondents (with on-premise applications) estimated that they spend an average 72% of the money in their budgets .. supporting ongoing operations and maintenance,
while only 28% of the money goes toward new projects.”