Keynote for ABBYY Tech Summit - October 2017 in San Diego, CA.
Industry & Technology trends in digital content, process automation and capture markets and the move to digital transformation solutions
UNDRSTND Group - ABBYY Technical Summit Oct 2017 - Martyn Christian Keynote
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THE EVOLUTION AND ULTIMATE COLLISION
OF CAPTURE, CONTENT AND ANALYTICS
HOW DID WE END UP HERE AND WHERE ARE WE
GOING?
Martyn Christian
Managing Partner
ABBYY Technology Summit 2017
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3. “If you can’t fly then run,
If you can’t run then walk,
If you can’t walk then crawl
But whatever you do you have to keep moving forward”
Martin Luther King Jr.
4. CAPTURE & CONTENT MARKET
Worldwide Document
Capture Software Market
Grows 10.4%
Presentations for Capture 2017 Include:
• The state of the Capture Market 2017
• Using Blockchain in Healthcare
• Capture – A key technology for Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
• How XBRL has expanded and its relevance to Capture
• How new rules and regulations will drive the need for more Capture
• Cloud-based ERP and Invoice Processing Integration
• Voice Capture and conversational user integration – an update on CEM
• Enhancing voice recognition with emotional intelligence
• An update on video understanding used in business applications
• Vertical market case studies for insurance and other key markets
14. YOU ARE BEING DISRUPTED…
Growth
Time
Disruption
Uncertain
Disruption
Clarified and
Starting Disruption
Happening or
Happened
Strategic
Technology
Trends
Source: Gartner 2015 - #Top10TechTrends
15. EMERGING PHASE 2012- 2016 WHAT WE SAID THEN….
Cloud
SaaS
Mobile
• Cloud won’t impact capture
• You can have cloud if you want it,
we have it as an option
• Our solution is services oriented
already
• We can charge you per user/per year
– it will cost the same over 3 years
• You can’t do “production” capture on
a mobile device
• You need the control of a centralized
capture operation
16. EMERGING PHASE 2012- 2016 WHAT WE PROBABLY
SHOULD HAVE SAID ….
• Content born and managed in the Cloud
is inevitable – lets plan for the next 5
years
• You will want to capture documents
anywhere, anytime, any device – right?
• This makes capturing information an
operational cost/budget
• Lets figure out a price that gets all
functionality to all users fast
• Let us help you write some prototype
mobile apps
• What are your top 10 customer facing
documents – lets figure out a way to
capture them on a mobile device
20. A CHANGE IN NARRATIVE MORE THAN A CHANGE IN
TECHNOLOGY
• Document Capture
• Data Recognition
• OCR
• ICR
• Check Capture/Remote Deposit
• Digital Mailroom
• Multi-Channel Input
• Digital Transformation
• Artificial Intelligence
• Robotic Process Automation
• Agile Virtual Workforce
• Customer Experience
24. LEARN A DIGITAL BUSINESS PROCESS
Technologies …
• Cloud Computing – Because Everything’s Moving to the Cloud
• Analytics – Because Descriptive, Explanatory & Predictive Insight is Lifeblood
• Digital Security – Because Digital Transformation Can Be Derailed by Breaches
• Digital Media – Because All Content is Digital, Especially Social Content
• Emerging Technologies – Because the Next Disruptive Technology is Already Here
Management Best Practices …
• Project & Program Management – Because You Must Know How to Size, Scope & Watch
• Vendor Management – Because RFPs & SLAs are Now a Way of Life
• Digital Security Management – Because Security Vendors & Auditors are Your New Best
Friends
• Business Analysis – Because Needs Always Evolve & Business is Tech’s Client
• Metrics – Because Everyone Needs to Measure Everything
Soft Skills …
• Written Communications Skills – Because You Need to Write Clearly & Purposefully
• Verbal Communications Skills – Because They Will Listen if You’re Coherent-with-Style
• Collaboration Skills – Because No Techman or Techwoman is an Island
• Persuasion & Negotiation Skills – Because Everyone Disagrees Until Persuaded Otherwise
• External Presentation Skills – Because Techies Need to Be Housebroken Before Leaving the
Office
https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveandriole/2016/09/20/15-must-have-technology-capabilities-for-digital-transformation-the-final-scream/#250148112fe1
25. PROCESS EXAMPLE – CUSTOMER
ENGAGEMENT
Time sensitive and information rich (i.e. complex)
IVR CALL CHAT ATM MOBILE EMAIL SMS SOCIAL WEB
CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT – INFORMATION SOURCES
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE – INFORMATION PROCESSING BLUEPRINT
LEARN BUY GET USE PAY SUPPORT
MARKETING SALES DISTRIBUTION SERVICE FINANCE SUPPORT
BUSINESS PROCESSES – INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
26. WHERE ARE
THE BIGGEST
AREAS OF
OPPORTUNITY
IDENTIFY
personal data
Security
Intelligence
Awareness
Gap Analysis
Identification of
Personal Data
PREVENT
privacy violations
Identity&Access
Management
Database
Security
Privacy by
Design
Data Masking &
Encryption
MANAGE
personal data
Third-Party
Management
Data
Governance
Privacy
Officer
Information
Requests
DETECT & RESPOND
data breach handling
Emergency
Response Services
Monitoring &
Detection Remediation
Resilient
Systems
Access Rights
Mapping
32. MAKE YOUR OWN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION –
FOR YOURSELF, YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR
CLIENTS
WORK AT THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION
EMBRACE A NEW NARRATIVE
UNDERSTAND CUSTOMERS BUSINESS PROCESSES
SELL SOLUTIONS NOT PRODUCTS
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SO YOU THINK YOU
WANT
A REVOLUTION
THINGS CAN ONLY
GET BETTER
ARE WE STANDING IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD
BRAVE NEW WORLD
THANK YOU
OBJECTIVE – 4 THINGS
We are going to talking about why we have to be the ones who CLARIFY this whole situation for our partners and customers
We are also going to look at the “NARRATIVE” that is needed and why it has changed
We will take a quick look at customers business problems and their need to transform their PROCESSES
And finally – to look at why SOLUTIONS are so much more important than products and technology
But lets start by looking at the market….
Its been an interesting 12 months of so in the capture and ECM space
Acquisitions continue….
OpenText “model” of consolidation has continued – latest into “forensic security”
Private equity has entered the market with serious investment – which means more consolidation
AI becomes reality in Information Management platforms
We all thought that “consolidation” was complete by 2010….but the point being here that change is relentless –and it doesn’t matter as much how fast you change – change is a reality
Embrace it!
So lets look at what’s moving where in the market
Capture Market Growth – Harvey’s Latest Figures – if you have 10%+ growth in a 30 year old market that will only come from new technologies and innovation
Look at the topics for his conference this year….
Indication of the need to embrace new ideas, new solutions and new technologies
New research in the ECM space shows strong growth
16.2%
And the detail behind this research is pretty good
Trends:
Exponential growth in data
Increased regulation and need for risk management
Migration from legacy systems
Capture & Content Market - Gartners View
Was ECM – 2016 – 6 core elements including capture
Now Content Services = represents a shift from self-contained systems and repositories to open services.
Movers >>>>
And IBM – going backwards – should be opportunity for ABBYY – Datacap needs lots of experts and they are all leaving….
Landscape has changed
But this is where all the focus is…. Digital Transformation – in all its many and varied forms
Refer to KPMG presentation – Digital Labor concept
Vendors, Blogs, Media and Industry Analysts
More analog conversations than digital conversations
But that has really changed now and digital is the first, maybe only conversation customers want to have
So we have to live in a digital world – no choice
So we are at an Inflexion Point
A point in time where we need to clarify our view of this new digital world – we need to embrace the fact that we live in a world that has been digitally transformed
A lot of people may need help to get from one side to the other
They need help and clarification to make the transition
We need to understand the past, present and future – in context of each other
We need to understand technology transitions
We need to under stand how technology has been applied and how it will be applied in the future
So we need to help customers clarify – their needs, their migrations, their product transitions and what their vision for their business looks like
You see when this Digital Transformation “disruption” was uncertain it simply didn’t matter at much what you said or how you said it
Now the growth is here and the change has started in earnest
It absolutely matters what you say , about technology, solutions, offerings – and how you say it
In the emerging days of digital transformation we all talked about Cloud, SaaS and Mobile Apps and we sort of sounded “OK”
But we were also dodging the real challenge , we said things like…….
If you think about – with what we know now…. We probably should have said….
So in this clarification phase its obvious that customer solutions and how they put the infrastructure of Cloud, SaaS and Mobile Apps to work is THE most important thing
Customer Experience Management
General Data Protection Regulation – in Europe and beyond
eCommerce – bringing businesses on line – retail and commercial
We all know that changes in technology are inevitable and the sand is always shifting under our feet
BUT it is quicker and easier to change the NARRATIVE and focus on what the customer needs than it is to build a whole new product
Product innovation has & will happen, ABBYY is an innovation leader but in the mean time we all have to market and sell what we have into a changing environment
Gartner as an example use all the jargon and new narrative words that anyone could ever think of
Digital Mesh
Neural Networks
Smart Machines
Virtual Personal Assistants
We don’t need to know or even understand all of this but we do need to develop a core set of messaging and a narrative for what we sell
I like to think in simpler terms
We need to change our narrative in the industry but to one that we and our customers can understand
We need to understand that a new narrative is needed
We need to understand that it’s a personal as well as a corporate responsibility
We need to understand what tune we need to play … and then play it
One way to create a New Narrative to help access new buyers and new budgets is to focus on their buying process
Customer do a lot of DISCOVERY and EVALUATION before you ever get a chance to talk to them
They are thinking more than ever about their business processes and potential solutions, fast solutions, to real business problems
Also the way of thinking about business processes is changing
Solutions are a combination of Technology, Business Processes and People - once it was just for building products – now its for building processes and experiences
More of a design methodology – innovation and product marketing at its heart
Need to commit to this on a corporate and individual level
And because learning a business processes is not simple - in this DESIGN THINKING world
Forbes – 15 Must Have Capabilities for Digital Transformation
Best way to get their fast – take one example and learn it well – in the context of technology, the process and the role humans will play
Great example of a new DIGITAL process is Customer Engagement
Look at all the information sources
The process blueprint
Information architecture
From this process knowledge can come many things:
GDPR MINEFIELD
PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENTS
IF YOU MAP THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY YOU CAN ENSURE GDPR COMPLIANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS
Time sensitive and information rich will be the best targets for digital transformation projects
Lets take a look at GDPR
Very broad ranging
ABBYY products and technology cannot address all of these areas but can address some extremely well
Such as…..
Partners know business processes – use them
More Process Examples from one of your business partners
Understand the process in context of digital transformation
Understand the process in context of ABBYY’s capabilities and products
Understand how you can bring value to customers
FINALLY
Solution = product put to work in a useful and productive way – some times you need a blueprint of how best to do that but it doesn’t have to complicated (IKEA)
Capabilities are as relevant as ever – e.g. check deposit – really its data capture but now it’s a customer engagement solution
Functionality needs to be in context of a “solution” not a feature
And always linked to a business process
Lots of research and examples of the importance of solutions selling
Link to Sales Workshop breakout and help we can provide in Sales Acceleration
Practical advice for making your own personal digital transformation – for yourself, for your company, for your clients