The document discusses the evolution and future of business applications, highlighting the shift from traditional ERP systems to cloud-based solutions that cater to industry-specific needs and enable flexibility. It emphasizes the role of citizen developers in creating applications and the importance of integrating technologies and platforms for improved business productivity. Additionally, it outlines the different classifications of business applications, from core mission-critical apps to smaller situational apps developed by power users.

1. The FUTURE
Of Business Applications
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2. Business Apps - Landscape Business
Productivity
Content &
Cost Savings Collaboration
Business Transactions
Process Improvements
Applications Processing
Process Standardization
Business
Processes
Business Innovation
Business
Analytics

3. Business
Productivity
Content &
Collaboration
Transactions
Business
Applications Processing
Business
Processes
Business
Analytics

4. Standard
Configured
Customized
Built
Standard Differentiated
Business Productivity
Content & Collaboration
Transactions Processing
Business Processes
Business Analytics

5. Configured
Customized
Standard Differentiated
What happened in COTS Enterprise Apps?
Sold as Packaged Apps,
Customized and implemented
over years with Millions of investments!

6. Why ERP Turned out Expensive?
Umbrella Point Solutions for all Situations!
Configured
Customized
VARIATIONS
Industry Context Geography Context
Domain Context

7. more to Chew?
Industry Context
Geography Context
Domain Context

8. Future of COTS Solutions!
Multitude of
Industry Context
SaaS based
Point Solutions
Geography Context
Domain Context

9. …Looks so
different !
Industry Context
Geography Context
Domain Context

10. Story of Grounds-Up Solutions
GREEN FIELD
Enterprises also built their own Solutions
using Technology Products – Not platforms!

11. Customized
Built
Standard Differentiated
Enterprises also built their own Solutions
using Technology Products – Not platforms!
Leverage for the Competitive Advantage!

12. And they looked like this…
Usage
Core Apps
•
Mission
cri-cal
•
Tracked
by
CIOs
•
Enterprise
wide
usage
Supporting Apps Situational Apps
•
Non-­‐
Mission
cri-cal,
but
important
•
Non-­‐mission
cri-cal,
not
important
•
200+
Small
/
medium
apps
•
Developed
by
power
end
users
•
Approx.
10
to
50
users
per
app
•
Short
life-me
-­‐
weeks,
max
months
Applica-ons
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13. Pre cloud era CIOs standardized platforms around Java & .Net, combining disparate architectural
elements in order to achieve the Enterprise Platforms capability

14. Platforms on the Cloud Composite, Self-contained, Pre-integrated, Business
Application Platform stacks on the cloud; provided as service

15. Convergence of technologies
Visual de
velopme
nt Enterprise integration
Workflow engine analytics Integration servers Virtualization
Platforms
Enterprise mobility On The Cloud
Rich internet apps

16. Platforms on
the cloud
iPaaS aPaaS
(Integration PaaS) (Application PaaS)
» Integrated
&
Co-­‐located
Suite
of
» Development
&
Deployment
of
cloud
services
for
Integra=on
&
mul=-­‐tenant
elas=cally
scalable
governance
ini=a=ves
Business
Apps
» Cloud
enabled
Integra=on
» Cloud
enabled
Applica=on
Pla@orms
(CEIP)
Pla@orms
(CEAP)
» eCommerce
B2B,
SOA,
» Composite
Business
Applica=on
Integra=on
Middleware
Pla@orm
» Boomi,
Cast
Iron,
Mule
iON
» OrangeScape,
Force.com
Courtesy: Gartner

17. Classes of
Abstraction Modeling Productivity
P S
Metadata Metadata
created
in
visual
modeling
environment
that
is
interpreted
by
the
aPaaS
at
aPaaS run=me
Framework Code
deployment
conforming
to
framework
&
let
the
pla@orm
worry
about
deploying
it
onto
aPaaS compute
nodes
Instance Deploy
applica=on
code
to
instances
of
virtual
machines
aPaaS
Courtesy: Gartner
Granularity Programming Control

18. The Rise Of C i-zen
Develope
a
use
r
:
Noun
r
opera=ng
ou
tside
the
IT
and
its
Citizen Developers scop
go
e
of
enterprise
vernance
who
b u s in e
creates
new
s s
a p p li c a = o
n s
f o r
ers
from
consu mp=on
by
oth
mposi=on.
scratch
or
by
co
Cloud Delivery Models
Maturation of SOA
Changing Workforce Dynamics
Mass Customization
Simplified Development Tools

19. not new – Cloud only accelerates it!
There are nearly
250 Million
Knowledge Workers in
Enterprises.
An estimated 100 Million
on Lotus Notes.
Evidence of latent need By 2013, an estimated
for Innovation on fringes 1800 Enterprises with
of Organization 5000+ users
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20. Citizen Developers By 2014, citizen
developers will build at
least 25% of new
business applications.
Metadata Metadata
created
in
visual
modeling
environment
that
is
interpreted
at
run=me
PaaS
We Call it
Visual P S
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21. How does it Impact this? Look at Longtail!
Usage
Core Apps
•
Mission
cri-cal
•
Tracked
by
CIOs
•
Enterprise
wide
usage
Supporting Apps Situational Apps
•
Non-­‐
Mission
cri-cal,
but
important
•
Non-­‐mission
cri-cal,
not
important
•
200+
Small
/
medium
apps
•
Developed
by
power
end
users
•
Approx.
10
to
50
users
per
app
•
Short
life-me
-­‐
weeks,
max
months
Applica-ons
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22. The Balance conundrum
Citizen Developers Professional Developers
Business-­‐Domain
oriented
Technology
oriented
Power
Users
or
close
to
them
IT
Architects
&
Programmers
Part
of
Line
of
Business
(LOB)
Part
of
IT
Organiza=on
Two extremes of Platform Capability
Requirements

23. Platform in the cloud
business
• Modeling
driven
process/app
development
Platform • Business
driven,
IT
supported
Implementation • Fast,
Itera=ve,
Visual,
Ci=zen
development
• Complex
&
Core
Enterprise
Apps
• Business
Value
Liaison
with
LOB
Platform • Shared
Services
and
Support
Governance
• Pla@orm
Capability
Planning
&
Alignment
• Pla@orm
Capability
Platform • Shared
Common
infrastructure
Engineering
• Architectural
stack
and
App
Pla@orm
Technology

24. Standard Apps the Platforms
Standard
Configured
Customized
Built
Standard Differentiated
Business Productivity
Content & Collaboration
Transactions Processing
Business Process Apps
Business Analytics

25. Complete Story - Future Of Business ApplicatioNS
Standard
Configured
Customized
Built
Standard Differentiated
Business Productivity
Content & Collaboration
Transactions Processing
Business Process Apps
Business Analytics

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27. THINK
What can YOU DO?
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