Cloud application "Last kilometer": ERP enters Cloud

Cloud computing from the public view, landing difficult has been the reason for its rapid development, the real use of the land for enterprises is not much. In the past two years, with the government's strong support for the cloud computing industry, as well as corporate awareness of cloud computing, and major manufacturers are actively engaged in the cloud computing "last kilometer" process, there are more and more companies feel the benefits of cloud computing services.

As cloud computing continues to evolve, there has been a major change in the demand for enterprise it. At the same time, some new enterprises appear and rapid development, such as chain stores, direct shop and so on, directly led to new information it needs, such as the business needs of real-time management. For some enterprises that already have information-based Foundation, few enterprises carry out the type of "Old City transformation", but considering the different informatization degree of each enterprise, the application form of cloud computing is different.

The traditional ERP industry has formed a good foundation in the enterprise, for many enterprises with good information construction, ERP is an essential infrastructure. Can the ERP system with a good development model be able to dance in the clouds? To this end, TechTarget cloud computing with US technology general manager Youtao had a dialogue.

2010 US Technology Cloud computing ERP products are officially launched, supporting the SaaS model, customers can rent the system through SaaS mode. US Technology cloud computing ERP product oriented Process control, for the production, distribution, service-oriented enterprises, such as different industry characteristics, the integration of all resources, the enterprise customer relations, product design, production management, inventory management, outsourcing management, procurement management, such as the integration of a very clearly controlled modular process unit, Make the enterprise's manpower, material resources, financial resources, information to obtain the most full, the most reasonable, the most efficient information application.

Youtao that some of the characteristics of cloud computing technology, such as supporting distributed deployment, supporting hardware intelligent terminals, fully networked, integrated databases, plus these years in the ERP business model of exploration, ERP business migration to the cloud is water to the canal. Moreover, at this stage is really more willing to enter the field of cloud computing is not some traditional already have a solid foundation of the information industry, but "enterprise new aristocracy", these enterprises are typically located in the Pearl River delta, all kinds of science and technology parks, such as new energy, medicine, automobiles and so on.

There has been an unprecedented leap in corporate acceptance of cloud computing, but according to the 2012 China Cloud Security Survey, the three main security issues of cloud services are data recovery/backup, account hijacking, and cloud data access. More than One-third of respondents believe that data recovery/backup is the main cloud security issue. Youtao said that, according to US technology cloud ERP experience, customers are most concerned about is also a data problem. In short, where is the data? This extends to cloud data security issues, and customers are concerned about whether they can effectively control data and protect data after using cloud computing. The second point is the price problem, and the ease and implementation of the entire cloud system.

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Youtao said US technology cloud ERP effectively combined with some of the advantages of domestic and foreign manufacturers, is a more suitable "enterprise new aristocracy" of the combination of Chinese and Western cloud services solution. In addition, US technology cloud ERP can effectively realize the separation between application and data, solve the data problem that users worry about. At the same time, Liu Youtao hope to build the cloud ERP into a whole concept of ERP, the system, all kinds of data, terminals, all the people can be integrated, truly achieve for the enterprise to enhance management efficiency.

For most businesses, one of the big obstacles to getting into the cloud is whether the solution can be integrated with the enterprise's assets and can be easily maintained. Youtao is very confident about this, he said that at present, US technology cloud ERP mainly adopted three kinds of solutions (a) traditional ERP and ERP docking, from the financial system to start easier, because the financial system and other applications and systems more standardized, easier data smooth docking, seamless integration of the system. (b) Sharing of basic data, such as the sharing of client files, and the realization of docking with the enterprise after the system. (iii) Business process integration. Youtao said that this part of the current implementation has some difficulties, how to achieve real-time docking of business process integration through the cost of the wire the entire industry also faces a certain degree of difficulty, the current US technology mainly used in the asynchronous docking mode, to achieve the integration of business processes with the enterprise.

Although a lot of enterprises have been launched in the cloud journey, but there are still some companies in the wait-and-see state, for the upcoming cloud computing services business, Youtao that there are two simple and effective ways to help enterprises to determine whether this is suitable for their own cloud applications, first of all must not be fooled by manufacturers, both to clear their own needs, Can not be blindly led by the manufacturer's nose. The 2nd and simplest is the ability to get a consistent user experience through different clients, whether it's a PC, a cell phone, or a tablet computer.

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(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)