SAP、Oracle和hyperion预算产品比较

SAPandOracleCompetitiveInformationWhyHyperionBusinessPerformanceManagementisbetterthanSAP&Oracle?October2002HyperionSolutionsAPACProductMarketingHyperionConfidential&ProprietaryWhyBusinessPerformanceManagementisnecessaryforERPcustomers?•ERPaddressesonlytooperationalefficiency•BPMBridgesthegapbetweenmanagementstrategiesandoperationalsystemslikeSAP•BPMprovideshigh-levelinsightthroughanalytics–ERPprovidesoperationalinformationONLY•SeparationofBPMfromERPprovidesfull-flexibilityinanalysis,modelingandplanning•Flexibilityinpointofviewsanddimensions(products,entities,businessrules,etc.)•Flexibilityinaccounts•Flexibilityinad-hocanalysisandreporting•FlexibilityinarchitectureHyperionConfidential&ProprietaryBusinessModelingPlanningFinancialManagementTailoredApplicationsERP’sDWSCMLegacyCRMBridgingManagementProcessesAcrosstheOrganizationBusinessPerformanceManagementSolutionsOrganizationProductsCustomersFinancesBIPlatformHyperionEssbaseXTDBusinessPerformanceManagementApplicationFrameworkPlatformServicesPerformanceScorecardHyperionConfidential&Proprietary•Operationalefficiencyandstandardization•Transactionofdetaileddata•Operationalsystemonwhichdailybusinessesrun•On-linetransactionsystemonRDBMS•Hugeinvestmentstobuildthesystem•Typically1year+project•Difficulttochange/updatethesystemquickly•BusinessValue•Analysisfromhigh-levelandstrategicviewpoints•Introducestrategicviewintooperationsbyanalysisandplanningapproach•LeveragesBIPlatformwithOLAPtechnology•InvestmentsmuchsmallerthanERP,quickROI•3monthsproject•EasytomodifythesystemERPBPMHyperionBusinessPerformanceManagementSolutioncomplementsERPBusinessPerformanceManagementandERPHyperionConfidential&ProprietaryOracleOracleFinancialAnalyzerandOracleExpressServerHyperionConfidential&ProprietaryGoodNews–OracleannouncedofficiallyaboutmigrationofOFAPlatform!!•FromOracleExpressServertoOracle9iOLAP•ThereisNOniceupgradefromExpressto9i•NewOFAwillnotgetmatureduntil2004-2005!HyperionConfidential&ProprietaryWhatOraclesaysaboutOracleFinancialAnalyzer•IntegrationwithOracleApplications(Financials)•ItisbeneficialonlytoOracleFinancialscustomers•Actually,asallmetadataisloadedfromOracleFinancials,thereislimitedflexibilityinOracleFinancialAnalyzer•1,200customersworld-wide•Oracleisgiving-awayOFAtomanyOracleFinancialsclients,andmanyofthemarenotusingOFA•PowerfulOLAPengine•Manyquestionsaboutthefuture,functionsandqualityofOracleExpressServer•HyperionEssbaseisprovenandmarket-leadingOLAPenginewithhigherperformance,morescalabilityandricherfunctionsHyperionConfidential&ProprietaryWeaknessesofOracleFinancialAnalyzer•NoprocessmanagementfunctionalitylikeHyperionPlanning•Top-down/bottomuptargetsettingfunctionismuchweakerthanHyperionPlanning/HyperionPillar•NosupportforLineItemdetailslikeHyperionPillarandPlanning•Express4GLprogrammingisnecessaryevenforsimplecustomizing–Planning/PillarcustomizationismucheasierandcodingisNOTnecessary•Max.numberofdimensionis7,andcodingisnecessaryformaintenance(HyperionPlanningsupportsupto20dimensions,andEssbasehasnolimitinnumberofdimensions)•SecuritysettingcannotbedonesodetailedasHyperionPlanning•IntegrationwithsystemsotherthanOracleisweak–HyperionsolutionscanbeintegratedwithanyERPsystemsusingHyperionApplicationLinkHyperionConfidential&ProprietaryOracleExpressServer–DyingproductinOracle•OraclereleasedanewrelationalOLAPengineinOracle9iandannouncesithasnotintentiontoenhanceExpressServerfurther•MigrationpathfromOracleExpressServerto9iOLAPisnotprovided•NewOracle9iOLAPonlyhaslimitedfunctionalityanditsperformanceispoorduetoitsR-OLAParchitecture•ComparewithHyperionEssbase–greatperformanceandrichfunctionswithmuchhigherscalability•EvenGartnerGrouprecommendsnottobuyOracleBIsolutionsatthismomentunlessthecompanyisusingOracleproducts100%HyperionConfidential&ProprietaryOracleExpressServer–DyingproductinOracle•OracleExpressServerwasnotoriginallydevelopedbyOracle–PurchasedandwasattachedtoOracleRDBlater.AccordinglyitsintegrationwithOracleRDBisnotverytightasOracleclaims•EssbaseIntegrationServicesprovidesgoodintegrationwithOracleandotherDBs•OracleOLAPServerhasNOTbeenupdatedformorethantwoyearssinceExpress6.3•Inthesameperiod,HyperionreleasedEssbase6.1,6.2and6.5withquarterlypatchreleases,andhasgreatlyenhancedEssbase•Calculationfunctionsareveryweak•ExpressismuchbehindEssbase–Essbaseprovidesmorethan150functionsandiswidelyrecognizedbyitshighperformancecalcengineHyperionConfidential&ProprietaryOracleExpressServer–DyingproductinOracle•StorageEfficiencyisabigissueofOracleExpress•Withdense-sparsearchitectureanditsstoragemechanismoptimizedformulti-dimensionaldata,Essbasecubesaremorecompactandhigher-performance•Limitedavailabilityoffront-ends:OnlyAnalyzerandObjects•HyperionEssbaseadoptsopenpolicyandmanyfrontendtoolsareavailablefromthirdparties,besidesSpreadsheetadd-in,HyperionAnalyzer,HyperionReportsandHyperionApplicationBuilder•Maintenanceheavy–lotsofExpress4GLprogrammingisnecessaryforimplementingExpressactually•ImplementationperiodofEssbaseis50%lessinmostcases•Integrationwithnon-OracleRDBisveryweak•HyperionEssbasei