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Use Cases
What use cases are driving your decision to move from your current solution?
Organization Profile
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Company profile
Organization / company name
Primary location
Do you need cloud services in other regions?
Regions:
Primary industry
Annual revenue for the scope of this project (millions)
Total number of users
Number of concurrent application users
Would you like to conduct a detailed analysis?
IT Requirements
Is data residency a priority?
What is the timing for this cloud project?
Will you be moving non-Oracle workloads to the cloud?
Do you need disaster recovery (DR)?
What is your recovery time objective (RTO)?
What is your recovery point objective (RPO)?
Do you need high availability (HA)?
IT and Oracle Profile
IaaS Profile
Number of physical servers to move to the cloud
Number of FTEs required to support IaaS environments being migrated to cloud
What percent of IT FTE time is spent managing IaaS today?
Storage requirement for all of your IaaS databases (TB)
Annual amount of data transferred between data centers (TB)
Current annual IaaS business support cost ( service desk, call center, etc)
OS Profile
Number of FTEs required to support OS environments being migrated to cloud
What percent of IT FTE time is spent managing OS today?
Oracle Profile
Number of Oracle instances
Number of FTEs needed to support Oracle instances
What is the current level of availability for your Oracle Solutions today?
What are your availability requirements for Oracle Solutions?
Total number of software licenses required to manage your Oracle systems
Your Current Compute Requirements - Existing
Server Requirements
Workload type Number of physical servers Operating system Number of cores per server Memory (GB of RAM per server) Disk storage (GB) Cost per Core Total workload cost Total
Storage requirements
Additional storage required (TB)
Average cost for raw storage (GB)
Total storage hardware costs
IT Labor
Number of full time equivalent (FTE) required to support infrastructure being migrated to cloud
Percent of IT FTE time is spent managing infrastructure today
Average fully loaded IT administrator's fully burdened annual salary
Total annual labor to support infrastructure
Oracle Requirements
Oracle Applications Number of Oracle Instances (Production/Dev/etc) Production Database (GB) Current Availability (for production) Required Future Availability (for production) Total
IT Oracle Labor
Current IT staff Oracle support labor FTE (Production Environments)
Percent of IT FTE time is spent managing IaaS + OS today
Average Oracle IT administrator's fully loaded salary
Total annual labor to support Oracle instances
Other Requirements
Annual amount of data transferred between data centers (TB)
Monthly cost of data transfer (per GB)
Current annual IT support cost (service desk, call center, etc)
Support and maintenance costs as a percentage of total infrastructure expenses
Facilities costs as a percentage of total infrastructure expenses
Average annual cost per physical server software license
Your Priorities
Specify the priority of the challenges you are trying to address with this initiative
Your Estimated Annual Savings
Your annual savings summary is shown below. Click on any benefit box to explore it in more detail, or uncheck it to exclude its value from total Estimated annual savings.
Estimated annual benefits
Annual savings by opportunity
Business value / Benefits from managing on IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions
The expected benefits over the next five years, including the impact of realization (accounting for the implementation period and the time it takes to adopt, evolve and take advantage of all the predicted value).
Accelerate time to value
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Increase customer reach and retention
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Reduce infrastructure TCO
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Optimize IT labor
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Avoid risk of data breach, IP theft and fraud
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Reduce system downtime
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Other
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Potential Annual Benefit from IBM
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Benefit realization schedule (accounting for implementation, adoption and practice optimization time)
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Realized Annual Benefit from IBM
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Total 5 Year Realized Benefits
Benefits by year
ROI Analysis
The investment and comparing to the potential realized benefits over time, the net cash flow, ROI and payback.
Total investment in IBM
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Realized Benefits from IBM
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Net savings from IBM
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Cumulative net savings from IBM
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Discount rate (used in NPV savings):
ROI
Payback period
Net Present Value
Cumulative costs vs. benefits
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Did you know:

In a traditional IT environment, you may be dealing with complex environments that can’t scale quickly and long lead times for getting new Oracle Solutions up and running.
Your line of business stakeholders may be struggling with workflow issues because the system is too slow, and the latest updates aren’t implemented quickly

IBM solution:

Today’s fast-paced economy requires a flexible infrastructure that allows you to respond to market or competitive conditions quickly. According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study1, 70% of managed cloud services users said managed services enable them to deliver services and applications faster.
IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions offers cost and productivity efficiencies: 63% said managed services increase the speed of application upgrades1.
IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions offers access to the latest updates and technologies (e.g., analytics), which can provide a competitive advantage, resulting in higher brand equity and greater market share. 57% said managed cloud services boost speed to market for new functionality, while 57% felt that moving to managed services was an important step in the digital transformation journey1.
82% of managed cloud services users say they consider the advice of their managed services partner to be extremely or very important.
1. Are Cloud Managed Services Right for your Business? How to Create a Successful Business Case, Frost & Sullivan, sponsored by IBM, 2017.
This worksheet compares the current market benefits versus the proposed IBM Services for Managed Oracle solutions with respect to time to value.
Number of new business applications per year
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Average time to market (in months)
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Monthly value
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Net incremental operating margin
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Total costs, current vs. proposed

Did you know:

The lack of visibility into data and the need for greater business insight is one of the top reasons for modernizing legacy Oracle workloads. Lack of insight can lead to poor customer satisfaction and decreasing profit margins.
If yours is a global enterprise, you are likely to have employees, partners and customers worldwide and must comply with stringent and evolving data sovereignty laws.
You need to access new markets and attract new customers.
Your business may be looking to facilitate faster merger and acquisition activities.

IBM solution:

Your operations generate potentially valuable data that can provide greater customer insight. IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions is designed to leverage the latest analytics capabilities, including artificial intelligence and cognitive computing. According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study1, 69% of managed cloud services users said these are important attributes in selecting a managed service provider.
IBM has a global network of cloud centers in the geographies where you do business, and can deliver a consistent level of service across all data centers worldwide.
IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions may deliver lower costs and higher revenue associated with improved customer, partner, and employee satisfaction, plus faster transactions can translate to higher employee productivity. 68% said that managed cloud services improves customer service1.
1. Are Cloud Managed Services Right for your Business? How to Create a Successful Business Case, Frost & Sullivan, sponsored by IBM, 2017.
This worksheet compares the ability to attract new and retain current customers between the current solution and IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions.
Number of current customers
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Percentage of new customers (annual)
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Percentage of lost customers (annual)
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Net customer growth rate
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Number of customers at the end of year 1
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Average spend per customer
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Gross customer revenue
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Net operating margin
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Net margin impact from increased sales
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Potential annual benefit
Total costs, current vs. proposed

IBM solution:

In a traditional IT environment, there is a large cost associated with building and integrating new IT environments. With budgets under scrutiny, licensing, annual maintenance contract costs, plus hidden infrastructure, administration, management and support labor costs can make the total cost of ownership (TCO) prohibitive.
This high and unpredictable TCO can put an unneeded burdened on your organization’s IT budget.

IBM solution:

IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions can help reduce infrastructure costs and the complexity of running Oracle software.
According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study1, cost-benefit analysis shows that when businesses migrate to managed cloud services, they are likely to see a reduction in overall costs. 54% of managed cloud users say they reduced capital expenses; 40% said they would be able to reduce labor costs; and 49% said they were able to shift costs from the capital to the operating budget.
Even more valuable to 68% of respondents, managed cloud services enabled them to more predictably manage the costs associated with Oracle workloads1.
IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions can help optimize processes, driving out cost and resource inefficiencies. 57% of managed cloud users said managed services enabled them to reduce the hardware and software maintenance burden1.
1. Are Cloud Managed Services Right for your Business? How to Create a Successful Business Case, Frost & Sullivan, sponsored by IBM, 2017.
This worksheet compares the infrastructure costs between the current solution and the IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solution.
Server hardware
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Server software
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Storage
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Network
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Support and maintenance
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Facilities
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Annual infrastructure costs savings
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Total costs, current vs. proposed

IBM solution:

Enterprises that manage their own legacy Oracle workloads struggle to keep up with maintenance activities—e.g., patching, upgrading, and custom-integrating the software to keep up with the latest releases.
To avoid disruption and maintain competitive differentiation, businesses feel pressured to continually innovate.
It can take an average of three to six months to find a qualified employee with the correct advanced-level Oracle skill set; maintaining a deep skill level can be challenging.
It can cost on average $10,000 to train an IT employee on new technology (cloud, ERP, analytics, etc.), and your current staff may be overwhelmed.

IBM solution:

With IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions, IBM will provide ongoing management of your environment. According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study1, 57% of respondents said managed cloud services reduced their hardware and software maintenance burden.
IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions can enable your IT team to focus on strategic business initiatives. 55% of managed cloud services users say they were able to refocus staff on higher value work to enable innovation1.
IBM can ease migration to the cloud for your Oracle workloads, helping to ensure that data and applications are moved with minimal business disruption. IBM can also help you to optimize workloads and add efficiencies, for example, integrating legacy Oracle data with your new Oracle DB environment.
When you choose IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions, you gain the expertise and experience your enterprise may lack. IBM has 11,000 Oracle experts in over 80 countries with an average of 10+ years of experience.
IBM has a longstanding relationship with Oracle: IBM is an Oracle global partner.
1. Are Cloud Managed Services Right for your Business? How to Create a Successful Business Case, Frost & Sullivan, sponsored by IBM, 2017.
This worksheet compares the systems management labor costs for the current environment versus the proposed IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions.
Average annual burden rate for labor
Server administration
Current FTEs
Expected Savings
Proposed FTEs
Average Annual Fully Burdened Salary
Annual Savings Year 1
Operating system administration
Current FTEs
Expected Savings
Proposed FTEs
Average Annual Fully Burdened Salary
Annual Savings Year 1
Network administration
Current FTEs
Expected Savings
Proposed FTEs
Average Annual Fully Burdened Salary
Annual Savings Year 1
Storage administration
Current FTEs
Expected Savings
Proposed FTEs
Average Annual Fully Burdened Salary
Annual Savings Year 1
Enterprise management - Other
Current FTEs
Expected Savings
Proposed FTEs
Average Annual Fully Burdened Salary
Annual Savings Year 1
Total
Current FTEs
Expected Savings
Proposed FTEs
Average Annual Fully Burdened Salary
Annual Savings Year 1
Total Year 1 Savings
Improvement in Managing Advanced Level Skills
Number of open hire requests
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Time to fill (months)
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Revenue per FTE
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Lost Value per Month (# open reqs * time to fill * rev per FTE)
Current
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Potential annual benefit
Total costs, current vs. proposed
This worksheet compares the Oracle support labor costs for the current environment versus the proposed IBM Cloud for Oracle solution.
Database administration
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Middleware administration
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Application administration
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Monitoring
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Configuration management
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Oracle support packages and patching
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Performance analysis
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Cloning / Refreshes
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Others
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Total
Allocation of Time
Total Current FTE for Oracle
Average Annual Salary
Expected Savings
Annual Savings (FTEs)
Annual Savings Year 1
Total Labor Savings

Did you know:

Evolving security threats remain a top concern for every enterprise, with data breaches incurring enormous internal and external costs.

IBM solution:

IBM is a recognized industry leader in security technology, with a cloud platform that embeds the latest technologies, backed by service level agreements.
Protecting data and applications from the latest threats takes more time and requires more expertise than most IT staffs can afford. According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study1, 76% of managed cloud services users say they achieved improved security and compliance reporting by selecting a managed services provider with strong expertise in security and compliance.
1. Are Cloud Managed Services Right for your Business? How to Create a Successful Business Case, Frost & Sullivan, sponsored by IBM, 2017.
This worksheet compares the risks of a data breach,IP theft and fraud for the current environment versus the proposed IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions.
Active records containing sensitive information
Current
Benefits
Proposed
Average cost per record
Current
Benefits
Proposed
Total exposure (records * cost per record)
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Benefits
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Risk of data breach per year
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Annual impact of data breaches
Current
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Potential annual benefit
Total costs, current vs. proposed

Did you know:

Business is conducted around the clock, and it’s unlikely that you can afford to have your mission-critical Oracle Solutions go down, even for routine maintenance.
Whether for planned or unplanned outages, downtime can have a costly impact on businesses in terms of lost revenue and reduced productivity.

IBM solution:

IBM can configure your Oracle workloads for the availability levels you need, backed by service level agreements. According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study1, 68% of managed cloud services users saw improved business continuity and disaster recovery capability.
Businesses are looking to optimize processes, driving out cost and resource inefficiencies. 66% of managed cloud service users said they were able to improve and optimize performance of Oracle workloads1.
1. Are Cloud Managed Services Right for your Business? How to Create a Successful Business Case, Frost & Sullivan, sponsored by IBM, 2017.
This worksheet compares the costs associated with a downtime event for the current environment versus the proposed IBM Services for Managed Oracle Solutions.
Average system availability
Current
Benefits
Proposed
Annual downtime (hours)
Current
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Proposed
Cost per revenue unplanned downtime hour
Current
Benefits
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Productivity cost per unplanned downtime hour
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Profit margin
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Percentage of business effected by downtime
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Annual impact of downtime
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Potential annual benefit
Total costs, current vs. proposed