The Mobile Office Wireless ASP Forum October 16-17th 2000 Barcelona Michiel Steltman
The Mobile Office
Wireless ASP ForumOctober 16-17th 2000
Barcelona
Michiel Steltman
The mobile revolution Sharing the vision:
ubiquitous, fast, reliable applications on any device, anywhere.
Pervasive computing Enormous growth Plenty opportunities
But getting there is not so easy Wireless application services predominantly in
B2C WAP Killer apps: jokes, ring tones, chat, sms ...
Despite 3G, bandwidth and access will remain to be an issue for a while
Vendors will try to monopolize pending standards Appliances will have quite different usage
characteristics “single application, multiple outputs” may not happen
at all
So …. how can we support our B2B customers using mobile technology?
Wireless Application Areas Information Communication Transactions Entertainment
Source: Lehman Brothers
B2B: Information and Communication B2B: needs are more complex but add
more value
The Mobile Office Growing number of professionals is mobile Typical device: Personal laptop with
modem Other devices: Mobile phone and PDA Applications: Productivity tools and e-
Mail Plus: Instant access to back office
The Mobile OfficeSoho
On-the-road
Database DocbaseDirectory FilestoreERP
Centralized Service
Office Ad-Hoc
Applications
Mobile Office Needs Online whenever necessary Fast and Secure access Convenient devices Familiar applications Synchronized and accurate data
The recipe ASP delivery model Access from anywhere Support for the right devices Security: PKI? Synchronisation PIM/KM Suite:
Lotus ? Microsoft ? New player? Productivity:
MsOffice? StarPortal ? Applixware ? Backoffice
Mysap.com ?
Introducing Siennax Delivering Multiple applications……. Over the internet or a VPN… Using a one-to-many model…
+ Additional Integration and Customisation ….
Siennax today Started May 1998, currently 100+
employees Offices in the Netherlands and Germany ~ 50 hosting customers KM, E-learning, CRM, Complex hosting, ASP
enabling Partnerships with IBM/Lotus, Sun, Compaq, Documentum, Microsoft, Oracle, ... Several VARs and resellers Audited and certified delivery processes
The ASP technology modelServices by Business Team
s
Applications
VAR’
s and
rese
llers
Complex Hosting &
ASP Enablement Core Platform
Hosting Framework
The one-to-many model
Offering highly standardised products Leveraging economy of scale advantages Creating a (sustainable) margin
advantage
is ASP a first sign...
of the transition of how Information Technology
will be applied:as a Utility Services
IT as a utility service…. Accepted High volumes Infrastructure Standardized Reliable Cost advantage End-to-end managed service
Customer retention The change rate of customers by a highly
homogeneous perceived service is high, up to 30% !
The profitability of of existing customers is 70% higher then from a new customer
The Volume game
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Margin
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The added value gameUPPM
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Things to consider.... What type of customer benefit should we
seek to provide five years from now
What new competencies will we need to build or acquire to offer those benefits to customer
How will we need to reconfigure the customers interface over the next several years
One possible modelUPPM
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Margin
Consulting
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SLAsConnectivity
Content
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EducationTransactions
The trick is to see the future before its arrival
Gary Hamel; Competing for the Future