IDC认识到EPM格局变化的5个方面
1. Goodbye on-premises EPM, hello cloud-based EPM
\nIn 2018, the EPM market grew by 8.4 percent and cloud was the primary growth driver, according to IDC. Until recently, traditional EPM deployments took place on-premises and required costly investments such as hardware purchases, in-house installation, and ongoing management by an internal IT department. Today, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is the preferred choice of deployment. “Growth in the numbers of cloud deployments has significantly outpaced on-premises EPM,” according to IDC. But why is this the case? Cloud-native EPM solutions offer better performance, have faster implementation times, allow for self-governance, and give you instant access to the latest version with no negative impact on productivity or downtime for installation.
\n2. Demand for predictive and advanced analytics capabilities is on the rise
\nEPM vendors that endeavor to seamlessly embed analytics into their applications are leading the charge when it comes to market share growth. According to IDC, “advanced users are looking for algorithms and techniques that use data science to help them make more accurate forecasts and predictions.” Organizations across all industries “continue to cite a lack of sufficient number of internal data scientists. Analytics applications with advanced and predictive analytics are one way to address some of this skills shortage.” This is a strong indication that the growth in analytics applications is expected to continue.
\n3. Traditional spreadsheets continue to inhibit EPM growth
\nWhat is the greatest thing holding back growth in the EPM applications market? Traditional spreadsheets. It’s true that EPM, and particularly cloud-based EPM, is growing fast; but, manually-built and managed spreadsheets are still widely used by large organizations for EPM. While EPM applications are intended to streamline, connect, and automate enterprise planning, IDC notes that “users will often revert to using spreadsheets if EPM applications are [too] complex to use or have IT dependencies.” As more companies begin to migrate EPM to the cloud, the use of traditional, siloed spreadsheets for enterprise planning is expected to decrease significantly.
\n4. Legacy, on-premises vendors are losing market share; Cloud-native reigns supreme
\nIn IDC’s snapshot of 2018 EPM vendor market shares, the trend is clear: on-premises vendors are losing market share to cloud-native EPM vendors. In fact, Anaplan was named the fastest growing vendor of the top ten players in the EPM applications market with over 47 percent year-over-year (YoY) growth. Although legacy vendors are working tirelessly to develop their own cloud EPM solutions, “migration to the cloud continues to serve as a short-term revenue inhibitor due to a change in the revenue recognition model by vendors undergoing this migration,” according to IDC. “Legacy, on-premises enterprise software vendors are deeply discounting cloud EPM offerings to encourage their user base to migrate to their cloud EPM platforms.”
\n5. Seamless connection of both on-premises and cloud data is expected by advanced users
\nWhen it comes to effective enterprise planning and consolidation, having real-time access to accurate data is crucial. For the cloud-native vendors like Anaplan growing fast in the EPM market, IDC notes connecting data means making it as “seamless as possible for customers to add new connections to data sources with minimal IT involvement, otherwise users will report to working on snapshots or extracts of data that don’t reflect the accurate state of the business.” This is one of the classic pitfalls of using traditional spreadsheets and unreliable, error-prone on-premises solutions for EPM.
\nDiscover who shaped the year in EPM in 2018
\nThis article only provides a snapshot of the transformation that took place across the EPM market in 2018. In this era of volatility, large enterprises will benefit most from leveraging EPM solutions with cloud-native architecture, such as Anaplan’s platform for Connected Planning, whereas legacy, on-premises solutions deployed in the cloud will continue to fall by the wayside. To take a deeper dive into where the market is headed, and be sure to review the full IDC EPM Applications Market Shares Report. It examines the top ten players in EPM, the specific vendors who commanded the most market share last year, and which vendors grew the fastest.
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有效的企业规划对企业绩效至关重要，随着数字化转型时代的不断展开，利用基于云的企业绩效管理(EPM)技术的力量已成为财务领导者的首要考虑因素。多维数据库、基于网络的可视化和机器学习等前沿功能正在改变金融机构做出决策、预测变化和自动化关键流程的方式。国际数据公司(IDC)的最近发表的报告《全球EPM应用软件市场份额，2018:云计算统治至高无上》指出了EPM格局正在发生的以下五种变化:
1.告别本地EPM，迎接基于云的EPM
根据IDC的数据，2018年，EPM市场增长了8.4%，云计算是主要的增长动力。直到最近，传统的EPM部署都是在本地进行的，并且需要昂贵的投资，例如硬件购买、内部安装和内部IT部门的持续管理。如今，软件即服务(SaaS)是首选的部署方式。IDC表示:“云部署数量的增长明显超过了本地EPM。”但为什么会这样呢?云原生EPM解决方案提供更好的性能、更快的实现时间、允许自我管理，并允许您即时访问最新版本，而不会对生产力或安装停机时间产生负面影响。
2.对预测和高级分析功能的需求正在上升
努力将分析无缝嵌入其应用程序的EPM供应商在市场份额增长方面处于领先地位。据IDC称，“高级用户正在寻找使用数据科学的算法和技术，以帮助他们做出更准确的预测和预测。”所有行业的组织都继续表示缺乏足够数量的内部数据科学家。具有高级和预测分析功能的分析应用程序是解决这些技能短缺的一种方法。”这是一个强有力的迹象，表明分析应用程序有望继续增长。
3.传统的电子表格继续抑制EPM的增长
阻碍EPM应用市场增长的最大因素是什么?传统的电子表格。的确，EPM，尤其是基于云的EPM正在快速发展;但是，手工构建和管理的电子表格仍然被大型组织广泛用于EPM。虽然EPM应用程序旨在简化、连接和自动化企业规划，但IDC指出，“如果EPM应用程序太复杂而无法使用或有IT依赖性，用户通常会恢复使用电子表格。”随着越来越多的公司开始将EPM迁移到云端，传统的、孤立的电子表格用于企业规划的使用预计将显著减少。
4.传统的本地供应商正在失去市场份额;云原生占据主导地位
在IDC对2018年EPM供应商市场份额的快照中，趋势很明显:本地供应商正在失去云原生EPM供应商的市场份额。事实上,anplan被评为EPM应用市场前十大厂商中增长最快的供应商，年增长率超过47%。尽管传统供应商正在不知疲倦地开发自己的云EPM解决方案，但IDC表示，“由于正在进行这种迁移的供应商改变了收入确认模式，因此向云迁移继续成为短期收入的抑制因素。”“传统的本地企业软件供应商正在大力打折云EPM产品，以鼓励他们的用户基础迁移到他们的云EPM平台。”
5.高级用户期望本地和云数据的无缝连接
当谈到有效的企业规划和整合时，能够实时访问准确的数据是至关重要的。IDC指出，对于像anplan这样在EPM市场快速增长的云原生供应商来说，连接数据意味着“尽可能无缝地让客户在最少的it参与下添加到数据源的新连接，否则用户将报告工作快照或数据摘录，而这些快照或摘录不能反映业务的准确状态。”这是为EPM使用传统电子表格和不可靠、容易出错的本地解决方案的典型缺陷之一。
发现谁在2018年塑造了EPM的一年
本文仅提供了2018年整个EPM市场发生的转变的快照。在这个动荡的时代，大型企业将从利用云原生架构的EPM解决方案(如Anaplan的Connected Planning平台)中获益最多，而部署在云中的传统本地解决方案将继续被淘汰。要想更深入地了解市场走向，一定要查看完整的IDC EPM应用市场份额报告．它调查了EPM的前十位参与者，去年占据最大市场份额的特定供应商，以及哪些供应商增长最快。
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