Implementation
Whether your organization is contemplating a full implementation to a new, tailored EPM/BI solution driven by Oracle Hyperion technology, or you are seeking to optimize and upgrade your current Hyperion environment, TopDown’s decade of experience provides an unmatched level of refined and streamlined implementation methods designed to ensure project success.
Somewhere along the way our consultants have seen that legacy system, done that work-around, and been there for that migration. And because we have in place an internal system dedicated to information sharing and best-practices available to our own consultants, your company can take advantage of the accumulated expertise of our entire operation.
As businesses continue to recognize the need for seamless integration of systems across the enterprise, TopDown’s broad exposure to virtually every business category becomes a valuable asset for our clients.
During each phase of your company’s migration to a new EPM system, TopDown’s Technical consultants work in close conjunction with our Strategic and Implementation team members to ensure that technical architecture and capabilities are fully aligned with project criteria and long-term goals.
As integral members of the TopDown EPM Strategy Session, our Technical consultants are fully equipped to analyze your current technical environment and make hardware and software recommendations that meets the project’s requirements for performance and scalability.
New System Design and Deployment
For those undertaking a complete, ground-floor installation of a new EPM/BI system, TopDown collaborates with stakeholders to create a functional design that maps out all the technical details of the project, includes a course of action for solving the technology issues uncovered during the initial review, and presents details about the interdependencies between the software and systems.
The insight gained from over 1000 implementations has demonstrated to us the value of employing a rapid development approach that emphasizes hands-on prototypes to give you a true, working feel for any proposed functionality, early on. And once the design is finalized, we build an end-to-end new system and provide the services to build it out.
The deployment phase of the project involves cutting code, creating databases and tables, and finally converting all your data from the old system to the new one. And, the success of any new system deployment is contingent upon its adoption by your end users. Our team’s experience as end-users contributes significantly to our ability to configure in ways that suit your business needs, facilitating adoption.
One hundred percent of TopDown’s technical services are oriented toward infrastructure solutions—drawing a diagram of the system that will house the proposed solution is what we do really well, because our Technical Services Group has seen applications run on platforms dating back to the eighties all the way to last week. We know which configurations work, enabling us to give you the most cost effective solution available. We draw on our extensive, inter-disciplinary, and invaluable insight to create the blueprint, outlining all your servers and the pipes between them, indicating what needs to be installed, which ports need to be open, and so on. And our deep understanding of EPM and BI applications is what we rely on to identify the best way to achieve your goals, making sure that your system is easy to set up and maintain.
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Software Installation & Configuration
Installation and configuration of your software is another key offering by our Technical Services Group. Our team has hands-on installation expertise to ensure a smooth process. We also use our breadth of accumulated knowledge to wade through the many configuration options and determine the best type of environment for your users. And, we do installation in your presence, leaving you with an installation guide that provides the knowledge you need to do any additional installations, making this a short-term engagement with a lot of knowledge transfer.
Technical Reviews and Assessments
For existing Hyperion environments, TopDown’s technical assessment services focus on reconciling the ROI potential for performance optimization, balanced against future growth capabilities. Our scenario models consider hardware sizing and configuration, software tuning or upgrades, web-deployment strategies, new software innovations, disaster recovery planning, and several other factors dependent upon your organization’s specific requirements.
System Optimization
In situations where an established EPM/BI environment already exists, the TopDown team is regularly asked to provide a wide range of system “tune-up” services, software re-configuration, version control, and update checks. The TopDown Technical Services Group is expert in analyzing, upgrading, and optimizing existing Hyperion-based configurations. When your systems have become unwieldy and slow, frustrating users and impacting the bottom-line, our experts can quickly identify, propose, and implement sophisticated, scalable resolutions. We will provide sophisticated scalability recommendations.
Automation
Writing custom scripts that automate routine tasks such as loading data, updating files, running system processes, and generating scheduled reports, is a popular service we provide organizations intent on streamlining repetitive functions. Our consultants are adept at enhancing and customizing the capabilities of your EPM/BI systems with lights-out automation, eliminating the need for user intervention.
