Inforum2017

Inforum 2017
Infor unveils strategic roadmap, major company announcements, and customers success stories
Top Votes
John Furrier
Infor CEO Charles Phillips talking innovation at #infor at annual customer event #AI focus https://www.youtube....
Charles Phillips, Infor - Inforum 2017 - #Inforum2017 - #theCUBE
Charles Phillips talks with Rebecca Knight & Dave Vellante at Inforum 2017 in New York City. #Inforum2017 #theCUBE
[+] Show Hidden Comments
[-]
John Furrier
Love the hidden figures tie in nice job
Bert Latamore
#Infor President Stephan Scholl live now on #theCUBE @dvellante @knightrm http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[+] Show Hidden Comments
[-]
Bert Latamore
Only started this pivot to cloud 4 yrs ago. We saw #Amazon crushing retail. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We decided to build cloud suites, integrate in cloud, & run it for our customers. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We went from 2% to 54% revenue from cloud systems. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Close friends with @AndyJeffee. We recommended they built a data center in Frankfurt. That is not its fastest growing European data center. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
The users re exhausted. They spend billions over last 4 yrs and never reached their tech business goals. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Doing 9 figure transformations in cloud with government agencies. 2 yrs ago they would have said "never happen". Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Huge transformations happening on a global basis. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Travis Perkins undoing 40-50 applications. The Home Depot of the UK market. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Now if you buy things from them it all on paper. In a yaer they want it to be all simple, cloud-based. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
It will make doing business with them much easier. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
One of largest distribution companies in the UK. Stephan Scholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#Koch_Industries will be a massive transformation. We have 90,000 customers of which 8,400 are cloud. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#Oracle doesn't have the application horsepower. They are horizontal. It is fighting the war against #AWS. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
For us infrastructure is commoditized. We focus on the business apps layer. We have the last mile focus. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
No modifications in our software. SAP has 1 product set covering financial. Same product for banks & retail. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Running modified applications is hosting. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
All our R&D is at the application layer. #SAP focused on HANA, infrastructure, processing speed. We take that for granted. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#TravisPerkins changed its entire business model. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
U can only fool custoemrs once. we already did that telling them to buy generic software & modify it. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Everything is moving to custom products - sensors that get all the dimensions of your body to produce custom sized shirts. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
The whole customer experience side wil lbe revolutionized fro oru csutoemr #DSW. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
The #Koch_Industries investment. We r part of a company that went from $2 M to $40B @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#Koch_Industries sees tech as the route to getting to $200B+ @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Getting a global consolidated view of a $100B company on our platform. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
What a great reference for us to have a company that size & aggressive as a customer & investor. @StephanScholl #Infor #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
Bert Latamore
SiliconAngle Co-CEO Dave @DVellante, theCUBE host Rebecca @KnightRM & #Infor VP Comms Dan Barnhardt wrap 2 days of Inforum 2017 live now on #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[+] Show Hidden Comments
[-]
Bert Latamore
#Infor made exciting announcements at the conference starting with Coleman, our AI initiative. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#Koch_Industries invested more than $2M in Infor. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#BoA uses our customer HR solutions for its very large workforce. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#Koch_Industries is revolutionizing its HR with Infor. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Moving to #AWS CloudSuite gave us hyperscale compute power to analyze huge amounts of daeta for #Coleman. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Last yr we bought #PRedictix. Acquired BI platform #Burst 2 months ago. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#Burst + the Infologic Blocks from #Predictix running on #AWS compute power makes #Coleman AI possible. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
#Coleman brings a lot of pieces in development for years together. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
What we identified is there aren't as many women pursuing jobs in these fields. Need to recruit more. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We partner with SUNY & others across the globe to help increase the numberof women pursuing STEM careers. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Have a hackathon at Inforum. Investing a lot in STEM education. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
About 17% of STEM workers in tech are women overall. Far below the 50% it should be. @DVellante #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
It was clear that talking points wouldn't cut it. We needed to make change. That requires investment and time. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We work with our customers to 1st modernize their systems. U need to move to cloud to get the adaptability/agility to keep up. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Exciting to have the CEOs & SVPs here to talk about how they are transforming their businesses. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We dive very deep in certain industries. We can apply the lessons to other industries to help them realize potential they didn't see. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We run 70% of large US hospitals. Dan Barnhardt #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Already planning Inforum 2018, Sept. 24 in Washington, DC
Bert Latamore
#Pilot_Flying_J CIO Mike Rogers live now on #theCUBE @dvellante @knightrm http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[+] Show Hidden Comments
[-]
Bert Latamore
40% of over the road diesel market in US & Canada. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
The company grew rapidly. Knew we neededto change our HR & financial systems. Wrote a lot of siloed apps. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
When I started we picked #Infor as our partner for financial & human capital mgt systems. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We are eliminating 26 systems, some we wrote internally. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
It is very painful. We have a lot of technical debt. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Like #Infor's cloud strategy, tight integration in the suite. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Nobody wants these transitions, but the longer U wait the more tech debt U incur. @DVellante #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
It is painful, it is controversial. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We have a strong plan & buy in from business. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We run travel centers for truckers that never close. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We have a deli operation and 3rd party food services. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We are spread out through the country on major Interstate highways. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Infor will provide the connection platform the team members spread through the US & Canada whom we don't get to see often. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Our strategy is making it a good place to work & to shop. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We want the experience for our guests to be like nothing else they experience. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We want to make a better day for the driver. It is a tough job, they work hard, they are away from their families. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Showers are cleaned after every shower. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Keeping the rest rooms & showers are cleaned before anyone gets in them. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We are a data rich company especially with respect to the professional driver. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We rewardthem with food, showers bought by the points they earn. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
So we will give the driver a free shower or slice of pizza to build loyalty to buy petroleum. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Use logistics with respect to how we procure petroleum. Investing into how we procure, manage & distribute petroleum. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Moving everything to the cloud gets rid of a lot of technical debt. No longer behind on releases. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
You can customize within the tool, & that is carried along as they upgrade. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Our infrastructure expense wil lgo far down as we get rid of 23 systems. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
AI will probably be relevant in the future. Not ready yet. Not high on my agenda yet. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Voice recognition is something that is imminently valuable for us. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Our IT has about 250 people plus partners. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
We've invested a lot into security but we cannot do as good a job as #AWS. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...
[-]
Bert Latamore
Security is a big deal. #Together we can do a good job on security. Mike Rogers #Flying_J #theCUBE http://bit.ly/2udKOW...