What is Oracle's Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service?
Are you looking for world-class planning and budgeting with the simplicity of the Cloud? Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) enables organizations of all sizes to quickly adopt world-class planning and budgeting applications with no CAPEX infrastructure investments, flexible deployment options, and virtually no learning curve.
But MindStream goes beyond world-class planning. Leveraging our Enteprise Performance Management (EPM) expertise, MindStream developed Planning Xtream , our unique Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) offering. We combined the benefits of PBCS with our award-winning, unlimited 24/7 dedicated support MindStream AppCare. For one low monthly fee, your Planning and Budgeting needs and application managed services are taken care of! With PBCS, the benefits of world-class planning becomes accessible across the enterprise. With Planning Xtream , MindStream maximizes your investments!
Want to here our CEO, Alex Ladd, talk about PBCS, cloud, and Planning Xtream ? Check out his interview with Oracle's Nigel Youell at Collaborate 2016:
Complete Planning and Budgeting in the Cloud
Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) includes all of the world-class budgeting and forecasting, data management, and analysis capabilities of Oracle Hyperion Planning in a SaaS deployment model. PBCS provides a rich Web and Microsoft Office enabled framework that supports driver-based budgeting and forecasting to help connect operational assumptions to financial outcomes.
Key Features
- Subscription-based budgeting and forecasting in the cloud
- Comprehensive and intuitive Microsoft Office integration
- User-friendly web interface
- Support for driver-based budgeting and forecasting
- Built-in financial intelligence and spreading logic
- Robust reporting and ad-hoc analysis with formatting and charting support
Key Benefits
- Faster adoption with little to no internal infrastructure expense
- Flexible deployment options
- Proven enterprise performance management platform powered by Oracle
- Easily move between deployment models as needs change
- Built-in financial intelligence and spreading logic
- Deliver timely budgets and forecasts with improved accuracy
The Mindstream Advantage
But MindStream goes beyond world-class planning. Leveraging MindStream's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) expertise , MindStream developed Planning Xtream , our Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) offering. We combined the benefits of PBCS with our award-winning, unlimited 24/7 dedicated support MindStream AppCare. For one low monthly fee, your Planning and Budgeting needs and application managed services are taken care of! With PBCS, the benefits of world-class planning becomes accessible across the enterprise. With Planning Xtream , MindStream maximizes your investments!
Download the following for more information:
- Datasheet: Planning Xtream for Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service
- E-Book: Oracle Enterprise Planning
We've designed Planning Xtream for rapid implementation of PBCS-in weeks, not months-using our accelerator tools, proprietary templates, and best-in-class EPM knowledge. Are you ready to talk to us about how Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) can transform your organization? Are you ready to move from on-premise to a cloud solution? Do you want to learn more about Planning Xtream? Take the first steps: fill out the form below to start the discussion about how Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service can fit your organization's needs.
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