< Continued from previous page How cloud ON-PREMISE CLOUD increases ROI Years of historical data resides within the There’s no loss of on-premise data when Historical on-premise environment and life-cycle moving to cloud with Rizing Lyra, available Data management processes and servers are on the SAP App Center. Rizing Lyra delivers a 3D view of all historical data accessible within required which demand technical resources. a SuccessFactors tile. Inherent within on-premise security are layers The role-based permissions model is the authorizations framework leveraged in of complexity and speci昀椀c skillsets needed cloud HCM and can be maintained by HRIS Security to maintain the software such as SAP Basis administrators directly in the UI. It is intuitive and SAP Security expertise. and easy to maintain. To assess current costs of your on-premise system for comparison with a cloud system, there are things to examine that will not factor in the cloud. Primarily, those are infrastructure costs but others as well. In an on-premise environment, there are server and other hardware component costs, physical infrastructure costs like electricity and cooling, software infrastructure costs, redundant system costs, disaster recovery costs, platform costs, maintenance fees, support and help desk, as well as IT and operational personnel to manage it all. Much of that is eliminated with a cloud subscription service like SAP SuccessFactors because you are passing the infrastructure burden on to the vendor. Those are not the only cost reductions, or potential savers that come with cloud. Innovation is important, and often helps to bring about ef昀椀ciencies that save time and money. The cloud offers a faster route to innovation through more frequent and automatic updates. Part of that innovation is improved analytics and reporting. How much could you save if you better knew how your HR processes were performing? Tools within SAP SuccessFactors, as well as partner-built options such as Rizing Lyra, can provide user-friendly, modern reporting and analytics that dig deep into your HR processes. Finally, employee engagement is central to the modernized user experience and self-service capabilities of cloud HR software. Managers and employees can perform tasks that would have otherwise been relegated as repetitive and menial work for an HR employee. In the cloud, these HR tasks are also delivered in a uni昀椀ed suite, giving companies the ability to leverage pre-built integrations for a single user experience, as well as a single system to maintain. Savings come through more productive HR staffers, and the reduction of hours on things such as entering and 昀椀ling paid time off information. That is just one example of something that is done without HR intervention by the employee or manager in the system. There are many factors that can help you build a strong business case for upgrading to the cloud, the key is identifying which best 昀椀t your organization. There are real savings to be had in a cloud transformation. To achieve those savings, it is best to be prepared for the move. / 6 © 2020 Rizing LLC or a Rizing LLC af昀椀liate company. All rights reserved.