Business History
1984: Inside Automation
1988: Uniface BV
1994: Acquired by Compuware
2009: Independent Uniface Business Unit
2014: Uniface BV again…
Business
Number of employees: ~140
Office locations: 6 (Amsterdam, Detroit, London,
Paris, Tokyo, Sao Paulo)
Number of customers: ~1,600
Number of partners & resellers: ~250
Company
Business
Revenue growth and profitability
Increase in new business >15%
Customer Loyalty >97%
Partners United program: Brand new resellers
Growth
Profound transformation ishappening in the (business) world
• pace of change
• ‘always on’ economy
• consumers rule
• disruption of industries
The new digital enterprise
Disruptions
The speed with which you can deliver your applications is a new
strategic weapon
Forrester 2014
The new digital enterprise
Traditional IT falls short
“The Netherlands is spending 4 to 5 billion euro per year on failing ICT projects”
Computable 2014
IT spend 2014 (Gartner)
$3.8 trillion
80% spend on maintaining existing systems!!!!!
The new digital enterprise
The state of enterprise app delivery
1. IT projects are failing
2. Backlogs are growing
3. The business is unhappy
The new digital enterprise
Apps for the new digital enterprise
• Implement an application strategy
• Involve the business
• Modernize the apps dev & deployment
platform
The new digital enterprise
Apply a model-driven apps strategy and tooling to your systems of differentiation and innovation
Modernize the apps dev & deployment platform
What the analysts say about MDD…
“With model-driven approaches on the market today
enterprises strive to be more productive and agile in
their application development and more engaging of
the business power user or analyst in the application
development lifecycle. In many ways, we are
entering the new age of the 4GL, in the guise of the
modern model-driven application platform”
The new digital enterprise
A modern apps dev & deployment platform
• Focus on business needs, let Uniface
take care of underlying technology
• Model & data driven architecture
• 10 ways to be successful …(productivity,
technology independence, security,
reliability…)
Strategic Directions:
Mobile and Cloud deployment
Online Training Programs
Marketing
PartnersUnited & New distribution channels
OverviewStrategy
Mobile and Cloud deployment:
Focus on Mobile & Cloud (Uniface 9.7)
Application Modernization (Uniface 9.7)
Developer Usability improvements (Uniface 10)
Mobile & CloudStrategy
University
Online Training Program:
New web based training materials
Uniface University Program
Uniface Workshops & Boot camps
TrainingStrategy
PartnersUnited & new distribution channels:
Next step for PartnersUnited
Acquisition of new Distributors & VARs
New Distributor startup programs
Close business relationship with Key VAR’s
EcoSystemStrategy
Our positioning
Uniface is a model-driven platform for building and deploying enterprise
apps. Our customers run their custom apps on Uniface. These apps
are typically the primary driver for growth and differentiation.
We contribute to a new dynamic business world where Software as a
Service is THE defining factor for the new digital enterprise. We
enable companies to rapidly design, build and deploy great looking
apps across all devices including mobile.
SummaryStrategy