Business Plan Sample - Technology Company Vilex.
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CONTENTS
Products & Services
Business Model
Market Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Marketing Strategy
Operations Strategy
Financial Considerations
VILEX SYSTEMS
• CONTROL PDF
• TRACK PDF
• PROTECT PDF
• MANAGE PDF
• SECURE PDF
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INTRODUCTION
Vilex Systems Inc is a technology company specializing in “Smart Document
Technology” that empowers creators of PDF documents to control, track and interact
with their electronic content. Although Vilex’s protected pdf solution does not provide
“encryption”, clients are known to have used the company’s products as a baseline
level of document protection. The product is used as a low cost alternative to Adobe
LiveCycle, Liquid Machines and GigaTrust.
Educational institutes, large corporates, research organizations and small businesses
can use the power of Vilex System Inc’s products to manage and rationalize visibility of
content to specific stakeholders located across multiple locations. The technology
allows users to create intelligent PDFs that control and protect content, collect reader
information, generate sales leads and analyze reader behavior.
The company’s solutions can be used with a variety of PDF documents including
educational materials, case studies, research reports, eBooks, investment proposals,
training manuals, newsletters, e-magazines and many other applications. The products
provide a cost effective and flexible alternative in situations where large software
licenses are not a viable option.
This presentation looks at the restructuring strategy being undertaken by the company
Vision
“To become the supplier of choice
for small-to-medium sized
businesses”
Mission
• Provide a one stop shop for
document management
• Build cost effective solutions
• Be known as a leading
provider of document risk
management technology
• Keep innovation at the heart
of business policies
Keys to success
•Responding to user demand
•Value for money
•Easy to use applications
•Strong after sales support
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PRODUCTS & SERVICES
ProtectedPDF
•A Digital Rights
Management (DRM)
solution
•For organizations that
publish and distribute
PDF-based documents
such as textbooks,
educational materials,
case studies, research
reports,, or any other
PDF document.
iPad Application
•A new application to be
launched
•Mechanism to view
protectedpdf documents
on an iPad device.
•Similar level of security
and protection of PDF
documents as with
protectedpdf
Analytics Module
for Protectedpdf
•A new application to be
launched
•A powerfully combined
PDF DRM and analytics
solution.
•Document protection
and a tracking of viewer
metrics and analyze
reader behavior
Vilex Platform
(prev. Unified
Engine)
•A general purpose
software framework
•A powerfully combined
PDF protection, analytics
and forms solution.
•Can be used with any
PDF-based document
manuals
The company also provides onsite technical support and maintenance on an ongoing basis.
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PLATFORM OVERVIEW
New Vilex System
Vilex PDF Platform
Hosted by Vilex | Installed On -Site | Hosted by Customer
Customizable Solution Components
User Interface | Integration | Administration | Batch Uploading | Document Management | Reporting
PDF Protection
& Control
PDF Tracking &
Analytics
PDF Forms &
Data Collection
New Vitrium Platform
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NEW OPERATIONS STRATEGY
• Vacant leadership posts to be back filled
• Development manager to be hired at CTO level
• Interim CEO appointed
• Sales lead needed
• CFO needed on a long term basis
Leadership
• Assessment of change to be undertaken by CEO
• Roles and responsibilities to be defined
• Improved communication process to be rolled out
Organization
• New Vice President to be appointed
• Finance function processes to be strengthened
• Accounts receivable process to be revamped
• Reporting to be improved
• Cash management to be streamlined
Finance
Key changes required and steps undertaken include;
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NEW OPERATIONS STRATEGY
• Goals for each department to be defined
• Performance metrics based on goals to be created
• 3 year strategic plan to be revisited each year
Performance
Management
•Documentation standards and policy to be defined
•Documentation standards to be integrated to ensure that corporate
memory is developed
•CEO to allocate responsibility for proper standards of documentation
management
Documentation
Policy
•New Sales lead needs to be appointed – in-house or external
candidate
•New compensation plan needed
•Roles and responsibilities to be defined
Sales
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NEW OPERATIONS STRATEGY
• Existing strategies to be scaled up
• Product management team to be built
• “Stagegate” process to be incorporated to force review and approval of
new concepts
Marketing
• CEO to work with new Development manager and define SDLC policy
• Standardized documentation at each development stage to be
implemented
• Software tester to produce test strategy and test plan
• Configuration management policy to be framed
Software
Development
• CEO with Development manager to build acceptable project management
policies
• Formal change processes, governance, scoping and bug fixing policies to
be defined
Project
Management
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MARKET ANALYSIS
• The global software market shrank by 5.4% in 2009 to reach a value
of $225.5 billion.
• In 2014, the global software market is forecast to have a value of
$299.1 billion, an increase of 32.6% since 2009.
• General business productivity is the largest segment of the global
software market, accounting for 23.8% of the market's total value.
• Americas accounts for 47% of the global software market value.
Global IT Spending Overview
– As per the forecast made by Gartner, Inc., the worldwide IT
spending exceeded $3.4 trillion in 2010, an estimated increase
of 5.3% compared to 2009 ($3.2 trillion).
– The IT industry is expected grow steadily with IT spending
projected to surpass $3.5 trillion in 2011, a growth of 4.2% when
compared to 2010.
– The software spending throughout the world is expected to have
touched $232 billion in 2010, an increase of 5.1% from 2009.
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SOFTWARE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY -USA
With more businesses using technology to improve efficiency, software publishers are enjoying continued strong
demand. Also, developments in semiconductor technology will expand the industry's market to cell phones, tablet
computers and even cars.
However, competition looms in the form
of free, low-cost, or rental-based cloud
computing services from companies like
Google and Salesforce.com. To improve
their cash flow, software publishers will
increasingly switch from the traditional
develop-and-release model to a more
subscription-based model.
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RIGHTS MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTS
This industry can be categorized into the following:
•DRM: Digital Rights Management is the term used for
applying controls on multimedia assets such as audio, video
and pictures.
•EDRM: Enterprise Digital Rights Management is a set of
distinct technologies used to apply mandatory controls on
enterprise assets such as emails, word processing and spread
sheet files, PDFs, computer-aided design/computer aided
manufacturing files, and other digital assets.
•ERM: Enterprise Rights Management refers to a class of
products that control the use, circulation, and
compartmentalization of documents produced by an
enterprise. ERM resembles DRM in two respects.
As Vilex System works in the space of DRM , the market is
projected to cross $2.4 billion by 2015
Market Share, By Region
Regions Market Share
North America 58%
European Union 24%
Asia Pacific 13%
Latin America 3%
Middle East 2%
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DRM – BY SECTOR
•The sectors with the highest
incidence of DRM solutions
include healthcare, banking,
the public sector and insurance
• A very high proportion of
institutions and organizations
across these sectors were
planning short- to medium-
term investments in DRM
solutions.
•In the healthcare sector, 63%
of institutions were planning
to invest in DM and RM
solutions over the next two
years, and nearly one in two
institutions were looking
towards investing in DAM
solutions.
•Insurance was estimated as the next growth hotspot, with 61%, 53% and 50% of respondents planned investments
in DM, RM and DAM solutions respectively.
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SWOTY ANALYSIS
Strengths
- Existing player in the market
- Market well segmented
- Restructuring based on real life issues
faced
- Aggressive marketing strategy
- Demand for secure
documentation growing
- Product pipeline being developed
Weaknesses
- Low brand visibility
- Failure to penetrate the market
first time around
- Limited capacity to launch a big
marketing campaign
- Requirement to build a new
team from scratch
Opportunities
- Globalization will demand more
secure documentation
management
- SME businesses engine for
future fiscal growth
- All computer users looking to
improve security features
- Value for money an essential
component in curent market
scenario
Threats
- Competition from existing
players in similar technology
- Competition from new entrants
in the market
- A double dip recession might
impact technology spending
- Firming up of Canadian dollar
against other currencies may
impact the revenue of the company
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VALUE PROPOSITION
Ease of Use – No Plug In
•To provide a seamless and unimposing experience
for readers
•To reduce support calls
•To be able to offer protected documents to a wider
audience
Process Integration
•Can be integrated with
•ecommerce systems
•Credential systems
•Learning management systems (LMS)
•Databases
Affordable EDRM
•Priced at the lower end of the scale
•Cheaper than Adobe Lifecycle, Next Labs etc
•Product of choice for medium sized businesses
Document Analytics
•Company will be able to separate itself apart from
the PDF protection and EDRM competition
•Very few competitors offer functionality such as
document-level and page-level analytics
Vilex PDF
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OPERATIONS STRATEGY
Year 1
• Expand into 2 vertical markets,
Financial Services and Market
Research
• Triple the number of existing
clients within these 2 vertical
markets (56 net new clients)
• Sell PDF Enterprise license +
Professional Services
• Sell new “Vertical Bundle”
• Launch iPad application
• Launch analytics module
Year 2
• Continue Expansion
• Market new Vilex Platform
• Support sales team Channel
Strategy
Year 3
• Continue Expansion with scenarios
and strategies mentioned in year 1
and 2