Who is Centigon Solutions and What is CMaps Analytics
Centigon Solutions is an enterprise independent software vendor based in San Diego California. Our flagship product, CMaps Analytics is an embedded Location Intelligence platform, that is integrated with leading platforms like SAP BusinessObjects, Microsoft Sharepoint, and others.
WHAT IS CMAPS ANALYTICS: Embedded Location Analytics Platform
TECHNOLOGY: Cloud designer, cloud APIs, native integration kits / extensions for on-premise BI, pre-packaged analytics.
WHAT DOES CMAPS ANALYTICS DO: Helps businesses use location, distance, and proximity to drive decisions.
WHAT INDUSTRY: Currently CMaps is positioned as a BI play – Manufacturing, Automotive, Technology, Transportation, Real Estate, Healthcare, Retail
HORIZONTAL MARKET APPROACH: Sales, Executive, Operations, HR
KEY FEATURES:
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- Region analysis
- Route optimization
- Drill down
- 15 Data visualization Layer Types
- Use for cloud and/or on premise enterprise apps,
- 100% cloud and client-powered solution.
- Native extensions
Technology vs Solution Selling for Location Intelligence
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CMaps Analytics objective provides partners, integrators, and customers with a software solution that simplifies the process for creating and embedding, Location Intelligence into to existing platforms and software investments. Centigon Solutions’ roots as a Business Intelligence software vendor ensures that CMaps Analytics as a suite of cloud based tools can meet a wide range of technical requirements that stem from business demands to use location and business data together.
More about CMaps Analytics Platform
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Embedded Location Intelligence is used to better harness location, proximity, and distance to enrich the decision making process. The solutions are based on typical business questions like “where are my customers coming from?” or “Where are assets or events that need immediate attention?”
To provide a business solution Centigon Solutions typically relies on partners or internal prospecting efforts to understand customer needs deliver a business solution using CMaps Analytics. Our team at Centigon focuses on a broader set of business requirements that are driving up the demand for Location Intelligence:
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Generally, the outbound prospecting / hunting activities revolve around established ecosystems of customers based on previous technology investments. CMaps Analytics is strategically aligned to various platforms:
Google Maps for Work Customers
Enterprises with internal use enterprise apps
- No Existing Google Maps License- Net New- Implement 10-20x faster, improve life cycle management
- Owns Google Maps for Work- extend value from Google investment, create new apps, potentially swap out and improve existing apps
Indépendant Software Vendors with Commercial Apps (Google Maps OEM)
- No Existing Google Maps- Net New- Implement 10-20x faster, improve life cycle management, add analytics features
- With existing maps- extend value from Google investment, create new apps, potentially swap out and improve existing apps
Competitors
- ESRI
- MapBox / Open Sources
- Build VS Buy
- CartoDB for cloud hosted solutions
SAP BusinessObjects
For Reports- Compatibility Guide
- Plug and play solution for maps with no server-install requirements
- Google Maps consumer experience inside of SAP BusinessObjects
- Build once deploy everywhere (for future integrations with SAP Lumira, Design Studio, etc).
Competitors
- Galigeo- Provides equivalent solutions using ESRI or OpenSource
- SAP- includes basic maps out of the box
- OpenSource – Build vs Buy (should be flushed during qualification)
OEM- Add Maps to Existing Platform (ISVs)
Enterprise BI / Analytics providers who don’t have maps but want to “go Google”
Startup < $10MÂ Outsource innovation (not big enough to have dedicated maps team)
SMB < 100M revenues Not enough focus or time, need to catch up
Enterprise $100M revenues-Â Â Previous failed attempts
Value Added Integrations
Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 (Sharepoint 2013 coming Q2 2015)
CMaps Analytics has a native Sharepoint extension, but it is limited to maps templates connected to a single report part.
Qualification of an Opportunity
If a customer wants maps / Location Intelligence
Article: Qualify an opportunity for CMaps Analytics Designer / API
If a customer has SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Article: Qualify an opportunity for CMaps Plugin for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
Presentation
Presentation Resources
Latest PPT and customer briefing materials
Market Study- Wisdom of the Crowds Location Intelligence (how CMaps Compares)
Key Points Points During Presentation
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- Plug and play solution point and click creation of maps
- No server-side install requirements
- Data is secure (no data upload requirements to Google or any third party servers) Security Docs
- Streamline days or weeks of development into hours
Business
- Combine business, customer, and public data all together in 1 comprehensive view.
ARTICLE:Â TOP 3 BUSINESS USES FOR LOCATION ANALYTICS - Analyze and drill custom regions and territories.
- Use location, proximity and distance to drive better decisions: More Information
Objection Handling
If customers have objects, technical questions, or any concerns, we recommend engaging the Centigon Solutions sales team who can provide required materials to satisfy objections. The following article covers objection handling.
[ezcol_1third]Competitive Scenarios
At Centigon Solutions, we track the entire Location Intelligence landscape and do our best to keep up with industry and competitive offerings to ensure we are offering comparable features, pricing, and packaging. If you are running into a competitor and need specific details, please contact Centigon Solutions for the latest competitive intelligence.
CMaps Analytics vs SAP GeoMaps (standard mapping)
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With a variety of open source alternatives to Google Maps and ease of development with JavaScript/ HTML Build vs Buy can be a scenario requiring further explanation of the value of CMaps Analytics. In a typical enterprise scenario, we seldom see build vs buy for native extensions, but often run into the objection for CMaps Analytics Designer as a platform. Only IT cares about build vs buy, so we typically push on the business and highlight that time to market (production), reduction of coding, increased life cycle management speed, and perpetual innovation are key drivers for success. Technologists will typically prefer to build, where Business (increasingly control budget) want speed of delivery and success. That is what CMaps Analytics helps deliver.
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When complimenting existing platforms we also compete with what comes out of the box. Sometimes it is an objection to use what they have or a general objection for paying for mapping twice. This is where it is important to double down on the premium extension/connector. The goal of CMaps Analytics is to aid organizations to answer more sophisticated questions where out of the box solutions fall short.
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Price QuoteÂ
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Price quotes to customers should be completed by Centigon Solutions sales or official Centigon Solutions reseller partners.
Procurement
When a customer decides to take next steps to procure CMaps Plugin please send a PO to partners@cmapsanalytics.com