HP today announced products, solutions and services that help organizations shift their IT spending from operations to innovation.
New research conducted on behalf of HP(1) reveals that one out of every two business executives feel their companies suffer from “innovation gridlock,” in which IT organizations are blocked from driving new business innovation because the majority of their funding is consumed by operating the current environment. More than one out of every two business and technology executives feel this gridlock is preventing their organizations from keeping up with the competition.
This gridlock also carries inherent costs. Ninety-five percent of respondents said innovation gridlock cost them lost opportunities; 93 percent indicated it cost them in terms of lost effort from resources; and 99 percent said it cost them lost time.
HP’s new offerings allow organizations to break the IT innovation gridlock by:
— Creating self-funding projects that allow transformation within current budgetary constraints and offer quick paybacks.
— Architecting new solutions for change so IT organizations can quickly and easily add new functionality as the business requires it. This ensures that today’s innovation does not become tomorrow’s legacy.
— Freeing up funds trapped in operations. Organizations should find ways to drive a continual reduction in operating costs through best practices and technology. This lowers the steady-state costs of operations and reclaims funds for innovation.
“In this era of constant change, breaking the innovation gridlock can mean the difference between being a market maker or a follower,” said Kamal Dutta, Director, Software & Solutions, HP India. “With HP, CIOs can capitalize on change by reclaiming funds locked in operations to drive new innovation projects.”
Self-fund the journey
HP is offering clients a, hands-on HP Applications Modernization Transformation Experience session, which enables organizations to experience modernization and its benefits. By retiring legacy applications and eliminating complexity in technology environments, organizations are able to self-fund their modernization journeys.
In addition, new HP Modernization Funding Options provide clients with access to capital based on the value of existing systems, helping to fund investments in new technology and innovation.(2)
Architect new solutions for change
The HP Cloud Service Automation (CSA) solution enables clients to architect their IT environments for change by accelerating the deployment and automated management of private and public cloud initiatives.
With the new HP CSA solution, clients can improve efficiency, free up resources and lower the risks associated with the adoption and management of cloud services. This allows them to capitalize on new cloud-based services to quicken time to market. HP CSA is part of the company’s initiative to combine its software portfolio with consulting expertise to help clients successfully adopt and manage the entire life cycle of cloud services.
Free up funds trapped in operations
New services from HP help companies create cost-efficient technology infrastructures that are consistently reliable, readily scalable and totally secure. HP delivers people, process and technology improvements that identify the root causes of unplanned downtime in complex environments.
— An expanded HP Mission Critical Services portfolio delivers multilevel support for the entire virtualized environment including hardware, operating systems and hypervisors. As part of this expansion, the HP Mission Critical Partnership now delivers support for multivendor x86 environments.
— Available through the updated line of HP Proactive Services, new HP IT Service Management Assessment for Virtualized Environments increases the operational efficiency of virtualized environments and frees up operational costs through expert recommendations and priority improvements.
Additional resources
More information about HP’s new offerings, including a video from Thomas E. Hogan, is available at www.hp.com/go/breakthegridlock2010
