HP helps manufacturers break IT improvement gridlock

Thomas Hogan, executive vice president, sales, marketing and strategy at HP Enterprise Business, explains that resent research, conducted on behalf of HP, reveals that one out of every two business executives feel their companies suffer from 'innovation gridlock'. That, he says, is why they are blocked from driving new business innovation – the majority of their funding is consumed by operating the current environment. Hogan asserts that this gridlock also carries inherent costs. Pointing to the research, he says that: 95% of respondents said innovation gridlock cost them lost opportunities; 93% indicated it cost them in terms of lost effort from resources; and 99% said it cost them lost time. HP's new offerings, he says, allow firms to break the circle by: creating self-funding projects that allow transformation; architecting new solutions for change; and freeing up funds trapped in the world of operations. What's on the table for qualified clients is a complimentary, hands-on HP Applications Modernisation Transformation Experience session, which enables firms to experience modernisation and its benefits. In addition, new HP Modernisation Funding Options provide clients with access to investment capital, while advancements to the HP Insight Control server management software suite enable significantly improved system operations and efficiency throughout the server life cycle. HP has also introduced additional HP ProLiant servers – the DL360 G7 and DL380 G7, claimed to "advance traditional server economics by exponentially improving cost-efficiency while increasing performance". "In this era of constant change, breaking the innovation gridlock can mean the difference between being a market maker or a follower," comments Hogan . "With HP, CIOs can capitalise on change by reclaiming funds locked in operations to drive new innovation projects," he adds.