The Cloud

There is little doubt that technology is the interconnecting thread that binds together people, events and interactions. We can easily remember a time when we didn't have a mobile phone or an e-mail account, but few of us can imagine our world without them. The matrix of tools and processes has become a massive infrastructure – a nebulous “cloud” linking users, information and services.

Within the business technology ecosystem, the “cloud” will open up new ways to source, deliver and govern highly scalable and flexible services. It's a dynamic addition to traditional IT capabilities. HP is a trusted ally in helping you navigate and leverage this new paradigm, blending cloud and other service-centric approaches with your current technology to achieve business value and a delivery model optimized for your enterprise.

Cloud Is a Dynamic Addition To – Not a Substitute For – Current Technology

Three Things To Consider

• This is an early stage of a big shift in IT which presents many new opportunities:
  • Increased access, through internet devices, to services that were otherwise unavailable, unaffordable, or too technical for many people to use.
  • New software that is multi-tenant, multi-user and massively scalable will provide much faster time to market to exponentially vast audiences. Businesses will benefit from lower costs with the advent of flexible consumption of cloud applications.
  • New ways to connect businesses to each other and to their consumers as people gain significantly better access to relevant data and information.
• There may be challenges in this immature market:
  • Moving some processes and applications from a traditional model to a cloud model may require rearchitecture to achieve expected results.
  • There are inherent issues which enterprises will need to focus on:
    • Security
    • End-to-end quality control
    • Service management
    • Compliance with government regulations
    • Customization
    • Connection quality and reliability
    • Scalability (parallel processing, yes; sequential processing, not always)
    • Integration with existing back-end systems
• We can help. We'll help you manage and transform your technology environments to optimize business outcomes. We recommend a planned hybrid approach of in-house, cloud, and hosted/outsourced services designed for the long run. This Designed For Run strategy incorporates cloud services into business technology ecosystems and takes into consideration the challenges of moving from traditional to a more service-centric delivery model.

Why HP

We can help clients arrive at the right blend of solutions that meet the client's requirements for better business outcomes. This blend often includes IT that the client is already using.

For example, we're leveraging our existing work on common industry frameworks (such as service-oriented architecture), application architecture, infrastructure and service delivery management; these current technology concepts provide a foundation for secure and stable cloud utilization, especially at the enterprise level.

We have deep roots in these foundational elements that enterprises will need to implement cloud services.

• Experience running large global infrastructures
• Support of mission-critical services
• Zero-outage mentality
• Hosting
• Security
• Multi-tenant global scale environments
• Strategies for adopting new technology

Our experience in these elements, combined with HP's broad footprint in virtually all areas of the business technology ecosystem, can help you arrive at the right blend of solutions that meet your requirements for better business outcomes.

Additional Resources On hp.com

Cloud Conversations – On-Demand Webinar Series

Cloud and Its Role In Your Business Technology Ecosystem Business White Paper

Get Prepared For Cloud Computing Podcast

HP Cloud Assure Service Technical White Paper