Designed for Run™

The Designed for Run™ strategy provides enterprises with a clear path for transformation and modernization while controlling costs and protecting the user experience. It considers the function and expense of the client's IT system and applications as a whole – from hardware, software and services to its infrastructure and business processes. Designed for Run also charts a complete course to meet the organization's goals and implements a measured modernization process while anticipating the client's total cost of operating the final collective system.

The “Always-on” User Experience

With accelerated globalization, the proliferation of edge devices and the continued demand for self-service customer interfaces, the strain on information technology will only grow in the years ahead. To keep up, enterprises must modernize their operations and reorient their business models to the “always-on” user experience. They need modern applications running on industrial-strength, global infrastructure and a commitment to zero outages backed by the most experienced IT professionals. They need IT systems and applications that are “designed for run.”

Design and Build vs. Costly Lifetime Support

Large, veteran organizations are realizing the need to use technology as an enabler for returning to a centralized business model with improved visibility of operations and an increased ability for collaboration. In the meantime, brittle legacy IT systems are making it difficult for them to satisfy customers and collaborate with partners. Most organizations don’t realize that the run-time component of TCO is many times larger than the design and build costs. So a system that cost $200,000 to build could cost in the millions to operate and maintain over its lifetime.

Incremental Modernization

Modernizing to a more agile state has now become the most critical work enterprises face over the next decade. Unfortunately, the time and expense necessary for correcting the situation puts the most obvious fix – a massive, one-time IT overhaul – firmly out of the reach of most organizations. Instead, a multiyear plan for incremental modernization must be put in place, enabling legacy systems to continue supporting the host organization's operations while new applications and infrastructure are developed.

Designed for Run’s Big Picture

The Designed for Run™ strategy provides enterprises with a clear path for transformation and modernization while controlling costs and protecting the user experience. It considers the function and expense of the client's IT system and applications as a whole. Designed for Run ensures the key factors that affect agility and TCO – rigidity, complexity and resource utilization – are addressed from the start in the planning phase.

The Strength of HP

Designed for Run incorporates HP’s strength in world-class hardware, software and services with our enterprise services ITO, BPO and Applications capabilities into a single, focused effort to maximize the client's ability to extract value from their IT assets. Our approach charts a complete course to meet the organization's goals and implements a measured modernization process. This approach effectively bridges the gap between the IT systems organizations currently have and the applications and infrastructure they will need in the future.

HP has unmatched knowledge of legacy systems and industry-centric solutions, so we can provide clients an overarching plan for the gradual transformation of their IT systems. This long-term plan enables the client to envision how every purchase and improvement contributes to forming a final, fully integrated IT system. That means each part is optimized for maximum performance and assured to integrate with existing systems while still moving the organization toward its future state.