Optimise the Business Outcomes of IT

Dec. 2006 -- How do you run IT as a business?

That is the No. 1 question for HP customers and the IT industry leaders attending the HP Software Universe in Vienna, Austria (December 12-14).

HP’s answer is to turn IT on its head, focusing on business outcomes instead of IT projects. HP Software helps businesses ensure that every dollar invested in IT, every resource allocated, and every application in development or production meets business goals.

HP Software is the global leader in the software and services that makes this possible. The acquisition of Mercury’s powerful Business Technology Optimisation (BTO) software makes HP the clear choice for companies seeking to turn IT into business value.

At HP Software Universe 2006, the largest European event with a focus on HP Software solutions, HP will outline the latest developments in BTO and demonstrate HP’s new Software portfolio.

HP's vision “aligns” IT with business, making it possible to respond quickly to shifts in the marketplace and capitalise on change. Business challenges become business opportunities.

Why is this so important? Because, according to IDC, over the next five years, corporations are going to spend three times more on the management and operation of their IT environment than they spend on the acquisition of the technology itself. Three times more.

The fundamental problem is that the technology itself needs to be more self-sufficient. And it needs to require much less labour to manage and more efficient processes to operate. It is only by freeing precious resources to work on new initiatives that IT can help grow a business.

Business Technology Optimisation focuses on optimising areas such as project and portfolio management, application and infrastructure management, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance. Integrated with HP Software, it becomes the vehicle for delivering greater control over the impact of business change. More than 90 percent of the U.S. Fortune 100 companies and 75 percent of global Fortune 100 companies rely on HP Software’s solutions to maximise the value of their enterprise management systems.

HP Software as an end-to-end management platform has been shown to reduce downtime and increase staff productivity.

 “The way we now manage change is the secret to our success... said OpenView customer Eivind Holm, of the Oslo Stock Exchange (Børs ASA), noting  “virtually 100% uptime since it went live,” and adding “The whole game has changed completely because now we have an operation we can rely on…”

Combined with HP professional services, HP BTO software lets you see, control and automate a mixed IT environment from any location.  It helps customers manage the delivery of IT services using SOAs and to comply with government regulations such as the American Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which is intended to improve the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures.

HP Software gives IT insight, not just information, with a view that extends beyond failed components to the impact those components have on the business — whether measured by euros or customer experience.

Forrester Research describes HP Software as a "robust and comprehensive" IT asset management solution that is "almost insurmountable in both across-the-board functionality and strategy¹."

HP Software’s comprehensive portfolio of IT services bridges the gap between all three major IT functions — IT strategy, IT applications, and IT operations — so enterprises can compete more effectively, open new markets, capture more customers, and operate more profitably.