In a recent study conducted for HP, 39 percent of chief information officers and 33 percent of chief executive officers said they consider their current data centers incapable of dealing with the rapidly growing demand for services and applications their companies will require in the next two-to-five years.¹

Respondents cited dramatic rises in the amount of data as the catalyst for these accelerating demands. Wanting to avoid the fallout from this information explosion, they identified five top priorities for readying their data centers for the future.

Company leaders said high performance, risk reduction, centralized and automated management and a close alignment between IT and business leaders would take precedence as they prepare to deal with the surging demand for services. Cost control also emerged high on the CIOs’ list.

You may share many of these priorities when you think about fortifying your ability to deliver high-quality IT services in the upcoming years. We can help you by evolving your current environment to an HP Adaptive Infrastructure that’s ready to take you into the future, and toward the better business outcomes you want.

HP Adaptive Infrastructure is a broad portfolio of products, services and solutions created to transform your technology infrastructure into a next-generation data center. How does that prepare you for the future?

A next-generation data center increases operational, energy and cost efficiency while greatly improving service quality and the speed of implementing IT projects.

Further, key enablers within the HP Adaptive Infrastructure portfolio can help you keep up with the rising tide of demands for new services and applications over the next two-to-five years:

Systems and services. With standards-based, scalable and flexible HP servers, storage and software, you can build a high-performance infrastructure to speed information access, help ensure business continuity and meet escalating service-level expectations. A range of consulting, outsourcing and technology support services can help you maximize data center performance and availability even more.

Power and cooling. HP Thermal Logic technologies help you pack more performance into your data center while keeping power consumption in check. HP power and cooling technologies can also reduce cooling costs by as much as 40 percent.

With a smaller energy footprint, you can also cost-effectively add new capacity to support growing demands. An HP Thermal Assessment Service can also help reduce energy usage by measuring the power consumption and heat generation of your data center and recommending areas of improvement.

Management. As you roll out new services and applications, unifying and simplifying management of the environment will become even more critical. HP management solutions and services help you automate service and asset management as you plan for and execute changes across your infrastructure. For example, HP System Insight Manager offers you single-console control over server, storage and network resources to reduce complexity and lower management costs as you respond to rising demands.

Security. As IT resources and data continue to grow, the HP Secure Advantage portfolio can help you protect both while you improve compliance controls, enhance business continuity and defend against network attacks. So you can respond to business needs and reduce business risk.

Virtualization. HP virtualization solutions enable you to pool and share data center resources, so you can respond to change quickly and cost-effectively. A virtualized infrastructure can analyze and optimize asset utilization automatically, flexibly aligning IT supply with business demands.

Automation. By automating the routine, operational and end-to-end processes that drive a 24x7 lights-out data center, you can help provide smooth, on-going service delivery to the business. Automated processes also help reduce staffing costs and the risk of human errors as your infrastructure adapts to the needs of business.

Delivered as a service by HP professionals, the HP Adaptive Infrastructure Maturity Model provides you with a pragmatic and structured approach to preparing your data center for the future. We assess and measure the current state of your data center against industry benchmarks, then help you create a step-by-step roadmap with clear action items for moving forward.

Make the HP Adaptive Infrastructure Maturity Model your next step to a next-generation data center – future-ready to deliver the high-quality IT services and measurable business outcomes you need to support and power the business in the years ahead.

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