The Role of Standards & Certification in the Adaptive Enterprise

Ron Eller
Vice President & General Manager, Solution Alliances, Enterprise Storage and Servers, Hewlett-Packard Company

An Adaptive Enterprise is the ultimate state of fitness where business and IT are perfectly synchronized to capitalize on change. Key design principles of an Adaptive Infrastructure include standardization, simplification, integration, and modularity. Adherence to standards, a focus of HP's Adaptive Enterprise, drives interoperability and customer choice. Certifications and on-going compliance with standards provide customers with the assurance that their IT suppliers are providing the best total customer experience and ultimately reduces the risk of implementations. Industry support & adoption of standards and certifications is critical to the development of the ecosystem required to evolve IT and deliver on the Adaptive Enterprise.

Return to plenary agenda