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Q. What is an HP invent center?
A. An HP invent center is a center of expertise dedicated
to the business of innovation. The centers exist to help organizations explore
and innovate breakthrough business ideas and to help turn those ideas into a
reality. From a technology perspective, the primary motivation of HP is to
identify where best-in-class technology products, solutions and services can
best be applied to enable business success.
Q. What services does the HP invent center offer?
A. A full range of services are available to support the
innovation process, from initial idea identification, exploration, discovery,
rapid concept prototyping, return on investment studies and solution and
services planning. These services are customized to meet the specific
requirements of client organizations to ensure that rapid business results are
obtained from the joint working sessions.
Q. Why should we involve HP when exploring our business
vision?
A. HP is a world leading technology innovator. From the
many technology directions that can be taken by organizations today is can be
quite a challenge to decide which route to take. For HP to be able to apply it’s
expertise to help organizations take the right route, it is necessary to jointly
explore the business opportunities being considered. In this way, the best use
can be made to use technology solutions to enable the business success. It is
important to keep in mind though that the business advantage being sought is
obtained from ‘smart ideas’ and not just the latest technology. And so it is not
only the technology dimension that is being considered during innovation
sessions at an HP invent center.
Q. What is ‘the business of innovation’?
A. The business of creating and developing good ideas and
turning them into a successful business reality.
Q. How do you do it … the business of innovation?
A. The HP invent center uses a structured methodology to
help customers navigate the process of innovation. The approach taken also helps
to understand where technology solutions can have a big impact to enable
business success. By taking into account the current context and the desired
state (i.e. the realization of the breakthrough business idea), it is possible
to define a transition path (a roadmap) to turn the vision into a reality. The
pragmatic approach taken ensures that timely business results are obtained which
are aligned with the business objectives of the customer organization, ensuring
that an evolutionary, and not a revolutionary, transition is made.
Q. Why does HP focus on the business of innovation?
A. Technology has revolutionized the way we do business.
The strategic intent of HP is to ensure that our customers are able to get the
best return from their IT investments (RoIT). To do this it is necessary for our
customers to understand how technologies, solutions and services can enable
breakthrough business opportunities.
Q. Do we have to go to one of the HP invent center to
explore business ideas with HP?
A. HP has facilitation centers in all regions of the world.
Arrangements can be made to host innovation sessions at a local facility near to
you or at your own facilities. However, the HP invent centers have been
specially designed to facilitate the innovation services offered by HP and so
there is a big advantage to benefit from these facilities as well as from the
specialists and subject matter experts that are made available at the HP invent
centers.
Q. We are interested in the services offered by the HP
invent centers. How do we book them?
A. You can contact one of our
centers either by sending an email or by calling in. Alternatively you
can contact your local HP representative. |
