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Enterprise Technologies and the Value Chain Unit 5 Assignment Kaplan University GB570: Managing the Value Chain Professor John Craddock

ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE VALUE CHAIN Enterprise Technologies and the Value Chain Businesses today move at an incredibly fast pace compared to just 20 years ago. The

pace that businesses move on today is driven by the technology advancements that have brought improvements to each part of a companys value chain. Now, customers have higher expectations since technology has given companies the chance to respond to the needs of customers at a faster rate than before. For companies Monitoring customer responses and changes in partner capabilities and expectations enables a competitive advantage position to be established and maintained (Walters, 2007). In order for a company to be successful all employees involved with that company need to know a portion IT and understand that IT is the backbone for most organizational units, making every leader as well as the senior managers be responsible for its helpfulness (Clam, 2011). Today, everything is mobile, connected, interactive, immediate and fluid. To gain competitive or service advantage in the face of new customer and constituent behavior patterns requires technology be at the very forefront of enterprise innovation and growth (Hewlett Packard Development Co, 2011). Enterprise Technology HPs Instant-On Enterprise Solutions Suite is an example of an enterprise technology. HPs Instant-on Enterprise combines a suite of solutions for networking that can seamlessly connect aspects of the companys value chain. The information has become more complex than in previous years. Joining the trends driven by social media, risk management, big data as well as the cloud and mobility can provide challenges and other opportunities. Companies use technology to be able to understand several different types of information that will gain intuition, ideas and insight in order to make better decisions. Companies through the Instant-On Enterprise Solutions can achieve this ability.

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The Instant-On Enterprise is a flexible, nimble enterprise that can tailor service delivery to the particular task, allowing users with the top methods of delivery for their enterprise needs. Instant-On includes solutions for converged infrastructure, security, application transformation, information optimization, and cloud computing and hybrid delivery. HPs Instant-On Enterprise solutions come from companies that have a proven track record as being innovative and partner with clients to create solutions that grow with the business and adjust to its needs. Support of Value Chain Management HPs Instant-On Enterprise solution assures that companies are able to advantage of the future needs of its business. Gillai (2012) describes the five trends of future networking including consumerization of IT, mobility, cloud computing, globalization meets centralizations and pace of change. The modern office not limited to geographic location because of the ease that the internet brings for the connectivity. Companies are always connected through countless of mobile devices that allow companies to send and receive information when and where it is needed. Since the implementation of cloud computing, companies have access to applications on more secure networks that cost less to run. This also allows transmitting data instantly. HP designed a credit card system for an Asia-Pacific-based bank and HPs Instant-On Enterprise solutions was able to help the bank gain the capability of technology to support huge customer incentive programs helped the bank gain the technological capability to support major customer incentive programs. This occurred while helping the bank double the number of credit cards it was able to process daily. The client is now able to authorize transactions in real time, increase the total credit card volume by more than 600 percent as well as drastically reduce risky transactions (Hewlett Packard Development Co, 2011). Assessment of Enterprise Technology

ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE VALUE CHAIN A company that is able to process 600% more transactions has an immeasurable value.

HPs Instant-On Enterprise solution has changes the way that companies do business. Helping to decrease time between cards being processed has allowed companies to crease a more competitive advantage over other companies. HP breaks through traditional, firm IT silos with a united infrastructure precisely engineered to drive out cost as well as provide the basis for swift service delivery. It can integrate the storage, the server, networking and management resources to help deliver the data center. Some benefits will include better productivity to minutes from weeks, two times higher utilization infrastructure capacity and up to three times reclaimed facility energy capacity. Conclusion Trends driven by big data, risk management, social media, mobility and cloud can present discouraging challenges as well as new opportunities. Companies use technology to have an understanding of different types of information, which will allow them to gain insight. Ideas and intuition in order to make better decisions. The leaders of tomorrow will be the companies that are able to leverage technology in order to capitalize on the changing customer service expectations rather than simply adapting. HPs Instant-On Enterprise product is the solution for technology leaders to understand the needs of the company in the present and the future. .

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