Meeting the Net challenge

At the same time, the pace of business change has accelerated, as business ecosystems and supply chains grow wider in an environment that's constantly reshaped by mergers and acquisitions.

HP, just like any other large company, faces similar challenges as we look to create a more agile, secure corporate network that helps us to achieve our business goals and enable more adaptability in the enterprise. Our solution? The HP Adaptive Network Architecture.

Part of HP's overall adaptive enterprise strategy, our Adaptive Network Architecture provides for a flexible, responsive network - one that can keep pace with fast-changing business environments.

Tested and proven over three years of successful worldwide implementation on HP internal networks, the Adaptive Network Architecture leverages existing infrastructure and integrates it with next-generation networking technologies.

The architecture essentially restructures the network into business-oriented, logical compartments that are based around information needs rather than physical characteristics. Services and applications are available to users virtually anytime and anywhere, as these compartments are extended regardless of location and supported by centralized policy management.

The result is a simple and sustainable network model that enables an adaptive enterprise, allowing us to better manage and quickly capitalize on change.

Four agility design principles in action - designed by HP - with patents pending, the Adaptive Network Architecture exemplifies the four agility design principles of an adaptive enterprise:

1. Simplification

The Adaptive Network Architecture is a logical network architecture based on information needs rather than geographic or topological location. This helps generate stronger alignment and faster reaction to business demands.

2. Standardization

The Adaptive Network Architecture centralizes the definition and management of enterprise-wide network policies, enabling dynamic reconfiguration and consistent deployment throughout the enterprise.

3. Modularity

The Adaptive Network Architecture enables dynamic provisioning and reconfiguration of the architecture elements into compartments that can be extended to any number of physical locations. These geographically distributed network compartments group together systems or applications with similar needs.

4. Integration

The Adaptive Network Architecture provides pre-defined environments for integration and easy addition of new partners, applications, services, or devices. Network policies include integration rules for inter-compartment interactions.

In recent months, HP has deployed the Adaptive Network Architecture to help solve real business problems in vital areas such as supply chain, R&D, and mergers and divestitures. Sounds familiar?

Chances are good that your organization is experiencing many of the same accelerating business problems as you aim to:

- Give partners, customers, and suppliers safe, rapid access to your business environment.

- Bring new processes and new business models to life in a timely manner.

- Integrate or split the network to support organizational changes, such as mergers, acquisition, divestitures, or corporate reorganizations.

Depending on your specific scenario, the Adaptive Network Architecture can provide your organization with an agile network architecture to help:

- Accommodate change quickly and easily.

- Reduce setup and administration costs.

- Deliver enhanced security and global enforcement.

After the deployment of the Adaptive Network Architecture, you'll witness a more robust and durable network architecture that provides immediate gains in flexibility for handling today's challenges, while helping to deliver cost containment and savings in the long run. Our own experiences with Adaptive Network Architecture are a testament to this reality.

As part of our Adaptive Network Architecture Services, HP can help you implement a complete end-to-end business solution incorporating the Adaptive Network Architecture - from an initial assessment to design, architecture, deployment, management, and support.

Our skilled and experienced network consultants and engineers are well prepared to help you use this simplified, modular approach to network architecture to enable a more adaptive enterprise.