HP World 2014: HP innovation accelerates new style of IT in South Africa

HP today announced its premiere customer and partner event in South Africa, HP World 2014, giving organisations the opportunity to hear from industry thought leaders, attend interactive sessions, participate in specialised training, and network with peers and HP executives.

The HP World event involves over 1 400 participants, and focuses on the shift in the South African technology market including big data, cloud, mobility and security that have added new challenges for CIOs to meet client, partner and employee expectations, while aligning IT and enterprise goals. These shifts require a new style of IT that offers deep integration of solutions to help organisations achieve simplicity, agility, speed and lower costs while improving people's lives.

"HP World South Africa gives us an exciting opportunity to bring together our customers and partners to hear about HP's vision and strategy for their success in the new era of computing," said Frank van Rees, managing director, HP South Africa. "This is an opportunity that shouldn't be missed - we will demonstrate, once again, that only HP converts its deep culture of innovation into powerful solutions and services that help organisations and consumers embrace the tremendous opportunities of the New Style of IT.'

The new style of IT, which HP sees as a transformational shift bridging the consumer and enterprise experience, has almost unprecedented reach and impact in South Africa. Every generation has had an industry that changed the fabric of society, and over the last 40 years, IT has been that defining industry. It has changed not just business processes and personal productivity, but the very way people communicate and collaborate.

For customers, while this new style of IT promises great opportunity, it also comes with great challenge. Customers are looking for help from trusted advisors to understand how they navigate this brave new world. They need comprehensive solutions that solve their toughest business problems, not just a set of disparate IT assets.

HP believes innovation is critical to providing customers with the solutions they need in this era. Solving tough, complex problems demands fresh thinking and diverse perspectives. HP's strategy is to bring together wide-ranging experts across borders, industries, and institutions, collaborating to explore the root causes of key challenges and pioneer solutions that can be scaled in South Africa and globally.

At the event HP will share new technology solutions across cloud, mobility and security that have the power to revolutionise how businesses operate and strengthen communities in South Africa.

HP World official sponsor: Intel
Diamond sponsors: Global Micro and Telkom
Platinum sponsors: Aptronics, Datacentrix and VMware
Gold Sponsors: Dimension Data, First Technology, Gijima, Microsoft and SORTIT
Silver Sponsors: Cornastone, EOH and Maxtec