HP Innovation Journal Issue 08: Winter 2017 | Page 5

Dion Weisler, President and CEO of HP, giving his keynote at the HP Reinvent World Partner Forum 2017
T
wo years ago, HP and our partners
set out to create a new kind of tech-
nology company, with a mission to
engineer experiences that amaze, for ev-
eryone, everywhere. Our world is being
digitally transformed every day, and the
rate of change is happening at a stagger-
ing pace. As needs change, this presents
us with new opportunities aligned to our
strengths.
To accelerate into the future, every
business will need to transform their op-
erations — creating new business oppor-
tunities, new revenue streams and more
engaged customers.
Together, we’re opening a door to the
future. By understanding the digital trans-
formations shaping our future world, we
can determine where to invest today to help
our mutual customers anticipate and create
the solutions required for their customers.
The global Megatrends are not only trans-
forming the world, they’re also info rming
our strategy and innovation pipeline.
Rapid urbanization, an increasingly mo-
bile and changing workforce and acceler-
ated innovation are three of these large
trends shaping society, technology and,
ultimately, customer behavior.
Rapid urbanization is changing what we
buy, how we buy it, and how we consume
products and services. Dense populations
and constrained resources will drive expo-
nential growth in Everything as a Service
(see page 14), which offers the ability to
scale massively with minimal capital ex-
penditure. As people and businesses live
in smaller spaces, it’s less about owning a
resource, and more about having access
to it on an as-needed basis.
An increasingly mobile and changing
workforce will continue to drive demand
for the thinnest, most powerful devices
available and mobile access to computing,
printing, 3D printing, and related services.
The future
belongs to those
who believe in
harnessing the
tremendous
opportunity
today.
— Dion Weisler, President & CEO, HP
With more devices and more data will come
an increased volume of security risks. HP
continues to invest in not only making our
products and solutions more secure, but
in driving standards that push the entire
industry toward better, more proactive
defenses against a proliferating array of
threats.
The third driver of digital transforma-
tion is accelerated innovation. As we all
know in this business, the pace of change
is exponential, not linear. The rapid pace
of change we are experiencing today will
only accelerate moving forward. With tech-
nological advancements and the rise of
artificial intelligence (AI), everything we do
and experience is being driven by data and
predictive analytics. AI will unlock new busi-
ness models that will change the world, cre-
ating entirely new business outcomes and
value creation opportunities for partners.
For instance, a combination of AI and 3D
Printing enables generative design — where
algorithms create the best design and 3D
printing enables a world where manufac-
turing is complexity free.
Socio-economic, demographic and tech-
nological forces are dramatically shaping
our future, creating shifts on a scale the
world hasn’t seen in hundreds of years.
With the speed of digital change, custom-
ers are investing and adapting to the future
digital world to meet the needs of their
customers — but they cannot do it alone.
They need HP and the help of our partners.
The future belongs to those who be-
lieve in harnessing the tremendous op-
portunity today.
There has never been a better time to
be in this business than right now, and
there has never been a brighter future than
what’s ahead of us. 
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