Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE), opened up day two of HPE Discover 2015 London by reviewing the company’s four transformation areas:

• Transforming to a hybrid infrastructure
• Empowering a data-driven organization
• Protecting the digital enterprise
• Enabling workplace productivity

Day two would cover empowering a data-driven organization and protecting the digital enterprise.

Transforming the entertainment industry

During the keynote, Whitman introduced technology partner Jim Gianopulos, chairman and chief executive officer of 20^th Century Fox. He is the longest-serving studio chairman and has had the privilege of working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, such as James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee, to name a few, according to Whitman.

Gianopulos began by discussing the impact of technology during his career. “Perhaps one of the most profound aspects of my career is being able to see over the years how much technology has transformed our industry,” he said. “We find that we always have to push the boundaries and limits of technology and innovation to continue to create amazing storytelling.”

Technology has been a driving force behind some of the greatest movies ever made, and according to Gianopulos, “For great filmmakers and storytellers it’s been transformative. There’s no longer any limitation on their imagination and creativity, and they can project their most creative inner vision onto the screen for the rest of us to experience.”

He discussed how the movie Avatar was just a story that Cameron wrote in 1995, without a way to execute it. He also noted how the Life of Pi presented challenges when trying to put a boy in a boat with a tiger. Today the studios can make films that weren’t feasible until tech caught up.

Elaborating on the studio’s partnership with HPE, he said, “HP consumer analytics allow the studio to follow the consumer from movie to movie and stay engaged.” He also talked about how HPE private cloud has enabled Fox to meet the challenges of maintaining intellectual property throughout its global distribution network.

When Whitman asked Gianopulos why the studio chose HPE, he stated, “We trust you to get the job done, and you always have. We needed a partner to help us transform.”

Defining the function of Big Data

Robert Youngjohns, executive VP and GM for HP Software at HPE, spoke next about how to empower a data-driven organization. “What’s going to define the disrupters of the future is their ability to use data and use it effectively within their organization,” he said.

Youngjohns said so far the industry is not doing a good job. Citing statistics that report a 10 to 15 percent return on data investments, he believes that the HPE platform can create a complete data-driven enterprise. He pointed to three areas the HPE is trying to improve for its customers: Discovering the value of data, building out the right data-centric foundation and delivering superior business outcomes from Big Data.

Youngjohns also described three types of data and the value HPE brings in delivering usable business outcomes.

Business, machine and human data

According to Youngjohns, this is the information you have that is continually growing and there is a need to derive business intelligence from this data that produces value. He explained how HPE can help accelerate the tools companies are already using.

“Machine data is structured information flowing out of sensors and all the stuff coming out of the IoT,” Youngjohns said. As standalone records, the information is not interesting, but machine data offers insight into trends and helps to create useful business outcomes. Youngjohns believes that in order to achieve success in the enterprise, it is necessary to build infrastructure to support IoT.

Lastly, Youngjohns described human data as the voice, video and images that provide insight and allows you to take action. He stated that by monitoring the pattern of communication, companies could detect fraud and customer engagement. The HPE vision for a data-driven organization is to build a business upwards through data, and it will help organizations disrupt industry.

Security: HPE’s best kept secret

Mike Nefkens, executive VP and GM for enterprise services at HPE, provided information on the biggest problem facing the enterprise today, security.

Nefkens laid out the HPE facts by saying the company has over 5,000 security professionals, 42 business continuity and recovery centers, and 10 security operation centers. He also talked about the products and partnerships available to customers.

HPE offers security services for nine out of 10 major banks and top software companies, 10 out of 10 top telecoms and all major branches of the US Department of Defense. One of many examples he pointed out was the security stats for the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, which receives 26 million threats monthly and 231 unauthorized intrusion attempts.

Cybersecurity challenges

What are the challenges for the enterprise? Nefkens sees increasingly sophisticated attacks, cost and complexity of regulatory pressures and the rapid transformation of enterprise IT as the leading issues. “There has been an erosion of the traditional perimeter,” Nefkens said. “It’s no longer about keeping the bad guy out.” He explained that firewalls do not work and that security vulnerabilities have increased 10 times with the migration to mobile.

On average, the median number of days attackers are present before detection is 205, and once detected it takes 46 days to remove an attacker. Nefkens remarked that this is an increase of 14 days in 2 years. Moreover, downtime in a data center costs a company on average $7,900 cost per minute, almost half a million dollars per hour.

The solution

According to Nefkens, HPE’s goal is to help customers go from a defensive position to and offensive position through digital resilience. “Digital resilience requires integration across business processes and IT environments,” he said.

HPE has identified three areas its security solutions cover. Protection, detection, and response and recovery solutions not only identify risks and secure data, but they offer 24/7/365 monitoring and quick recovery.

The scorecard

Nefkens likes scorecards, and he described the success of HPE security by the numbers. “It took 11.8 minutes to detect intrusion, and 92 percent of major incidents resolved within 2 hours,” he said. The numbers add up to reducing risk exposure and avoiding noncompliance fines.

Watch the full keynote event below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of HPE Discover 2015 — London. Join in on the conversation by CrowdChatting live with theCUBE hosts during the event.

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