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Smooth travels: HPE gives insight on how to transform digitally while navigating common pitfalls

Digital transformations are inevitable today, with all companies — regardless of scale — facing the challenging decision of choosing the best possible solution to fit their needs.

Even before COVID, digital transformation was in the gameplan, requiring strategies, time and resources. Almost half of all digital transformations fail, according to Pradeep Kumar (pictured), senior vice president and general manager for HPE Pointnext at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.. And HPE is working to lower that number.

“There was a Boston Consulting Group study done on over 3,000 customers over three years around the world, and 57% of the transformations failed,” Kumar said. “They either didn’t meet the goal, spent more money than they should have, or they overshot the timing.”

Kumar spoke with theCUBE industry analysts Dave Vellante and John Furrier at the recent HPE Discover event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed the main reasons digital transformations fail, how to have a successful transformation, key drivers behind digital acceleration and more. (* Disclosure below.)

Where businesses went wrong

In the past years, Kumar identified three different areas where businesses tend to fail on their digital transformation journey. One, he said, is the lack of executive commitment. The second is the alignment between transformation solutions, the business and the function. If all departments aren’t in agreement on goals and timelines, then the transformation won’t work. The third, he said, is expertise.

“People underestimate the expertise. You need the discipline and need to get stuff done,” he explained.  “They’re all people-related.”

A big role tech leaders can play in data transformation is to provide self-service infrastructure, Kumar added. Another progressive effort that can ease transformation is automated governance and security so that when data is shared, it’s going to the correct place.

“Everything is going to be digitalized. Everything’s going to be automated,” Kumar concluded.

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the HPE Discover event:

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for HPE Discover. Neither Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., the sponsor of theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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