Building a business case for HP Z Workstations. How HP Z Workstations and Solutions meet the demanding requirements of the financial sector.

Keeping pace as the financial services industry evolves The financial services landscape is complex, and the industry is increasingly reliant on data, compliance, and client-centric strategies to thrive. It’s also becoming more challenging as workflows and opportunities with AI evolve.

How can advanced computing support those needs? Read on for details about why HP Z Workstations and Solutions powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO™ GPUs are ideal for power users in financial services organizations—and how to communicate that to your team.

Top tech challenges in financial services Finance organizations today need to adhere to stringent compliance requirements, handle high volumes of sensitive data, and make strategic decisions in real time—all while staying highly secure. That’s no small task when it comes to selecting devices.

And the impacts of using inadequate technology are high, including risks of non-compliance, catastrophic errors, and client dissatisfaction.

Other common challenges include:

• Increasing rate of AI-powered cyberthreats and data breaches putting sensitive financial information at risk.

• Siloed systems and legacy infrastructure hindering efficiency and collaboration.

• Maintaining productivity while ensuring robust security and compliance frameworks.

• Misconceptions about existing security measures and lack of cybersecurity expertise leading to vulnerabilities across the organization.

• Regular shifts in compliance requiring companies to have adaptable capabilities to navigate changing market dynamics.

• Accelerated penalties for compliance violations and customer dissatisfaction due to non-centralized data views.

• Customer dissatisfaction due to a growing need to deliver hyper-personalized and frictionless experiences.

• Complex cloud pricing models, including data transfer and storage, make it difficult for institutions to forecast expenses.

$6.08M is the average cost of a data breach in financial services1

Key benefits of HP Z Workstations for financial services Security and compliance

Harnessing the power of NVIDIA RTX PRO™ Blackwell Generation GPUs, HP Z workstations can accelerate the most complex compute tasks on thousands of GPU cores, freeing CPUs for other workloads. Built for AI development, these RTX PRO accelerated workstations are powerful enough to run risk simulations, fraud detection, and AI assistants simultaneously on the same workstation—while analysts keep working across multiple applications and high-resolution displays.

Productivity

Financial institutions can be masters of their own AI destiny with the HP ZGX Nano AI Station accelerated by the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip and the NVIDIA AI software stack for AI development on-prem or in colocation. Now banks, insurers, and asset managers can build sovereign AI factories with supercomputer-class performance under their own security, compliance, and data residency controls.

Scalability and adaptability

NVIDIA Professional Solutions for AI let banks, insurers, asset managers, and fintechs bring AI development in-house with data center-class performance and full control. From front-office quants to fraud teams and model risk, HP Z powered by NVIDIA helps institutions iterate faster, reduce losses, and deliver differentiated customer experiences.

Flexibility

HP Z offers seamless integration with both on-premises and cloud computing environments, so users can work on data models and large files locally. It helps teams better control cloud costs without sacrificing momentum on compute-intensive projects. While HP Z Workstations deliver the local compute power your power users need, HP Z Boost enables your team to access company-owned GPUs for accelerated AI development cycles.

Before starting your business case • Define your goals. Identify what you aim to achieve with HP Z Workstations,

such as increased productivity, minimizing downtime, and improving employee fulfillment.

• Assemble a core team. Collaborating with a small team of 3–4 key influencers can help strengthen your business case. Consider those who will use the technology and those involved in purchasing decisions. This approach can help identify how HP Z Workstations address multiple business challenges across the organization.

Writing your business case • Start with an executive summary. Make it sharp and compelling since this is

what stakeholders will read first.

• Define the problem statement. Specify the pain points you aim to solve that led you to explore HP Z Workstations. Use data, trends, or real examples to show why these problems need attention and how they impact the entire organization. Pain points might include:

• Legacy technology infrastructure. High maintenance costs and limited ability to innovate or integrate new technologies.

• Evolving customer expectations. Fragmented data and siloed systems hinder a unified customer view.

• Regulatory compliance. A constantly shifting landscape increases complexity, costs, and resource demands.

• Cybersecurity threats. Potential exposure of sensitive data due to sophisticated, AI-driven attacks.

• Operation inefficiencies. Manual processes, bottlenecks, and wasted resources slow productivity.

• Cloud pricing models. Complex pricing models and forecasting challenges.

• Propose the solution. Introduce HP Z Workstations as a strategic solution tailored to address your organization’s challenges. As you are writing this section, consider the stakeholder priorities. Your priorities may be different from the stakeholders’ priorities, so it’s important for your case to include what matters most to them.

• Emphasize how HP Z Workstations and Solutions can contribute to business growth, customer satisfaction and innovation ROI, as well as reduce risk, enhance productivity, improve employee fulfilment and deliver measurable ROI.

How to build your business case for HP Z Workstations and Solutions Securing buy-in for new investment requires more than just a promising solution—it demands a compelling business case. You must clearly demonstrate value, align with organizational goals, and resonate with key stakeholders. Here is a breakdown of the three steps to take before, during, and after the presentation of your business case.

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• Share benefits and ROI. Deep dive into how HP Z Workstations meet a variety of business needs and contribute to company success for:

• Cybersecurity. HP Z provides hardware-enforced security, AI-powered threat detection and prevention, data protection and privacy, and overall system resilience and management.

• Workforce productivity. HP Z delivers reliable performance and professional software certification.

• Supporting high-powered workflows. Workstations are tailored to match specific work requirements and tasks, including data science, risk modeling, algorithmic trading research, fraud analytics and AI development.

• Cost savings. Built for demanding tasks with high-performance CPUs, GPUs, and large memory and storage capacity, these systems enable powerful local compute capabilities. This results in reduced reliance on costly cloud resources and subscriptions. Faster processing improves productivity and shortens task completion times, lowering ongoing operational costs and total cost of ownership.

• Innovation. HP Z enables teams to accelerate AI workflows and deliver faster results in AI development, helping address key business areas including maintaining a competitive edge.

• Future-proofing. In addition to being engineered for demanding tasks like AI workflows, HP Z Workstations are designed to be easily upgraded, allowing organizations to adapt to evolving technology demands.

• Regulation readiness. HP Z empowers teams to develop compliance- focused AI tools, such as risk assessments, regulatory change management, and internal audits.

• Detail the benefits. Write a few use cases to address how HP Z Workstations directly address your organization’s pain points.

• Cybersecurity. Fraud detection, risk management.

• Workforce productivity. Enhanced forecasting accuracy, streamlined lending services, AI-development accuracy.

• Supporting high-powered workflows. Risk modeling and assessment, process optimization and automation.

• Cost savings. Local compute, workstation energy efficiency, AI training and development locally.

• Innovation. Customer experience enhancements (e.g., chatbots), real-time market trend analysis, investment opportunities.

• Future-proofing. Emerging technologies including generative AI, edge AI, and hybrid computing.

• Regulation readiness. Risk assessments, regulatory change management, internal audits.

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• Demonstrate the benefits of choosing HP Z Workstations. Establish a baseline of current performance across different areas of business, such as financials, operations, and employee productivity, as well as social and environmental initiatives, and compare this to projected outcomes post- implementation to show tangible improvements.

• Outline risks and mitigation. Acknowledge potential challenges and explain how you’ll work to minimize them. These may include power user onboarding and training.

• Detail an implementation plan. Include a step-by-step road map for deploying HP Z, including timelines and who will be responsible for what.

• Provide a budget breakdown. Show a clear estimate of costs, from initial investment to ongoing expenses.

Concluding your business case • Summarize what was discussed.

• Problems that HP Z Workstations will help address, using key metrics to highlight urgency and business impact.

• Estimates/forecasts of the anticipated return on investment, including the value being derived from it, and how quickly that value will be realized.

• A reminder of the strategic impact of the solutions on the business from the perspective of all stakeholders.

• Define next steps. Include a timeline to ensure momentum.

Before sharing the completed business case with executives and decision-makers, review it with your team to ensure alignment, address any gaps, and prepare for questions.

Make the switch to advanced computing Financial services runs on AI. HP Z Workstations and Solutions, powered by NVIDIA, accelerates trading, risk, fraud, and customer intelligence so institutions can model more, decide faster, and deliver trusted, personalized experiences at scale. With HP Z Workstations balance high performance and innovation with the need to seamlessly manage security and compliance in finance.

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1. IBM, “Cost of a data breach 2024: Financial industry,” August 2024. https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/cost-of-a-data-breach-2024-financial-industry.

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