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    HPs Channel Plan: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

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    Elliot Markowitz
    Published May 13, 2005
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      I am a big believer in companies having unified messages to their channel partners and end-user customers alike.

      Mixed signals from different parts of an organization breed contempt and confusion. And all good intentions can wash straight down the sewer if a company is sending different messages to its VAR base.

      This, in my view, has to come from the top of the food chain in any organization. The CEO must set the agenda, tone and strategy, and put in place safeguards to make sure each division sticks to its knitting.

      Enter new HP President and CEO Mark Hurd, of NCR fame.

      As previously noted by Channel Insider columnists, Hurd needs to build a relationship with HPs channel partners—and fast.

      Partners need to know where he stands and what his channel religion, for lack of a better word, really is.

      Wall Street may be happy it got an NCR gem, but that doesnt necessarily translate to channel comfort.

      Keep in mind, Hurd comes from an organization that favors the direct sales approach over the channel. Well see if this leopard changes its spots.

      HP and Hurd have to be channel-friendly, even overly supportive, to win over the trust of solution providers. And so far I dont see it.

      Every move HP makes in the coming year and every speech Hurd gives is going to be over-scrutinized. Fair or not, thats just the way it is.

      The recent changes to HPs PartnerOne channel program came less than two months after Hurd took the wheel, but he was navigating the ship at the time, so as far as I am concerned, it is on his watch.

      Its like a relief pitcher taking the mound with a man on first and giving up a double.

      He may not be charged with the run, but we all know if he just got the batter out, the run wouldnt have scored.

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      Elliot Markowitz
      Elliot Markowitz
      Elliot Markowitz is Editorial Director of Ziff Davis Media eSeminars responsible for the editorial content of all eSeminars. Markowitz is a 14-year publishing veteran and was previously Editor-in-Chief of CRM Magazine and the destinationCRM.com website and related live events. Before CRM Magazine, he was Business Editor at TechTV, responsible for helping to manage the TV station's website as well as conducting live on-air interviews with key industry executives.Markowitz also spent 11 years with CMP Media's award-winning weekly newspaper Computer Reseller News (CRN), where he held many key editorial positions including News Editor, Business Editor, and Senior Executive Editor. In 1999 he was named Editor of CRN, responsible for the entire editorial operation of the newspaper and in charge of coordinating its redesign and re-launch in June 2000. While at CRN, Markowitz initiated many key alliances including the Industry Hall of Fame event in Las Vegas and the annual CRN/Raymond James Conference. Early in his career Markowitz was a news reporter on Long Island for the Massapequa Post.He holds a B.A. in journalism from Hofstra University and is a graduate of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course.

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