Comments on: Memo to HP: Get In the Managed Services Game http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/10/09/memo-to-hp-get-in-the-managed-services-game/ Managed Services & Cloud Services Blog for VARs & MSPs Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Kilgore http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/10/09/memo-to-hp-get-in-the-managed-services-game/comment-page-1/#comment-27921 John Kilgore Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:54:08 +0000 http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/10/09/memo-to-hp-get-in-the-managed-services-game/#comment-27921 Maybe a better question would be "How many MSPs are vertically aligned with providing HP hardware?" Just because HP holds 4% more market share doesn't mean that it is the preferred system for the SMB. That 4% could be laptops sold at the likes of Best Buy. Could it be the Dell and IBM/Lenovo channel is just easier to navigate for MSP's? In my experience it has been. I'm curious as to what others feel. Maybe a better question would be “How many MSPs are vertically aligned with providing HP hardware?” Just because HP holds 4% more market share doesn’t mean that it is the preferred system for the SMB. That 4% could be laptops sold at the likes of Best Buy.

Could it be the Dell and IBM/Lenovo channel is just easier to navigate for MSP’s? In my experience it has been. I’m curious as to what others feel.

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