HP Inc. is relishing the challenge of continuing its trend of growth over the past several years, after a successful forum in Las Vegas.
The OEM “dragged [its PC and print markets] back into growth, according to its CEO Dion Weisler, and according to CRN, the new challenge “is to keep up the growth through continued innovation and execution in existing areas.” Alongside these objectives, emerging opportunities, such as the A3 printer market and the potential of 3D printing, must also be explored, according to executives speaking at last week’s Executive Forum in Las Vegas.
For Vice President, and General Manager for the Americas, Stephanie Dismore, the key is not celebrating the existing growth, but establishing “how we’re going to do it again – how we’re going to win together in the future.” She told an audience of 400 in Las Vegas that if the OEM gets the correct growth strategy in place, and if it can successfully collaborate with partners, “we are second to none. We are unbeatable.”
CRN also reported the satisfaction of the OEM’s partners at the Nevada event, with one attendee, NWN’s CEO Skip Tappen, declaring that “the latest release of products looks great.”
Tappen was also impressed with HP’s recent focus on security differentiators as a major focus in the PC and printer markets, such as Sure Start self-healing BIOS and the Sure View privacy screen. He opined that the OEM’s chiefs “have been talking about it for a while,” and added that now “it feels like it is starting to get traction.”
He also praised HP’s introduction of vertical solutions, and its development of a consistent platform between its A3 and A4 print devices, believing that particularly enterprise customers “will start to see the value of a consistent platform.”
Tappen, who called “the excitement and energy of the HP team” as a major highlight of working with the OEM, was not the only partner to sense an atmosphere of anticipation at the event. MCPc’s CEO, Andy Jones, also agreed that “HP is exciting again.”
“They’ve gone back to their engineering roots, and they’ve got a great new product strategy, and they seem to actually be having fun,” continued Jones. “You can’t fake fun.”
The OEM has seen four successive quarters of growth in both PC and printer segments, with the PC segment hitting five consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.
According to Weisler, the driving goal for HP in years to come is “about us creating the future together with our partners. That’s when we’re at our best. When we do it together with our partners, there’s no stopping us.”
