Hewlett-Packard is asking its worldwide network of 154,000 channel partners to complete a regulatory fulfilment guidance program by 31st October or possibly lose their partner status. Recently HP notified a few partners based in the US by means of a faxed letter that describes the compulsory requirement and a fee of $120 that is only payable by credit card.
The delivery method, along with the credit card only terms, began a bit of an uproar among the solution providers. Some of them said they believed the faxes they received were a hoax. However, it is not scam. HP is actually demanding that partners register for the program, complete a short fulfilment training module with a 3rd party contractor, review and agree to HP’s Partner Code of Conduct and complete a questionnaire to measure compliance risk.
HP partner Software To Go president, Joe Balsarotti, said that the ASCII Group’s online discussion was buzzing with irritated HP resellers as the faxes announced the compliance program started arriving over the past month.
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