HP equips partners and customers with support to weather coronavirus pandemic

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has brought significant challenges for all industries and all levels of the supply chain but HP Inc. has announced several relief initiatives that are aimed to provide leasing and financing options for end customers as well as short-term, market and country specific initiatives for channel partners.

HP is also allowing for more flexibility while extending deadlines for submission for proof of performance for channel partners in view of the ongoing pandemic. In regards to short-term financing and asset lifecycle options, HP’s Integrated Financial Solutions group in partnership with finance partners HPEFS and DLL are offering deferred/reduced payments, short term rentals and cash infusions for customer-owned HP devices through a sale leaseback programme.

HP representatives showcasing the Dragonfly at a media and partner launch last year in 2019.

In order to address cash flow challenges, qualified customers can convert existing, owned workplace assets into a payment solution or acquire the technologies needed with reduced payments. Customers may also enjoy a delayed payment structure or sign up for a PC rental programme with contracts for a period up to a year after which said devices can be purchased, returned for an upgrade or have their lease extended.

Bearing in mind the increased security challenges for partners and customers who are now working from home, the brand is offering free webinars to help establish secure home offices and is offering their HP Sure Click Pro for free through September 30, 2020 to protect users from potential web, email and document-based security threats. This offer is available for both HP and non-HP Windows 10 PCs. 

“In a world turned upside down by coronavirus, the launch of these security solutions honestly couldn’t come at a better time,” said Patrick Moorhead, Moor Insights & Strategy. “More people than ever are being forced to work at home, and these off-network work devices must be as fully secured as they would be in the office. Even once things more or less return to business as usual, it’s a well-known fact that the workforce is becoming more mobile by the year.”