HP Specialists

Why choose an HP PartnerOne Specialist?

HP Specialisations have been developed to help customers find PartnerOne Partners with the highest level of expertise in specific solution areas.

HP Specialisations enable partners to develop and showcase skills in HP products, solutions and services.

Discover more information on each specialisation.

• HP Personal Computing Specialist

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    What makes an HP Personal Computing Specialist so special?

    HP Personal Computing Specialists sell and deliver the most compelling and high-performing solutions, based on the HP desktops, notebooks, accessories and services that best fit their customers’ requirements.

• HP Workstations Specialist

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    What makes an HP Workstations Specialist so special?

    You rely on your workstation to power multiple complex applications and you need to be certain that a given workstation will be able to deliver the performance and stability you need to run your vital applications.

    An HP Workstations Specialist has the expertise to help you choose the right hardware and has the relationship with Independent Software Vendors to provide a complete solution for your specific environment.

• HP Client Virtualization Specialist

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    What makes an HP Client Virtualization Specialist so special?

    Through virtualisation, people, processes and technology work together more efficiently to meet increased service levels. Since resources can be allocated dynamically across your organisation’s applications and processes, chronic over-provisioning is eliminated and your entire IT infrastructure is simplified.

    Client Virtualization help your organisation transform it's IT environment to an adaptive infrastructure that enables automated 24x7 lights-out computing.

• HP Retail Solutions Specialist

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    What makes a Retail Solutions Specialist so special?

    Track customers sales to improve loyalty
    I identify sales trends while reducing paper work
    Install a streamlined reporting system to easily manage inventory and re-ordering, reduce theft and pricing mistakes
    Speed up transaction process to serve more customers quicker.

• HP Imaging and Printing Specialist

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    What makes an Imaging and Printing Specialist so special?

    The more the world becomes digitised, the more business customers rely on a specific type of partner to bring the art of printing to life. HP Print Specialists deliver a niche expertise of the hardware, software, accessories and supplies that enable truly amazing print materials for their customers – and display a lucrative set of knowledge in an otherwise digital marketplace.

• HP Storage Media Specialist

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    What makes a Storage Media Specialist so special?

    Your customers operate in an increasingly data-driven world. They need a partner who can provide them with solutions for not only managing, but optimising the data they collect. HP Storage Media Specialists have the unique knowledge to enable their customers to develop faster backup speeds, handle larger data capacity and lower the total cost of ownership using HP’s storage media portfolio.

• HP Managed Print Specialist

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    What makes a Managed Print Specialist so special?

    An HP Managed Print Specialist is familiar with the Partner Managed Print Services program and the contractual services that HP is providing.
    The Specialist can sell a Partner-led Pay-per-Use solution with HP’s support and his own metering and billing solutions.
    Alternatively, the Specialist can sell an HP-led Pay-per-Use solution, Smart Printing Solutions, where HP owns the contract, provides the cost-per-page metering and invoicing infrastructure.

    Specialists are experts in printer fleet management and trained to optimise the customer’s printer fleet. They sell HP's Care Pack service portfolio for focus programs or enhance their own services with HP's Partner Managed Print Services or Pay-per-Use Solution.

• HP Document Solutions Specialist

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    What makes a Document Solutions Specialist so special?

    An HP Document Solutions Specialist is an expert in document solutions to address his customers’ print management, security and workflow needs.

    The Specialist has a strategic partnership with HP, by investing in a solutions-selling, sales force and support infrastructure the Document Management Specialist can provide best-in-class pre- and post-sales services to his customer base.

• HP Supplies Specialist

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    What makes a Supplies Specialist so special?

    An HP Supplies Specialist knows all about Original HP supplies and their value proposition to customers.

• HP Designjet Specialist

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    previously known as Designjet Value Specialist

    What makes a Designjet Specialist so special?

    Specifications, workflows, software, applications—HP Designjet Specialists have the expertise in everything to do with large-format printing. Whether they are advising architects, engineers, copy shops, repro houses, photo professionals or graphic designers, they are able to recommend the best solution.

• HP Designjet Production Specialist

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    What makes a Designjet Production Specialist so special?

    Creating spectacular materials is a game of millimetres. Whether your customers are architects, engineers, copy shops, repro houses, photo professionals or graphic designers, help them produce in the best quality imaginable through a portfolio of innovative printing tools.

    As an HP Designjet Production Specialist, you have the expertise and increased knowledge to recommend the best-suited-large-format printing solutions for your customers – including specifications, workflows, software and applications specifically designed for the production of a wide range of professional materials.

• HP Signage Specialist

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    What makes a Signage Specialist so special?

    An HP Large Format Signage Specialist has the expertise in everything to do with printing of large-format signage and display: printing applications from digital fine art, photo portraits, and point-of-purchase advertising to indoor/outdoor signage, exhibitions, and custom décor for office or home. Applications, workflows, colour management, print for pay business models … digital signage and display can make all the difference to your customer’s business. You will be able to recommend the best solution to fit your customer’s application needs, workflow requirements and business model - help your customers to show the best signage solutions that drive their sales, as well as your bottom line.

    Applications, workflows, colour management, print for pay business models … an HP Signage Specialist has the expertise on everything to do with printing of large format signage applications. From graphics services offices and digital print shops, to sign shops, he will be able to recommend the best solution to fit your application needs, workflow requirements and business model fit.
    HP Large Format Signage Specialists are true large format signage applications and printing equipment specialists across HP Designjet and HP Scitex solutions.

• HP Professional Computing Specialist

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    What makes an HP Professional Computing Specialist so special?

    HP Professional Computing Specialists acquire skills and get HP's support to sell the full HP enterprise servers, storage and networking portfolio and help small and mid-size organizations to optimize their business, via the latest information technologies and innovative products.

    Features, functionality, compatibility, licensing – their certified skills and knowledge in these areas are at your service.

    Working with a HP Professional Computing Specialist will get your precise business needs, and will be implemented faster so you can reap the benefits of your IT investments sooner.

• HP Advanced Computing Specialist

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    What makes an HP Advanced Computing Specialist so special?

    HP Advanced Computing Specialists gain profound knowledge and expertise in HP enterprise technology to provide strategies and solutions that meet the specific needs of large and enterprise organizations, with the sustained support of HP.

    Features, functionality, compatibility, licensing – the highest levels of certification, skills and knowledge in these areas are at your service.

• HP Professional Storage Specialist

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    What makes an HP Professional Storage Specialist so special?

    HP Professional Storage Specialists are able to deliver storage and data consolidation, virtualization, application modernisation and business protection solutions to support small and mid-sized organizations to optimise their business.

• HP Advanced Storage Specialist

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    What makes an HP Advanced Storage Specialist so special?

    An HP Advanced Storage Specialist delivers sophisticated storage solutions which solve customer business needs such as information lifecycle management, IT consolidation and business continuity and availability. Collaborate with enterprises to craft a storage strategy that manages, protects and optimises data, enabling the business to grow and adapt to change.

• HP Registered Networking Specialist

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    What makes an HP Registered Networking Specialist so special?

    HP Registered Networking Specialists offer customers a choice of secure, affordable and scalable network solutions, they typically focus on selling solutions to the SMB market.

• HP Professional Networking Specialist

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    What makes an HP Professional Networking Specialist so special?

    HP Professional Networking Specialists deliver, manage and support secure, wired and wireless networking infrastructure solutions.

• HP Advanced Networking Specialist

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    What makes an HP Advanced Networking Specialist so special?

    HP Advanced Networking Specialists sell, deliver, manage and support complex, end-to-end secure networking and data centre solutions and have the expertise and skills in designing, deploying solutions and services spanning the networking lifecycle. They typically have a deep knowledge of corporate networks and requirements.

• HP Converged Infrastructure Specialist

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    What makes an HP Converged Infrastructure Specialist so special?

    They can help manage and transform your IT environment. They stand out from the crowd when it comes to certified expertise in HP enterprise solutions and business-critical applications. A Converged Infrastructure Specialist offers the broadest portfolio of end-to-end solutions and services to help you manage and transform your IT environment.

    You can rely on a HP Converged Infrastructure Specialist to build a complete infrastructure and business processes that perform today and easily accommodate tomorrow’s changes.

• HP Cloud Builder Specialist

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    What makes an HP Cloud Builder Specialist so special?

    Customers need to be able to transition virtualised environments to automated cloud environments and define management solutions for secured service delivery, using advanced lifecycle management best practices and technologies. HP Cloud Builder Specialists showcase, design, implement and maintain HP cloud computing solutions and services. You’ll be recognised and rewarded for providing best-in-class cloud management solutions and services.

    Partners can choose to qualify for the HP Cloud Builder Specialisation via Enterprise hardware or IT Performance Suite software routes. Those entering through the Enterprise hardware route build on the foundation of the HP Converged Infrastructure and cloud building blocks such as HP servers, storage, networking, facilities, virtualisation technology and security, whereas those entering via the IT Performance Suite route build on software expertise to help their customers increase scalability and cost-effectiveness by virtualising their software and application needs.

• HP Software Security Specialist

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    What makes an HP Software Security Specialist so special?

    HP Software Security Specialists provide the highest expertise to sell and deliver Fortify Security Centre products and solutions to enable organizations to design, develop and deploy applications securely.

• HP Information Security Specialist

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    What makes an HP Information Security Specialist so special?

    HP Information Security Specialists provide the highest expertise to sell and deliver ArcSight Security Intelligence products and solutions to monitor and ensure security of applications and infrastructure

• HP Operational Security Specialist

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    What makes an HP Operational Security Specialist so special?

    HP Operational Security Specialists provide the highest expertise to sell and deliver Tipping Point network security products and solutions to seamlessly secure applications and networks.

• HP Enterprise Security Specialist

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    What makes an HP Enterprise Security Specialist so special?

    HP Enterprise Security Specialists help customers take a proactive approach to integrating security correlation, deep application security analysis, and network-level defence by leveraging our best-of-breed range of information security services based on market-leading products from ArcSight, Fortify, and TippingPoint.

• HP Application Software Specialist

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    What makes an HP Application Software Specialist so special?

    An HP Application Software Specialist provides best-in-class application lifecycle management solutions and services. These partners excel in helping customers transform and modernise their business applications by leveraging HP Application Lifecycle Management solutions.

• HP IT Operations Software Specialist

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    What makes an HP IT Operations Software Specialist so special?

    An HP IT Operations Software Specialist provides best-in-class IT management solutions and services. These partners help customers to unify, simplify and automate IT management by leveraging HP IT Operations solutions.

• HP IT Performance Suite Software Specialist

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    What makes an HP IT Performance Suite Software Specialist so special?

    HP IT Performance Suite Software Specialists not only help customers to transform their applications and automate the management of their IT infrastructure, but they leverage key performance indicators across the IT Performance suite to help IT executives perform better. These Specialists guide customers on their journey to a performance-driven culture by leveraging the HP IT Executive Scorecard and related solutions.

• HP ServiceOne Specialist

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    What makes an HP ServiceOne Specialist so special?

    HP ServiceOne Specialists are qualified to plan and deliver even the most ambitious projects spanning the entire IT solution lifecycle. Every HP ServiceOne Specialist enjoys HP’s full backing and support and offers the kind of experts you need on your side to succeed in today’s rapidly changing environment.

    When you choose an accredited HP ServiceOne Specialist , you can feel confident that your project will be delivered on time and on budget: ServiceOne Specialists can rapidly assess and implement new technologies, and offer proactive support options to optimize system-wide performance and improve business results.

    HP ServiceOne Specialist are staffed by HP-certified sales professionals who have gone through HP’s rigorous ExpertOne learning program. HP ExpertOne career certifications provide a broad and deep understanding of open technology standards and multivendor environments, as well as of HP’s product portfolio.

    They have full, ready access to HP’s extensive technical resources and act as a single point for contact for complex solutions involving HP equipment, software, and services.

    For more information, please visit www.hp.com/services/ServiceOne.

• HP ServiceOne Expert

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    What makes an HP ServiceOne Expert so special?

    HP ServiceOne Expert partners are qualified to plan and deliver even the most ambitious projects spanning the entire IT solution lifecycle, and can plan and deploy a wide range of solutions, from basic break-fix services to more extensive cloud and virtualization projects.

    HP ServiceOne Expert partners can rapidly assess and implement new technologies like cloud or virtualization, and offer proactive support options to optimize system-wide performance and improve business results, and service level guarantees backed by HP.

    HP ServiceOne Expert partners are staffed by HP-certified engineers and sales professionals who have gone through HP’s rigorous ExpertOne learning program, and can thus provide top-notch engineers with a broad and deep understanding of HP’s product portfolio, exceptional support services backed by highly qualified staff with career certifications, and custom multiproduct solutions to meet your unique business needs.

    HP ServiceOne Expert partners are not just your partners in name. They also work closely with HP to address technology challenges and solve critical integration issues for their customers. When you choose an HP ServiceOne Expert partner, you can feel confident that they have full, ready access to HP’s industry-leading technology experts worldwide, and the ability to harness those resources for you.

    For more information, please visit www.hp.com/services/ServiceOne