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In The Channel

Michelle Biase on what HP Canada learned from a year of seeding AI PCs to partners

July 22, 2026 Robert Dutt 0
Michelle Biase has been president and managing director of HP Canada for eighteen months. In that time, the company has grown its Canadian sales team by fifty percent, shifted to a unified One HP go-to-market model, and watched AI PC sales accelerate to nearly two-thirds of PC volume. In this episode, she sits down with In the Channel to talk about what partners actually did with early AI PC seeding units, how HP IQ is landing in the channel, the practical realities of memory-driven pricing volatility, and why partners should be paying more attention to the software and solutions layer.

In The Channel

Sustainability is now a procurement gating factor in Canada: HP’s Frances Edmonds on what that means for MSPs

May 5, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Sustainability is now a procurement gating factor in Canada: HP’s Frances Edmonds on what that means for MSPs
HP Canada’s Frances Edmonds has spent 30 years making the business case for sustainability. On this episode of In The Channel, she explains why Canadian MSPs and resellers are running out of time to treat it as optional.

In Case You Missed It

ICYMI: Cisco compute prices jump, AWS pays MSPs cash, and farewell to ICYMI

April 13, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on ICYMI: Cisco compute prices jump, AWS pays MSPs cash, and farewell to ICYMI
Cisco compute prices jump April 18 in a market-wide memory squeeze that some forecasters say could last until 2030. AWS begins paying MSPs direct cash for managed services – but requires revenue tagging in place by summer. Nutanix unveils a complete agentic AI platform as Toronto’s Arctiq wins the Americas Reseller Momentum Award. And ICYMI signs off as The Buzz prepares to launch April 20.

In Case You Missed It

ICYMI special: RSA Conference 2026, curated for the Canadian channel

March 26, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on ICYMI special: RSA Conference 2026, curated for the Canadian channel
A special midweek edition of In Case You Missed It, cutting through the RSA Conference 2026 noise to highlight what actually matters for Canadian IT channel partners. From the dominant agentic AI security theme to new partner revenue opportunities from Barracuda and Sectigo, here’s what you need to know.

May Ann Yule, president and CEO of HP Canada
Podcasts

New Year’s Podcast Series: HP Canada’s Mary Ann Yule and John Cammelleri

January 10, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: HP Canada’s Mary Ann Yule and John Cammelleri
Looking back on 2018, and looking ahead to 2018 with HP Canada president and CEO Mary Ann Yule and channel chief John Cammalleri

Alex Monino, head of marketing and go-to-market for 3D printing at HP
Printing and Imaging

HP sees lower-cost 3D printers expanding channel reach

May 31, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP sees lower-cost 3D printers expanding channel reach
HP’s newest 3D printers will be the impetus to expanding the small channel its built around the products, and could sew the seeds for a broader channel expansion in the future.

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Computers

HP’s immersive computing thinks beyond Sprout to business applications

May 30, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP’s immersive computing thinks beyond Sprout to business applications
How immersive computing and 3D printing made a footwear insole vendor an HP reseller as its Sprout technology gets down to work.

Printing and Imaging

HP completes A3 product portfolio for Office of the Future, deepens partner services play

April 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP completes A3 product portfolio for Office of the Future, deepens partner services play
Part of the expanded services play is a new certification program to train HP print partners how to better sell security related solutions, and understand and recommend third party security integrations.

Printing and Imaging

HP looking to grow channel business in graphics printing

April 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP looking to grow channel business in graphics printing
The channel businesses within HP’s Graphics Solutions portfolio leverages highly-specialized partners. HP, however, believes that the opportunity in this area is immense, and wants to bring more partners in, particularly from A3 printing.

Computers

HP looks to channel to drive new Pavilion gamer lineup

April 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP looks to channel to drive new Pavilion gamer lineup
HP made its first announcement of a consumer product family at a channel event, as it expects the channel will sell almost all of these new rigs, and while much of it will go through etailers and retailers, there is a VAR channel play here as well.