Jargon Buster for HP Partners

ABSP Authorised Business Solution Partner
ACF  Anti Counterfit
AIO All in One
AIS Accredited Integration Specialist
APJ Asia-Pacific & Japan
ASE Accredited Systems Engineer
Attach Selling HP options, accessories and Care Pack Services with HP hardware
B2B Business to Business
BCS Business Critical Servers
BTO Build to Order
BU Business Unit
Bundle A bundle is a collection of products that is sold as a single product. The products in a bundle are also available separately. There are two types of bundles - Simple and Complex bundles.
Simple bundle - A simple bundle is a collection of products that is sold as a single product. The pricing is done at the parent level and the components are not priced.
Complex bundle - A complex bundle is a collection of products that is sold as a single product. The price of a complex bundle is the sum of the component prices.
CDP Channel Development Partner
CET Central European Time
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CIO Chief Information Officer
CLW HP Compliance Log Warehouse
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CSN Channel Services Network
CSP Corporate Supplies Programme
DCC  Data Centre Consolidation
Disti Distributor
EMEA Europe Middle East & Africa
ERP  Enterprise Resource Planning
ESS Enterprise Storage and Servers
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FdSc Foundation Degree Course
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
Grey Grey Marketing
HPCP HP Certified Professional Program (now Partner Education)
HPS HP Services (HP Care Pack Services)
ID Identify, Identifier, Identification
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IPG Imaging and Printing Group
ISS Industry Standard Servers
KSO Key Selling Objective
LEB Large Enterprise Business
LSP Logistics Service Partner
MDM Marketing Development Manager
Mgmt Management
MIF Marketing Investment Funds
Mktg Marketing
MSA Marketing Services Agency
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets
mSPC mobile Smart Product Catalog
OPG Order Processing Guidelines (for local HP pricing to the Channel Partners)
PBM Partner Business Manager (account manager)
PDF Partner Development Fund
PEF Partner Efficiency Fee
PFR Pay For Results
PFT Partner Fundamentals Training
PL Product Line
PNB ProCurve Networking
PP Preferred Partner
PP'09 Preferred Partner 2009 Program
PPA Partner Portal Administrator
PSG Personal Systems Group
QBR Quarterly Business Review
ROI Return on Investment
SD Selective Distribution
SKU Stockkeeping Unit
SLA Service Level Agreement
SMB Small & Medium Business
SP Smart Portal
SPC Smart Product Catalog
SPO Solution Partners Organisation (HP channel business division)
SPS Speciality Printing Systems
SQ Smart Quote
SSP Sales & Service Partner
SWD StorageWorks division
T2 Tier Two
TCE Total Customer Experience
TCO Total Cost of Ownership
TPE Total partner Experience
TSG Technology Solutions Group
TV TopValue
TVU  Thames Valley University
UK&I United Kingdom and Ireland
US United States
VAD Value Added Distribution 
VD Volume Direct
VP Vice President
WBT  Web Based Training
WW Worldwide

 



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