HP has moved next month’s Reinvent conference in Anaheim to later in the year over fears that coronavirus might damage its channel.
In a statement the outfit said: “HP has made the difficult decision to postpone HP Reinvent in Anaheim until early autumn. According to the World Health Organization [WHO], corona virus continues to escalate, rather than subside, with widespread implications in multiple countries and markets. We must place the well-being of our employees, our partners, and our media and industry analyst community as our number one priority.”
Already the Mobile World Congress and Intel’s own event have been impacted by the virus. IBM decided it would not attend the RSA security event this week and Fortinet also pulled the plug on its Accelerate partner conference in Barcelona.
All this could tigger the bigger busy conference season in April and May, if the Kung-Flu is not put back in its box.
HP said it would use virtual briefings as a way to issue announcements that had been due to come out at Reinvent.
