Everybody Loves Cloud in Theory, Let’s Do Something About It in Reality

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Editorial Staff.

According to most all credible research including Gartner, cloud computing promises economic advantages, speed, agility, flexibility, infinite elasticity and innovation—and at Tech Data, we too believe in that philosophy. So with so many obvious advantages, why aren’t more solution providers investing in and leading with the cloud?

Consider this question: We all love cloud in theory, but do we,in fact, really “get it”? I would assert that we’re not there yet. It’s a bold statement, but one that I’m willing to stand behind. In fact, I’ll take it one step further and say that the true success of cloud in the channel collectively depends on all of us—through our collective adoption and enablement. The sooner that we as an industry are educated and understand and embrace the value of cloud for the end user, the sooner we can begin to truly capitalize on everything that the cloud has to offer. The potential of cloud solutions is significant and multi-layered. We have, in fact, barely tapped the surface…

Gartner predicts that by 2016, the cloud computing market will top $200 billion annually. Yet some are still trying to play catch-up when it comes to capturing greater margin on cloud solutions packages. This has to do in large part with the fact that we haven’t focused enough on overall enablement. In a 2010 study, CompTIA found that 59 percent of end users and 64 percent of the channel thought that cloud computing needed clearer definitions. And in the three years since, we’re still far from reaching that much-needed level of greater transparency…

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