This is likely how you will buy cloud resources moving forward
September 10, 2013
Grazed from NetworkWorld. Author: Brandon Butler.
The migration of services delivered through cloud-based resources is causing tectonic shifts across the IT vendor landscape and one area of the market that’s been unsure about what it means has been channel resellers. But the channel is finally finding its groove in the cloud, according to a new study.
IT industry trade group CompTIA annually surveys its members asking how channel vendors are embracing the cloud computing trend. Four years ago, only four in 10 surveyed said they were involved in cloud computing services. Last year, that number jumped to 85%. This year, all 400 vendors said they offer cloud computing services…
As the cloud industry continues to mature, it’s becoming clear that a dominant consumption model for businesses using cloud-based resources will be through the channel. Value-added resellers (VAR) have played an important role in how end users have acquired IT resources for a long time, and that’s not going to change in the cloud, says Carolyn April, director of industry analysis at CompTIA…
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