How Are Your Peers/Competitors Doing? SYNNEX Has Some Answers.

By The Business Solutions Network

During the morning session today at the SYNNEX 2013 National Conference, the 1600 attendees had the opportunity to take part in a survey on their businesses. During a panel discussion, the audience voted in real time, with the panel commenting on the results. Here are the results from the Greenville, SC, conference:

What is your outlook for 2014?

• Flat: 3 percent
• 1 to 5 percent growth: 23 percent
• 6 to 10 percent growth: 33 percent
• More than 10 percent growth:  41 percent

What is driving your business today?

• Product refresh: 24 percent
• Increasing efficiency, lowering costs: 15 percent
• Growing existing customers: 16 percent
• New technologies and customers: 26 percent
• New verticals and customers: 20 percent

Notebooks and tablets: which is more true?

• Desktop replacement will keep notebook sales strong: 10 percent
• Notebooks continue to grow; tablets are the net new business: 57 percent
• Tablets will lower notebook sales: 27 percent
• Tablets will only be in play because of specific apps (niche): 6 percent

What is the solution category driving cloud opportunities?

• Infrastructure as a Service: 22 percent
• IT as a Service: 27 percent
• Software as a Service: 45 percent
• Platform as a Service: 7 percent

What is driving cloud adoption?

• Application availability: 29 percent
• Operating costs/costs savings: 50 percent
• Automated provisioning: 8 percent
• Meeting variable workloads: 8 percent
• Compliance/regulations: 5 percent

So, there you have it. How do you compare?