Ingram Micro Cloud Summit 2014 Takeaways Via Twitter
At the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit 2014 this week, speakers provided insight, advice, and inspiration. Here’s what channel members in the audience shared on Twitter from the presentations.
ChannelPR: Mobility is driving everything, especially the cloud, says Greg Richey @IngramMicroInc ingrammicrolink.com #IMCloud14 #mobility
IMCloudServices: Best 3 verticals new IT startups should consider focusing on? financial services, retail, and healthcare. @CompTIA #IMCloud14
IMCloudServices: 22% of businesses that deployed cloud solutions brought them back in-house #DigitalFatigue @CompTIA #IMCloud14
jbystrak: Successful execution of your cloud financial plan is all about tracking sales and marketing KPIs so you can adjust course #IMCloud14
jbystrak: With cloud, you are no longer selling to the IT Department; you are selling to the business leaders. #IMCloud14
McCall_Jay: "It’s time to rebrand the ‘Trusted IT Advisor’ to become the trusted business partner." @katherinehunt @CompTIA #IMCloud14
jzanni_Hosting: Rene: Sell once, invoice forever. 4.5% attrition channel. 15% industry avg. 30%+ direct. Channel is strategic #IMCloud14 @ParallelsCloud
channelbuzzaca: Far from cloud making the channel go away, IM CEO Alain Monie predicts cloud will drive explosion of vendors seeking partners. #IMCloud14
Tiffani_Bova: @levie @box “The user experience is changing rapidly. You have to focus on what’s gaining traction in the marketplace.”
PaulaJohns: The global IT market is $3.6 trillion. North America represents 30% of that number: @CompTIA via @IMCloudServices #cloud #IT #IMCloud14
ReneeIMCloud: If you don't like change, you are going to like irrelevancy even less #IMCloud14 @IMCloudServices
IMcostigan: "Creativity is about thinking up new things. Innovation is about doing new things," says Terry Jones at #IMCloud14
AmberTrendell: Keep teams small — two pizzas should feed the bunch otherwise your team is too big via #TerryJones #IMCloud14
KimIMCloud: "Change is inevitable but growth is optional" Terry Jones, Chairman of Kayak, Founder of Travelocity #IMCloud14
BigGreen_IT: Culture and team are the pillars of innovation @terrellbjones #IMCloud14
AmberTrendell: Your dream needs a deadline. #TerryJones #IMCloud14
McCall_Jay: Since 2002, deals ending in “no decision” are up 54%; Source: CEB/Motista 2012 B2B Survey #IMCloud14
IMCloudServices: @JenniferAnaya: “Easiest way to get your VAR/MSP practice covered is to introduce yourself to a B2B editor.” #IMCloud14
ReneeIMCloud: Fail fast. Kill the project not the people #IMCloud14 @IMCloudServices #cloud
jzanni_Hosting: Vendors are selling direct because the channel is not keeping pace. @Tiffani_Bova #IMCloud14 @ParallelsCloud
jzanni_Hosting: On average a customer has talked to 4 other sources before talking to their VAR #IMCloud14 @Tiffani_Bova @ParallelsCloud
GenBiggs: 71% need mobile work style solution, 60% don't have resources to deploy new tech. That = opp for solution providers @citrix #IMCloud14
IMCloudServices: @mikefouts: “The DaaS space will be a $1.5 billion opportunity in the next 18-24 months.” #Citrix #IMCloud14
IMCloudServices: @justinmoore @Axcient “Many of the channel companies that don't innovate now won't exist in 3 years.” #IMCloud14
McCall_Jay: More data was created in 2013 than the last 5,000 years combined @EllenBerlan #IMCloud14