viable through the end of the decade, and what you need to do once you’ve learned them • SMB and its Priorities • The Buying Community is Different • Changing SMB Technology Adoption • SMB Cloud Success Factors
years, cost is not the #1 business issue 01 A%rac)ng & retaining new customers 56% 02 Increasing business growth 53% 03 Reducing opera)onal costs 50% 04 Keeping pace with compe))on 32% 05 Focusing on new markets 26%
than one Business Issue 01 Social Media 74% 02 Mobility Solu)ons 65% 03 Business Intelligence Analy)cs 61% 04 Cloud Compu)ng 60% 05 Collabora)on 59% 06 Managed Services 58%
first time entrants 03 Mobile device management 04 Data protecGon/recovery/business conGnuity 06 Mobility soluGon demands and devices 07 Excessive data growth 08 Maintaining current IT infrastructure 10 IntegraGng disparate soMware applicaGons
45% 40% 48% 40% 14% 25% 15% Small Business Mid-‐Market SMB Role of Cloud within SMBs using Cloud Cloud is the center-‐point of our IT opera)ons We use cloud to supplement our tradi)onal IT resources We seamlessly combine cloud & tradi)onal IT resources
us to introduce capabili)es that would have been cost or )me prohibi)ve Enable us to reduce costs related to our business processes Enable us to be more agile in our business opera)ons 36% 33%
IT Management 1990s Channel Partner Purchase Decision IT Management Channel Partner 2000 – 2010 IT Vendor Purchase Decision IT Management Business Mngmt. Execu)ve Head IT Specialists Channel Partner IT Vendor Today Customer
Mid-‐market Business Presence of IT Specialists within Business Units They are the primary decision makers • IT Specialists are blurring the ITDM/BDM Divide 30%
services • ~ 21 SMBs per Channel Partner • 2.0 Million SMBs using Cloud • 25 million SMB Cloud users • 35 million mobile SMB employees • 54% of SMB workforce • By the end of 2015 there will be……
116% Mobility SoluGons Cloud CompuGng Managed Services VirtualizaGon % Change in Adop)on in next 2 years 88% 95% 34% Mobility Cloud VirtualizaGon % Change in offering in next 2 years
1. Voice/Video Services 2. ApplicaGon hosGng 3. Storage, Data Backup 4. Mobile Devices 5. NW 6. Security Services 7. Print Services 8. PC • MSPs are building their offerings to be in line with SMB needs
exactly well-paved – but it’s not unmarked, either ¤ There are behaviors that are common to channel members who are successful in the cloud – and characteristics that are common to those who struggle
7% 15% 67% 5% 3% 4% 23% Very Successful Unsuccessful Best-‐of-‐Breed Solu)ons vs. Single Vendor offerings It depends Neither Single vendor soluGons Best-‐of-‐breed soluGons
is expanding • DMU and its Priorities are creating new opportunities • IT solution portfolio and choice has increased • Cloud and Mobility are inextricably linked • There are new channel dis-intermediations • There is no one organizational recipe for success but breadcrumbs are being left behind by trailblazers