Flying into South Carolina’s second largest airport for the Synnex National Conference — where the theme was “Think differently!”—was really a treat to be back again in the land of southern hospitality. The 4-day event was primarily held at the TD convention center and host to over 1,400 VARs looking for the latest and greatest surrounding Synnex’s CLOUDSolv offering and ecosystem of hardware and software partners.
In additional to strong messaging from cloud players like HP, Microsoft, Symantec and Softlayer, Synnex CEO Kevin Murai affirmed that Synnex is “not just a distribution company, we run a very large services business with a worldwide global footprint. Today we focus on our intellectual property: we own what we believe to be the best renewals platform in the world.”
He went on to cite that in North America, 77 percent of businesses already use the public cloud. Of that 77 percent, three-quarters expect to grow their businesses in the cloud by at least 20 percent this year.
Similar to what Open-Xchange has been experiencing with growth in SMB cloud adoption—via our Hoster and Telco partners–Synnex is also evolving its response to the winds of change: more demand for managed services. And being in the middle of that—servicing much of the North American VAR and MSP business—Synnex with Open-Xchange is poised to deliver solutions for VARs that are unparalleled.
Even in talking with Joe Panettieri—where his ‘9 lives’ is serving as the platform for MSP and VAR insights and facts—new opportunities for this audience are not only here, but rapidly changing how business works.