Channelpro 2015 State of SMB Channel: Optimism Ahead

Channelpro 2015 State of SMB Channel: Optimism Ahead -

"Optimism" summarizes the findings of the State Channelpro 2015 SMB Channel investigation. Over 89 percent of respondents report increased revenues and profits from 2013 to 2014, and 92 percent expect a further increase in 2015. Perhaps most importantly, the channel is poised for growth, with 48 percent of respondents plan to add staff.

Channelpro collected data electronically from over 550 respondents, most of whom are business leaders and industry veterans, between December 2014 and February 2015. Of the respondents, more than 87 percent are in management, 75 percent have been in business for at least 10 years, and the state 55 percent that their businesses generate $ 1 million and more revenue.

profit Leaders

practices and solutions that generate the most profit for the channel includes backup and disaster recovery (BDR), managed services, solutions cloud, monitoring and remote management (RMM), and safety.

cloud services continue to gain ground, with 77 percent of respondents who provide these solutions today. The top five solutions are spam filtering, A / V, BDR, email hosting and website hosting.

Today, 40 percent of respondent said that 10-49 per cent of their turnover is now generated by cloud services, and 50 percent expect growth of cloud increased in 2015 .

managed services remain the cornerstone of supply channels, with 87 percent of respondents who currently provide these solutions. Furthermore, a large majority (83 percent) generate 49 percent of their review by the managed services. And growth in this area continues, with 46 percent of respondents expect growth in this area in 2015.

In the future, digital signage, Google Apps managed print services (MPS) and the top of the videoconference the list of future growth areas, according to respondents

business opportunities Selection, threats

asked where the most large future business opportunities are for their businesses, respondents identified the top five as :.

1. access control solutions
2. New customer acquisition
3. BDR
4. cloud services
5. digital display

respondents also report the possibility to expand into new industries, as well as in areas such as health, improving sales processes, compliance and security, video surveillance and hosted VoIP.

regarding the five main threats their businesses, respondents identify those that:

1. thin margins cloud offerings
2. Banalisation MSP
3. resistance cloud customer
4. decline in the economy resulting from reduced spending on IT / telecommunications
5. Distraction to be focused on improving the expertise of
channel pros

other threats include increased competition from other partners and big box stores, cyber security breaches to customers and internal violations and suppliers bypassing the channel and go directly.

Careers

Despite potential threats, over 93 percent of respondents see the economy as a whole improved in 2015 and express their optimism high specific companies. Significantly, more than 93 percent see the salaries of staff in 2015. trend Respondents say that most compensation growth opportunity is for sales and technical staff

The State 2015 SMB Channel respondents work in all major vertical markets, with the top five leaders of vertical growth of retail trade, manufacturing, legal / professional, home / SOHO, and government.

Channelpro 2015 State of SMB Channel: Optimism Ahead 2016-09-09T18:33:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Abdullah