As
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs) move
their customers to the cloud, they're finding higher profit margins for
servers, storage and networks and launching a variety of services
which had been beyond their abilities before the cloud.
ProfitBricks, the leading provider of painless cloud infrastructure,
announced today the results of a survey the company conducted at IT
Nation in November 2015, which predicted that high availability,
disaster recovery and recurring revenue will be the
top opportunities for MSPs in 2016.
For this survey, channel leaders were asked how they see the cloud
transforming their channel business in 2016. More than 17% of MSPs
surveyed for this study reported "high availability" as being the most
important opportunity when it comes to cloud computing
in the coming year. By ensuring applications will always be available
despite any application or server level failure, their customers can
continue business as usual without interruption. Similarly, disaster
recovery was cited by 15% of MSPs as being the most
important cloud computing consideration in 2016, followed by recurring
revenue at 14% as one of the biggest advantages.
"The results of this survey confirmed what we've been seeing emerge for
some time now," commented Achim Weiss, CEO and co-founder of
ProfitBricks. "The channel is moving to the cloud at an unprecedented
rate, and MSPs now have the unique opportunity to increase
revenue and effectiveness if they offer services that only the cloud
enables them to do. It's clear that 2016 will be a year where the
channel embraces the opportunities that cloud computing presents for
augmenting their offerings and increasing business value."
This survey was conducted by ProfitBricks in written form, with a sample
size of 2,000 MSPs over the course of a three-day period. Participants
were selected as they visited ProfitBricks' booth at IT Nation.
To
continue this discussion, The 2112 Group's Larry Walsh will be joining
ProfitBricks on January 20, 2016 for a webinar on how MSPs can make the
most of cloud infrastructure opportunities and profit from the cloud
transition. To register
for this webinar, please visit
http://info.profitbricks.com/MSPs-Are-Planning-For-Cloud-Profitability-From-Day-One-20160120.html.
To learn more about ProfitBricks' survey results, please download the report here:
http://info.profitbricks.com/it-channel-survey-cloud-computing-2016-profitbricks-201512.html.