The Realities of XaaS (Everything-as-a-Service)

The Realities of XaaS (Everything-as-a-Service) Since the emergence of cloud, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t hear, “XaaS this, XaaS that” and how everything in the world is going to become some type of XaaS. So what is XaaS and how did we get here? XaaS...
Margin on Cloud is About Leaves, Not Limbs

Margin on Cloud is About Leaves, Not Limbs

Margin on Cloud is About Leaves, Not Limbs Just a few short years ago, Microsoft Office 365 launched. At the time, selling the product required genuine knowledge, and migrating to the product required genuine expertise. There was significant partner margin and...
Dear VAR, We’re Through.

Dear VAR, We’re Through.

Dear VAR, We’re Through. If VARs aren’t talking Cloud with their customers, it doesn’t mean their customers aren’t talking about it. In a recent LinkedIn post, Shane Zide of CDW Cloud Portfolio shares a clever anecdote of the customer/VAR breakup over the cloud. And...