Time Magazine: The ’00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell
ChannelSales Worldwide Says: The 10’s: Hello to a Bright Channel Future!
Last week, Time magazine published a summary of why the 00’s was such a disaster for America. The article chronicles the unpleasantness that bookended a decade of downward spiraling: from the loss of US political and economic prestige (somewhat) to social change and weakening public infrastructure. http://tinyurl.com/y9mdt
Buried in Time’s analysis is their comment:
We (the USA) are the leaders in technological innovation. And we are still the nation that most others emulate.
Hurrah for that! And what about innovations and the prospects for the channel? In just the last week, several industry observers have written interesting articles on the bright future for the channel:
- Salesforce’s Force.com Development Platform Gaining Traction. http://tinyurl.com/yljwyt5
- Dell Channel Chief: Despite Q3 Declines, Company Exceeds Goals With VARs: http://bit.ly/4xf01k (ok Dell’s Channel strategy has come along away and has a long way to go)
- Tech Visionary Kim Polese: Cloud Spells Big Opportunity For The Channel. http://tinyurl.com/yef9qay
- Adobe says it will open up unprecedented reseller opportunities http://tinyurl.com/yflu28f
So, yes we can say goodbye to the 00’s and welcome the 10’s with a burst of optimism whether SaaS, PaaS, on premise or hardware and even HaaS — hardware as a service — is becoming de rigeur.