Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) Sees Partnerships as Key (Slides)

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Global Technology

Distribution Council

(GTDC) Sees Partnerships as Key

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At the 2012

European Vendor

Summit in

Barcelona, Spain,

in June,

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GTDC CEO

Tim Curran

Forecasted that

Partnerships will

Now be the Priority



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This Assessment

from the Global

Technology

Distribution

Council,



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Builds on a

Number of

Observations



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This Includes the

Move Towards

Cloud Solutions,



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As Well as the Need

for Distributors to

Supply Multi-

vendor Solutions &

Unified Invoicing,



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With Credit

Management and

Global Channel

Reach



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Learning

From the Past



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Curran Listed the

Following Industry

Pundit Prophecies

that Never

Materialized:



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• “Web will

Consume

Distributor

Business” (2000)



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• “ESD will Devour

Distributor

Software Sales”

(2002)



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• “Convergence

Trends will Chew

up Distributor

Opportunity”

(2003)



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• “Direct Movement

Will Rip Away

Distributors’

Market Share”

(2007)



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A Range of

Information

Sources



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How Will the

GTDC Prediction

on Distribution

Partnerships Fare



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Compared to

Previous Pundit

Failures?



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The GTDC Refers

to a Variety of

Sources to

Support its

Forecasts



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Perhaps by this

Time Next Year,

the IT Channel will

Be Able to



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Tell How Accurate

the GTDC

Partnership

Prognosis has

Been



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How Much Do You

Think the Future

of IT Distribution

Can be Predicted?



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Which Current

Development is

Most Likely to

Affect Your

Business?



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Do a little Predicting

of Your Own and

Share Your Vision in

the COMMENTS

Section!



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