Ingram Micro Seismic: "All Is Well"

It’s day 2 at the Ingram Micro Seismic Partner Conference in Dallas. Ingram Micro VP Justin Crotty is delivering his keynote to roughly 275 managed service providers at the moment. His key point, lifted from Kevin Bacon: Remain calm. All is well in the MSP market. Here are some other highlights.

Ingram Micro Seismic is a master MSP of sorts, offering a portfolio of service options to MSPs and VARs.

State of the Market

The state of the MSP market, according to Crotty, is as follows:

I am interviewing Crotty later today and plan to ask him about the pricing pressure bullet: How significant is the pressure and how are MSPs fighting back?

Growth Continues

Growth stats, according to Crotty:

Today’s Buzz

New announcements from Crotty:

Crotty also noted that some MSPs have shelf-ware challenges. In one example, an MSP has 52% of licenses that are still sitting on the shelf. This is becoming a concerning theme for me in the managed services market — especially as some vendors shift from on-premise to SaaS solutions.I’ll be exploring the shelf-ware theme more later today. In the meantime, Crotty’s keynote continues. Stay tuned for updates

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