IDC just published the first installment of a five part report about Microsoft’s partner ecosystem. The key takeaway: cloud-focused partners are beating their on-prem-focused competitors. Here are some numbers from the report:
- Cloud partners are growing twice as fast year-over-year as their on-prem competitors (24% compared to 12%)
- Cloud partners gross profit is 50% higher than their on-prem competitors (41% compared to 27%)
- Cloud partners have 1.8 times more recurring revenue than on-prem partners (52% compared to 29%)
These numbers look good on the surface but, when you really analyze them, I think they show that cloud service providers still have a long way to go.…
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