Every market indicator suggests that cloud computing is gaining broad-based interest and acceptance among organizations of all sizes across nearly every industry. You can’t turn on the TV or radio, or travel through an airport without being bombarded with references to products and services being offered via the ‘cloud’.

Yet, all the hype regarding cloud alternatives has left many IT and corporate decision-makers uncertain about the real attributes and potential benefits of today’s cloud solutions. Given the proliferation of players and varying definitions for cloud-based services, it isn’t surprising that there is plenty of confusion about what is real, and where, when and how to take advantage of cloud solutions.

In my first of a series of guest blogposts on behalf of Insight Enterprise, I discuss why organizations of all sizes should turn to channel companies as trusted suppliers and strategic sources of Cloud solutions. Click here to read my views.

We will be discussing the growing role of channel companies in the delivery of Cloud solutions at THINKstrategies’ Cloud Channel Summit on Monday, November 5, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Click here to learn about this unique executive forum and attend this event.