CompTIA Previews Three Upcoming Trends in 2016 Industry Outlook

Before the publication of its annual report to the outlook for the IT industry, CompTIA offers channel partners with an overview of some of the trends we can expect to see in the next year.

Among the most popular trends for this year, CompTIA is predicting an increase in the importance of the cloud, the new compensation models for channel partners focused on the cloud and a focus on providing the best experience for business customers start to finish.

First, CompTIA predicted that cloud computing will continue its transformation of an important new technology to a critical resource for IT companies. This is bound to lead to big changes for vendors and customers cloud services that rely on the cloud to run their businesses.

"While the cloud does not become a very pure, like electricity product will be so prevalent in computer architecture to specifically target cloud will give way to the general planning of the solution," said Seth Robinson, director of technology analysis CompTIA, said in a statement.

CompTIA also predicted that the increase in cloud computing will have a profound impact on the financial relationship between technology providers and distribution partners. The Company believes that the growing importance of the cloud will force many technology vendors to reassess their remuneration models and keep members interested in his services, according to Carolyn April, CompTIA senior director of industry analysis.

Finally, CompTIA hopes that we will see a new momentum for technology suppliers to provide the best experience from start to finish for their business users business. While some of these efforts will be driven by technology providers themselves, others will be as a result of customer demand for more help, said Tim Herbert, senior vice president of research and market intelligence CompTIA.

Stay tuned to the individual VAR in the coming weeks of complete rupture of the 2016 CompTIA IT Industry Outlook, once it released