Channel: Whats the Future?

Channel: Whats the Future?

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Sara Driscoll
Sara Driscoll
Oct 22, 2007
1 minute read
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Crystal balls aside, a serious business question was posed at the kick off panel debate at Gartner Channel Vision 2007 in Palm Springs yesterday: What will the channel look like in 2010?

The panel of experts including executives from Oracle, Microsoft, Ingram and a range of solution providers lead by Gartner research director Tiffani Bova, answered with two main themes: SAAS (software as a service) and partner collaboration.

Rauline Ochs, senior vice president North American alliances and channels at Oracle, stressed the importance SAAS will play in the channels future.

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