What to Consider Before You Reach for the Cloud

Just like there are a variety of end users, building a successful Cloud business is not a one-size-fits-all model. Whether a Cloud Builder, Cloud Provider or Cloud Reseller.

TDCloud can help you make the most of this opportunity by providing you with the tools and services you need to make sure you’re ready to embark on this new profitable endeavor.

First, defining the role of a Cloud Reseller:

Cloud Reseller
Leverages existing public cloud infrastructures and resources available to VARs under white-label branding and packaging without the requirement of costly infrastructure, integration and implementations.  This business model is the newest and biggest change to a traditional value-added reseller model. 

Second, defining the deployment models that a Cloud Reseller would deploy:

Private Cloud: In this case, an organization owns its own cloud. The operation of the cloud takes place behind the internal firewall or behind a third-party’s firewall. This type of cloud is managed by the organization or a third-party, and exists off-premises.  A Cloud Reseller could align with a regional Cloud Provider and white label their services.

Hybrid Cloud: As its name suggest, a hybrid cloud blends the public and private cloud models, and provides a high degree of interoperability between a private cloud and a public cloud implementation. The hybrid model is favored by companies that want to own and operate a cloud infrastructure sized for routine loads but like the flexibility of renting extra capacity to handle load spikes.

Public Clouds are used among common industries and groups. Infrastructure is shared over the Internet. According to CompTIA, 26% of solution providers use the public Cloud along with their own data center to provide services.  A Cloud Reseller can provision public cloud offerings to end users without standing up a data center.

Tech Data has the resources, training, enablement, and best in class data center partners to help you build Clouds for your customers.  Go on to the “Getting Started” section to understand more information on building out a plan to transition your business.