Channel Futures’ 2023 EMEA Outlook: Partners Will Help Customers Weather the Storm

The European channel is heading into 2023 facing serious headwinds. The war in Ukraine. Soaring energy prices. Record inflation levels. Supply chain problems. A skills shortage. This is set against increasing regulatory requirements and a new, post-pandemic workforce. How will the channel react and respond to these challenges? Is there any good news to be found?

We asked EMEA channel experts for their predictions on such topics as the economy, cloud, sustainability and M&A.

Industry experts we polled include:

• Tim Britt, Dropbox
• Brent Owens, Vertiv
• Charles Milton, Censornet
• Greg Jones, Datto, a Kaseya Company
• Matt Harris, HPE
• Lana King, Mitel
• Kirk Horton, Netacea
• Michael O’Hara, Data Solutions
• Neil Patel, D-Link
• Penny Madsen, IDC
• Sander Groot, Juniper Networks
• Sean Collins, Extreme Networks

See the slideshow above for Channel Futures’ 2023 EMEA channel predictions.

Dropbox’s Tim Britt

Extreme Networks’ Sean Collins

Juniper Networks’ Sander Groot

HPE’s Matt Harris

Netacea’s Kirk Horton

Datto’s Greg Jones

Mitel’s Lana King

IDC’s Penny Madsen

Censornet’s Charles Milton

DataSolutions’ Michael O’Hara

Vertiv’s Brent Owens

D-Link’s Neil Patel