Marketplaces ‘Becoming Second Nature’

Tarik Faouzi, SVP of Ingram Micro Cloud’s marketplace, CloudBlue, says adoption of online marketplaces is becoming second nature.

As such, “we’re seeing partners and customers reap the benefits of the new territory. However, as more enterprises make the shift to a subscription model, the importance of being able to automate certain functions has never been more important.

“Nobody wants to be overbilled, and nobody wants their service cancelled because they missed a payment. Being able to keep track of these sorts of things – especially as we move into a multicloud environment – has never been more pressing.”

Faouzi added that this is one of the reasons for Ingram Micro’s recent acquisition of Keenondots.