Cloud 101 Guide

Start with the basics, and together with your staff get up to speed on cloud computing and its business drivers.

30 minutes

Dr. Chou's Cloud Computing Fundamentals Course

Learn the fundamentals of cloud computing and cloud services from a Stanford University lecturer.

3 hours

6 Ways to Determine if Your Business is Cloud Ready

Review these factors to consider when making cloud a part of your offering.

10 minutes

Delivering Outcomes in the Cloud and Digital Transformation Markets

Arm yourself with best practices to succeed in your cloud business transformation.

1 hour

Cloud Billing Models: Options for Building Out Your Cloud Go-To-Market Strategy

Begin to understand the nuances of cloud billing models. This blog demystifies the different ways cloud products are billed, invoice management, and how to approach billing your customers with efficiency.

5 minutes

Assemble Your Cloud Action Team

Use this template to identify and assemble an action team to move your cloud growth strategy forward. Then, follow the included excercise to facilitate an alignment session to prepare your team for success.

1 hour

How a Little-Known Financial Model Can Finance Migration to the Cloud

Learn how to plan and calculate expected returns when tackling cloud opportunities.

5 minutes

Rule of 78 Template

Use this template to illustrate investment and expected returns with a cloud subscription model.

30 minutes

Financial Modeling Template

Complete this financial modeling template to forecast future costs, revenue impacts and inform decision making as you build your cloud business.

1 hour

StreamOne

Looking for a billing and management platform that will help you smooth your customers’ transition to cloud and help you grow your monthly recurring revenue? Explore our StreamOne platform and find the right fit for you.

30 minutes +

StreamOne Cloud Marketplace Overview

Watch this video for an overview of our StreamOne Cloud Marketplace, helping you learn, buy, and manage, a broad range of subscription -based services on the behalf of your end users.

2 minutes

StreamOne Enterprise Solutions Overview

Watch this video for an overview of StreamOne Enterprise Solutions (SES), providing added capabilities for complex IaaS and PaaS workloads with robust billing and management tools for you and your end customers.

2 minutes

Explore Tech Data’s Click-to-Run Solutions

Use our Solutions Finder to identify which solutions are best for you to bring to market and explore your options by solution practice and business outcome.

15 minutes

Get Started with Click-to-Run Solutions

Request a free consultation with one of our Solutions Managers. Whether you are looking for pre-configured solutions around Data Protection, Core Infrastructure, or even more advanced solutions such as IOT and Analytics, we have solutions designed to meet your and your customer’s needs.

15 minutes

Industry Leading Cloud Providers

Partner with industry leading Cloud vendors to offer best in class solutions to your customers.

30 minutes +

AWS vs. Azure vs. Google: Cloud Comparison

Find and select the right IaaS and/or PaaS vendor to specialize in: This article from Datamation provides a comprehensive understanding of the pros and cons of AWS, Azure and Google and comparison of factors such as Compute, Storage, Pricing and Tools.

30 minutes

Get Started with StreamOne

Request a free demo of StreamOne and get on your way to buying and managing cloud solutions and services with ease.

1 hour

SWOT Analysis Template

Use this template to conduct a SWOT analysis brainstorming session with key stakeholders in your organization. A SWOT analysis can help an organization identify strengths, overcome weakness, guard against internal and external threats and determine how to differentiate itself in the market.

1 hour

Defining a New Go-To-Market Strategy

Prepare a framework to deliver a new cloud product or service to market that sets metrics for success,  speaks to your customers, delivers a unique value proposition, and leads to a positive commercial outcome.

15 minutes

Keys to Writing an Effective Business Plan

Create a new business plan including cloud as a core piece of your model. Use this guide to get started and learn the essential elements an effective business plan includes.

15 minutes

Empathy Map and Value Proposition Template

Use this map and template to better understand your audience and customers, and determine how you can improve and better position your services and solutions to address their pains and gains.

1 hour

Business Model Canvas Template

Envision a new business model with cloud as a key component. Use this template to articulate your new business model on a single page and share your strategic vision with ease across your organization.

30 minutes to 1 hour 

Successful Marketing Strategies for Small–to-Medium B2B Businesses

Together with your organization's marketing lead create and implement a successful marketing strategy with these four masterful tactics.

15 minutes

Understanding Audiences: The Key to Your Marketing Campaign's Success

Create campaigns that drive results and actually capture your prospective customers' attention by taking the three steps in this guide to understand them better.

15 minutes

Revisit How You Approach Your Value Proposition: The Golden Circle Pitch Template

Position your value proposition to influence your customers’ behavior from the start, by leading with "Why". Map out the why, how and what of your business model, then translate it into a compelling, easy to understand and influential pitch.

30 minutes to 1 hour

Persona Template

Understand your customers' mindset and desires and make better informed marketing decisions by creating personas for each of your partner segments.

Full day (8 hours +)