ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini Kicks off PArtner Summit

Business Slutions November 5, 2009

IDespite the lightheartedness surrounding the opening of the 2009 ConnectWise Partner Summit in Orlando last night – flair for the badges, swag bags, glow sticks and more – the message CEO Arnie Bellini delivered at the 8 a.m. kickoff presentation on Thursday, Nov. 5, was serious.

"We are used to those lifestyle businesses, to not wanting to change, and we all must be ready to adapt, to modify, or else we're going to face hard times," says Bellini, addressing a sold-out crowd of about 1,200, including more than 900 channel partners. During his keynote, he talked about the impact of cloud computing and the threat from vendors that might be willing to hopscotch over the channel to sell to end users.