Partner Confidence Index: North America – Q3 2026

Solution providers pursue growth with confidence, in spite of external pressures and concerns about the economic and policy environment.

A war with Iran. Rising energy costs and inflation. Pricing pressure from memory-chip shortages. Escalating infrastructure and operating costs tied to AI. A lot has happened in the past three months, and one would think the result would be flailing confidence and tempered growth expectations among partners in North America.

But that’s not the case. Partners remain highly confident in their ability to grow revenue, improve profitability, increase staffing, and capitalize on sustained demand for technology products and services. At the same time, though, they’re becoming less confident in the economic, regulatory, and policy environment in which they must operate.