NASHUA, NH., Dec. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jabra today
announced it has earned the 2013 U.S. Smart Partner award for
Peripherals from the world's largest technology distributor Ingram
Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM). The honor recognizes Jabra's success in
teaming with Ingram Micro to develop and deploy integrated, highly
targeted go-to-market strategies, tactics and programs that
delivered greater business value to channel partners.
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The 2013 Smart Partner awards were presented to 20 of the
distributor's top-performing IT vendor partners in the U.S. during
the 2014 Ingram Micro Experience, which recently took place in
Carlsbad, Calif.
"Ingram Micro has provided Jabra with exceptional access to
their resellers allowing our relationship to flourish. Winning the
Smart Partner award for Peripherals demonstrates Jabra's growing
leadership in the audio devices category," says Mark Grimes, channel sales vice-president,
Jabra North America. "With Unified
Communications (UC) expected to see record growth over the next
five years, Jabra will continue to work with Ingram Micro to bring
resellers and end customers the best possible choice in making
their UC deployments successful."
"Jabra has done an exceptional job of collaborating
with our peripherals team to serve our mutual channel
partners with the technology and resources needed
to successfully grow their business and deliver exceptional
service to their customers," says Tim
Ament, vice president and general manager, Direct and
Consumer Markets, Ingram Micro U.S. "We congratulate
Jabra on winning this award, and look forward to building on
our mutual success."
For more information about the Ingram Micro Experience visit
http://www.im-experience.com/. More information about Agency Ingram
Micro (AIM) is available at www.agencyingrammicro.com.
About Ingram Micro
Inc.
Ingram Micro is the world's
largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in IT
supply-chain and mobile device lifecycle services. As a vital link
in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales
and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through
unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics and mobile
solutions, technical support, financial services and product
aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global
broad-based IT distributor, serving approximately 160 countries on
six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT
products and services. Visit IngramMicro.com.
About Jabra
Jabra is the brand of GN Netcom, a
subsidiary of GN Store Nord A/S (GN) - listed on NASDAQ OMX. Jabra
employs approximately 900 people worldwide and in 2012 produced
annual revenue which amounted to DKK 2,355
million. Jabra is a world leader in the development,
manufacturing, and marketing of a broad range of communications and
audio solutions. With a reputation for innovation, reliability, and
ease of use that goes back more than two decades, Jabra's consumer
and business divisions produce corded and wireless headsets, plus
mobile and in-office speakerphones that empower individuals and
businesses through increased freedom of movement, comfort, and
functionality.
SOURCE Jabra