Meraki partners with World's Largest Technology Distributor to bring its wireless networking solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the U.S. and Canada SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Meraki, the cloud-based wireless networking company, today announced a strategic distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), the world's largest technology distributor. Under this agreement, Ingram Micro will market and distribute Meraki's product line to its channel partners in the United States and Canada. "Ingram Micro constantly searches for innovative solutions that represent exciting growth opportunities for our value-added resellers (VARs) and their customers," said Eric Kohl, director, vendor management, networking, Ingram Micro. "Meraki offers reliable, premium-featured WiFi networks and wireless LANs that can be deployed for less than half the cost and in less than half the time of traditional solutions." Meraki's product line represents a breakthrough cloud-based approach to wireless networking, and enables Meraki to offer a premium-featured wireless LAN at a fraction of the cost of solutions from traditional vendors. The line consists of the industry's first cloud-based controller, the Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller, and Meraki's new high performance 802.11n wireless access points. "Our products are ideal for businesses with anywhere from 50-5,000 employees who seek premium wireless features, but do not want to dedicate the IT staff and budget required by traditional solutions," said Sanjit Biswas, CEO and Co-Founder of Meraki. "We are excited to build on the success we've experienced with our channel partners and confident Ingram Micro will drive demand and enable Meraki resellers to grow their business." Meraki's Cloud Controller offers incredibly easy to use and powerful management tools that allow an entire multi-site network to be managed remotely with minimal IT staff and resource time. Meraki's high performance 802.11n access points and mesh configuration provide incredibly strong indoor and outdoor coverage. Meraki also offers the latest enterprise grade wireless LAN features, such as automatic radio frequency (RF) planning, quality-of-service (QoS) for voice and video, security with 802.1x authentication and the ability to create multiple virtual-LANs on a single physical network. Meraki also features an industry first: the ability to manage multiple geographically distributed networks from a central location. The Meraki Partner Program rewards reseller partners for the value they add in offering Meraki's innovative wireless networking solutions to customers. For information on becoming a Meraki certified reseller, go to http://www.meraki.com/partners. About Ingram Micro 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 services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 150 countries and is the only broad-based global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/. About Meraki Meraki offers enterprise-class wireless networks at a fraction of the cost and complexity of traditional networking vendors. This is made possible by its unique cloud-based technology. The company's customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to global hotel chains to world-class educational institutions. Meraki wireless networks serve millions of users on over 10,000 networks in more than 130 countries. Meraki is located in San Francisco, California, and is funded in part by Sequoia Capital and Google. For more information, go to http://www.meraki.com/. DATASOURCE: Meraki CONTACT: Katherine Madariaga of Atomic Public Relations, +1-415-402-0230, , for Meraki Web Site: http://www.meraki.com/

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