Ingram Micro Announces 2006 Manufacturer and Software Developer Awards of Excellence Winners
October 31 2006 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Leading Technology Distributor Recognizes Its Manufacturer Partners
for Overall IT Channel Performance and Best Practices in
Solution-Provider Partner Engagement SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 31
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ingram Micro Inc., (NYSE:IM) today
announced the winners of its 2006 Awards of Excellence. The annual
awards ceremony, which took place earlier this month at the 2006
Ingram Micro Marketing Symposium in Anaheim, Calif., recognized the
business and partnering achievements of the distributor's leading
and emerging technology manufacturer and software developers.
Ingram Micro presented twelve Awards of Excellence, each taking
into account the recipients' overall alliance with Ingram Micro and
its channel partners, as well as their achievements against
performance metrics for revenue, profitability, marketing programs,
reseller support and services. In addition to ten specific
technology categories, Ingram Micro once again presented the Leap
Award, which recognizes those manufacturers that exemplify
outstanding growth and partnership, and the Channel Community Award
of Excellence. The 2006 Channel Community Award of Excellence is
presented to the manufacturer or software developer that achieved
excellence in partnering with Ingram Micro and its solution
providers through the distributor's elite channel programs and
customer communities, including GovEd Alliance, Ingram Micro
Services Network, SMB Alliance, System ArchiTECHS, and VentureTech
Network (VTN). Success in this category is measured against the
manufacturer's go-to-market strategy, execution, follow-through,
success, return on investment and positive solution-provider
response. The Ingram Micro Awards of Excellence for 2006 are:
Channel Community Award of Excellence -- Symantec Components --
Kingston Technology Imaging -- Ricoh Leap Award -- Buffalo
Technology and Jabra Mobility -- Palm Networking -- Cisco Systems
Peripherals -- Fujitsu Computer Products of America Security --
Juniper Networks Services -- Hewlett-Packard Software -- Microsoft
Storage -- Hewlett-Packard Systems -- IBM "Ingram Micro's Awards of
Excellence highlight those manufacturer partners who invest and
really strive to earn the partnership and loyalty of today's
solution-provider community," said Keith Bradley, president, Ingram
Micro North America. "This year's winners have gone above and
beyond to team up with Ingram Micro and help ensure the success of
solution providers throughout North America. We are proud to call
them our partners and commend them on their achievements." Winners
of Ingram Micro's Award of Excellence receive priority approval for
and premier locations at Ingram Micro sales and customer events,
including Partner Connections, VTN and GovEd Alliance
Invitationals, Technology Mission events and Manufacturer Expo.
They also will receive a preview of Ingram Micro's 2008 marketing
initiatives at the next Marketing Symposium. These awards and added
benefits are Ingram Micro's way of recognizing its premier
manufacturers and software developers and thanking them for their
ongoing channel commitment and partnership. 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 140 countries and is the only
global broadline IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit
http://www.ingrammicro.com/. (C) 2006 Ingram Micro Inc. All rights
reserved. Ingram Micro and the registered Ingram Micro logo are
trademarks used under license by Ingram Micro Inc. The names of
actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Ingram Micro
Inc. CONTACT: Marie Meoli of WhiteFox Marketing, +1-714-680-0335, ,
for Ingram Micro Inc.; or Jennifer Baier Anaya of Ingram Micro
Inc., +1-714-382-2692, Web site: http://www.ingrammicro.com/
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