Ingram Micro Drives Demand for New Technologies with Expansion of East Coast Solution Center
July 17 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Home automation, digital signage and unified communications are
among the emerging technologies attracting interest from Ingram
Micro solution providers and IT manufacturer partners BUFFALO,
N.Y., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM) today
announced the expansion and reopening of its East Coast Solution
Center. The innovative and industry-leading facility now offers
solution providers in the U.S. and Canada access to a multitude of
hands-on demonstration areas, including home theatre, digital
signage, unified communications, remote office, mobility and IP
surveillance. The investment is part of the distributor's ongoing
efforts to provide channel partners with the tools, resources and
support necessary to generate demand and drive more
solution-centric sales. Based in Buffalo, NY, the 1,000-sq.-ft.
build-out, which includes a new demonstration area and conference
space, enlarges the East Coast Ingram Micro facility by nearly 30
percent and features more than 100 suppliers, multiple market
categories and four full-time engineers. It also offers solution
providers more resources for learning about specific solutions, as
well as emerging and in-demand technologies. As a result of the
expansion, Ingram Micro expects traffic in the East Coast Solution
Center to increase by 20 to 30 percent year over year as thousands
of solution providers, IT manufacturers and end users are welcomed
physically and virtually to the innovative lab. "Our East and West
Coast Solution Centers facilitated $2 million worth of closed sales
and another $7 million in the pipeline last year, which is a
tremendous benefit and incentive to participating IT manufacturers
and our solution provider partners," says Anne Wilcox, vice
president, customer solutions marketing, Ingram Micro U.S. "We've
designed the Solution Centers to be interactive and encourage our
solution providers to bring their end-user clients into the center
to see firsthand what specific technology solutions can do for
their company." Serving as coastal hubs for the IT industry's
emerging and in-demand technologies, Ingram Micro's East and West
Coast Solution Centers were the first to feature digital home and
digital signage solutions. Both offer partners a chance to preview
breakthrough technologies and test-drive new technologies before
recommending them to clients. "Ingram Micro's Solution Center has
become a standard ingredient in our sales process, and on any given
week we rely on it to gain firsthand knowledge about a new
technology or demonstrate product features for customers," says Jon
Leach of Annese & Associates, an Ingram Micro solution provider
based on the East Coast. "Our ability to close sales has increased
significantly since we began using the facility. It's great because
now our customers can try before they buy." Ingram Micro operates
two Solution Centers in the U.S. The first facility opened in Santa
Ana in 2001 and the second in Buffalo in 2005. The facilities are
available to Ingram Micro solution providers in the U.S. and Canada
at no cost, and provide a comfortable and interactive setting for
live and remote-access product training, education and technology
demonstrations. "Ingram Micro's Solution Centers are, hands-down,
two of the most powerful sales resources we offer to partners,"
concludes Peter DiMarco, vice president, VAR sales, Ingram Micro
U.S. "The highly anticipated expansion of our Buffalo Solution
Center is evidence of our strong commitment to providing top-tier
sales support to our resellers, as well as our manufacturer
representatives on the East Coast." For more information or to
arrange a tour of a Solution Center facility, contact an Ingram
Micro sales representative at (800) 456-8000, or contact the
Solution Center directly at (800) 759-3003, ext. 23340, or , or
visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/solutioncenterrequest. 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 more than 150
countries and is the only global broadline IT distributor with
operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/. DATASOURCE:
Ingram Micro Inc. CONTACT: Marie Meoli of WhiteFox Marketing &
Communications, +1-714-680-0335, cell, +1-714-292-2199, , for
Ingram Micro Inc.; or Dina Vieira of Ingram Micro Canada,
+1-905-755-5000, ext. 55261, cell, +1-905-301-6124, , or Nicole
Trombly of Ingram Micro Inc., +1-714-382-5581, cell,
+1-714-357-4415, Web site: http://www.ingrammicro.com/
Copyright
Ingram Micro A (NYSE:IM)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2024 to Jul 2024
Ingram Micro A (NYSE:IM)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jul 2023 to Jul 2024