Ingram Micro North America Expands EMC Relationship; Gains Access to Premier Networked Storage Solutions
July 31 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Industry leading distributor now authorized to sell and support EMC
CLARiiON, EMC Celerra and EMC Centera storage products SANTA ANA,
Calif., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro's (NYSE:IM) new
Infrastructure Technology Solutions (ITS) Division today announced
it offers North American solution providers access to EMC's
industry-leading information storage product portfolio including
EMC CLARiiON and EMC Celerra networked storage systems, and the EMC
Centera content addressed storage system. This complements Ingram
Micro's existing EMC portfolio that includes specific RSA security
solutions, EMC Insignia products for Small and Medium Businesses
(SMB), and EMC's Backup & Recovery Software Solutions. "This is
a new business-building opportunity for Ingram Micro, EMC and our
solution provider partners in both the U.S. and Canada," says Scott
Look, ITS Vice President, Ingram Micro North America. "Adding EMC's
trio of advanced storage solutions to our ITS Division's portfolio
strengthens Ingram Micro's overall value proposition and signals to
our partners that we're serious about growing our mid-market
solutions." Available immediately, the CLARiiON, Celerra and
Centera storage systems are renowned for their advanced
functionality, reliability, scalability and energy efficiency.
Optimized to meet the needs of SMBs and mid-market organizations,
these performance-driven products and solutions enable channel
partners to offer customers easy-to-use solutions to store, manage,
and protect their data. "Expanding our relationship with Ingram
Micro further demonstrates EMC's focus and commitment to the
Channel," says Pete Koliopoulos, Vice President, Global Channel
Marketing, EMC. "EMC's advanced networked storage systems combined
with the support and services found within Ingram Micro's new ITS
Division will bring to market sales synergies that solution
providers can leverage to build more business and add more value to
their service capabilities." To help drive demand for EMC's
products, Ingram Micro's ITS Division will focus efforts on
recruiting and enabling net new EMC partners. Those incremental
partners will help EMC expand its presence in new opportunities
such as the fast growing blade server market. According to Look,
Ingram Micro will also introduce field sales representatives and
field technical consultants who specialize in selling and
positioning EMC solutions and can assist partners throughout the
sales cycle. "Remember, the founding charter for the ITS Division
is to help our manufacturer partners grow their business and make
it easier for solution providers of all sizes to sell and support
complex data solutions," said Look. For more information about
Ingram Micro's new ITS Division and EMC's complete channel product
portfolio solution providers should contact their Ingram Micro
sales representative at (800) 456-8000. About Ingram Micro's ITS
Division Introduced in June 2007, Ingram Micro's Infrastructure
Technology Solutions Division enables manufacturers to grow their
business and makes its easier for solution providers to sell and
support complex data solutions including servers, blades, networked
storage and infrastructure products. 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
broadline global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit
http://www.ingrammicro.com/. Trademarks 2007 Ingram Micro Inc. All
rights reserved. Ingram Micro and the registered Ingram Micro logo
are trademarks used under license by Ingram Micro Inc. DATASOURCE:
Ingram Micro CONTACT: Marie Meoli, WhiteFox Marketing &
Communications, +1-714-680-0335, ; or Dina Vieira, Ingram Micro
Canada, +1-905-755-5000, ext. 55261, Web site:
http://www.ingrammicro.com/
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