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No. 1 distributor expands managed services offerings with new lineup of Microsoft and Windows-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions SANTA ANA, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM) today announced the immediate availability of three new Seismic Hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings including Windows SharePoint 3.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and 2003. In addition, Ingram Micro will launch a fourth on-demand SaaS solution, Seismic Hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, in May 2008. All four SaaS solutions will be delivered as part of Ingram Micro's Seismic Virtual Services Warehouse and can be private labeled by Seismic partners to drive more brand awareness, build value and extend customer loyalty. "Hosted Exchange services are in high-demand and will continue to grow as businesses' reliance on email and mobile devices such as BlackBerries and SmartPhones increases," said Justin Crotty, vice president, Ingram Micro Services Division, North America. "This new lineup of Seismic Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Windows SharePoint solutions enables our partners to capitalize on this booming market opportunity and deliver high-value, private-label, enterprise-grade SaaS solutions to their customers without having to incur any up-front expenses or hire new technicians to complete deployment and manage the services." "Ingram Micro's Hosted Seismic SaaS solutions have made it possible for us to easily offer our clients the same enterprise-class features and benefits that Fortune 500 businesses get from Microsoft Exchange, but at a price they can afford," says solution provider Martin McCarthy, general manager, Synapse Information Technology. "The ability to private-label also brings tremendous value to our company by adding a signature of service that our clients can't get anywhere else." To ensure a positive user experience, Ingram Micro's new Seismic Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions include daily backups. Seismic partners will also receive a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee on shared servers and 100-percent uptime guarantee on dedicated servers. Pricing for the new Seismic Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and 2003, as well as Seismic Hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 SaaS solutions will be based upon the number of users. Upon purchasing these offerings, Seismic partners can private-label the services, modify the web-based control panel with their own branding and establish monthly per user pricing according to what their customer base will bear. Seismic partners can also sell hosted Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 as part of their private-label offerings. All Seismic services, including the Seismic Hosted RMM, Print Monitoring and Management, Online Backup and Restore, E-mail and Web Defense, Network Operations Center (NOC), Hosted Professional Services Automation (PSA), Remote Support, Threat Manager, Log Manager, Help Desk, and new Hosted Microsoft and Windows SaaS solutions, can be purchased together or separately. Seismic's growing portfolio of services is designed to complement many of today's leading managed service platforms. Access to the Seismic Success Support Portal and Partner Forum is free to Ingram Micro Seismic partners. For more information, solution providers can contact Ingram Micro at (800) 705-7057, option 5; send e-mail to ; or visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/servicesdivision. 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/. DATASOURCE: Ingram Micro CONTACT: Marie Meoli of WhiteFox Marketing & Communications, +1-714-680-0335, , for Ingram Micro Web site: http://www.ingrammicro.com/

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