ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:
IM) is pleased to announce its 2010 SMB Alliance (SMBA) Partner
Invitational, themed "Answers with Authority." The annual Partner
Invitational is taking place this week at the Rosen Shingle Creek
Resort in Orlando.
Led by Huy Nguyen, event host and
director, channel programs for Ingram Micro North America, the SMBA
Partner Invitational assists channel partners in capitalizing on
and breaking into new markets and technologies, as well as provide
valuable breakouts and additional business insight that will enable
them to run their businesses more profitably and with greater
efficiency.
"Servicing the needs of small and midsize businesses remains a
sweet spot for IT professionals and represents a growing sales
opportunity for those channel partners who specialize their
business by vertical and technology expertise," says Nguyen.
"Our 2010 SMBA Partner Invitational offers a number of
vertically-focused workshops and technology breakouts to help our
community members understand and develop the sales and marketing
strategies necessary to grow their business and maximize their
revenue potential," says Nguyen. "Throughout the event members are
also encouraged to network with one another, share best practices
and learn more about the varying growth opportunities and business
resources available to them only through Ingram Micro."
This year's Invitational once again features a great lineup of
guest speakers, member-to-member presentations,
vertical-market-focused breakouts, and informative keynotes from
Cisco, HP and IBM, as well as presentations from top manufacturers
such as Belkin, Lenovo, McAfee, OKI, Sony, Symantec, TrendMicro and
VMware. Featured presenters include members of the Ingram Micro
executive team and successful channel partners, as well
Laura Posey, CEO, Dancing Elephants
Achievement Group; Kendra Lee,
president, KLA Group; Mark S.A.
Smith, co-founder, Outsourced Channel Executives, Inc.; and
Paul Dippell, CEO, Service
Leadership, Inc.
In addition to covering a number of industry topics around
high-performing vertical markets including healthcare and not for
profit, the 2010 SMBA Partner Invitational agenda focuses on
emerging trends and key technologies and services including cloud
computing, managed services, marketing, mobility and professional
services.
For more information about the SMB Alliance, solution providers
and IT vendors can email smb@ingrammicro.com or call (800) 456-8000
x67850.
About Ingram Micro's SMB Alliance
Ingram Micro's SMB Alliance (SMBA) community helps SMB-focused
resellers enter new markets, and provides tools and knowledge to
enter them more profitably. The 3,000-plus members of SMBA enjoy
added attention from manufacturers and access to business-building
resources, tools and training to help them run their businesses
more effectively and efficiently. As a community, members have the
ability to form partnerships, network with peers with similar
business models, share best practices and tap into growth
opportunities not available through other distributors.
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 approximately 150
countries and is the only global broad-based IT distributor with
operations in Asia. Visit
www.ingrammicro.com.
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