SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Redefining the role of
traditional value distribution, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today
announced two new, integrated technology divisions within its U.S.
operations, as well as additional resources within its core
distribution business.
The new Ingram Micro Advanced Technology and Advanced Computing
Divisions deliver greater opportunity, specialization and business
value to channel partners in the U.S. who market, sell and support
higher-end technology solutions and services. Built to meet the
business and technical needs of vendors and solution providers, the
divisions offer channel partners a comprehensive approach to
identifying and pursuing opportunities within advanced technology
categories such as unified communications, virtualization, data
center infrastructure, network security and storage.
"The addition of these two overarching technology divisions
allows Ingram Micro to provide the specialization, high customer
touch and dedicated resources necessary to further advance our
channel partners into midmarket opportunities and help them capture
more profitable growth," says Keith
Bradley, senior executive vice president and president,
Ingram Micro North America.
The Advanced Technology Division, which is led by Ingram Micro's
Vice President and General Manager, Ken
Bast, supports the development of high-profile and emerging
networking and security solutions, as well as unified
communications solutions. The Advanced Computing Division, led by
Vice President and General Manager, Scott
Zahl, focuses on the growth of advanced computing and
infrastructure technology solutions including enterprise software,
storage and virtualization. Both divisions have access to the
company's experienced partner shared service teams such as credit,
customer service, licensing, marketing, purchasing, IT professional
services and technical support.
"Ingram Micro's new divisions blur the lines between value and
volume and address the advanced technologies and multi-vendor
solutions that are moving the market forward," says Chris Ilg, research director, infrastructure
channels and alliances, IDC. "By aligning the company's resources
to better service the needs of both the vendor and VAR community,
Ingram Micro is evolving its service delivery model to better align
with the future of IT computing."
Ingram Micro Continues to Strengthen Core
Business
Ingram Micro has also made a number of investments to strengthen
its core business such as establishing dedicated teams with
specialized resources that work to navigate the complexities of IT
vendors' order management processes and make it easier for solution
providers to engage. These new teams are focused on the vendor
solutions and organized to simplify the entire quote-to-order entry
process and tracking of all orders from select IT vendor partners.
"These new specialists and incremental resources were added to
ease the process around more complex quoting, as well as the order
management required for procuring advanced technologies and
computing solutions. The new resources will enhance the overall
customer experience and make our vendor management and sales
organization even more efficient," says Paul Bay, executive vice president, Ingram Micro
North America. "With this new game plan in play, Ingram Micro is
building a competitive advantage that is beneficial for us and our
channel partners both now and in the future."
For more information about Ingram Micro, visit
http://www.ingrammicro.com/.
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www.twitter.com/IngramMicroInc.
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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