SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Demonstrating its thought
leadership, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) is pleased to announce it
has been recognized by Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world's
leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry,
with the Cloud Visionary Partner of the Year Award.
Presented at the 2010 Rackspace Partner Leadership Summit Awards
Dinner earlier this month, the prestigious accolade honors Ingram
Micro and its Services Division for the distributor's ongoing
dedication, industry leadership and relationship with Rackspace and
the managed service provider (MSP) and channel community at
large.
In selecting Ingram Micro, Rackspace cited the innovative
distributor's efforts to serve as a thought leader and strategic
channel partner in the cloud computing marketplace, as well as the
success of its Seismic services portfolio. Rackspace managed and
cloud hosting solutions are offered through the Seismic services
portfolio to Ingram Micro's broad reseller customer base across
North America.
"The Rackspace Partner of the Year Awards are our way of
highlighting those partners who've continued to help make Rackspace
the leading specialist in hosting and cloud computing that provides
Fanatical Support® to every company possible," said Christopher Rajiah, Director of North American
Channels for Rackspace. "Ingram Micro's channel enablement efforts
around cloud have made a significant contribution not only to
Rackspace, but also to the IT channel overall. We are pleased to
recognize Ingram Micro as this year's Cloud Visionary."
The Rackspace Cloud Visionary Partner of the Year Award
underscores Ingram Micro's dedication to providing channel partners
with a full portfolio of cloud enablement resources and service
offerings including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), educational
tools and resources such as face-to-face engagements, business
development resources, sales training and webinars. In 2010, Ingram
Micro launched a new services initiative that connects Ingram
Micro’s North America channel
partners with leading cloud computing and hosting vendors such as
Rackspace. The distributor also enhanced its Seismic services
portfolio with a number of new on-demand services and resources
from leading IT vendors.
"We are a services aggregator and have made it a priority to
build a cloud ecosystem that offers our channel partners the tools,
technology and resources necessary to effectively bring to market
and build profitable practices around cloud computing," says
Renee Bergeron, vice president of
managed services and cloud computing, Ingram Micro North America.
"Ingram Micro is honored to play a pivotal role in the growth of
the Rackspace channel partner community and pleased to receive this
award in recognition of our efforts to raise awareness for the
growing value of cloud solutions in today's business world."
For more information about Ingram Micro, visit
http://www.ingrammicro.com/.
Follow Ingram Micro on Twitter at
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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