Ingram Micro Captures Global and Americas Distributor of the Year Awards at VMware Partner Exchange 2011
February 16 2011 - 2:33PM
Marketwired
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced that it has captured
two "Distributor of the Year" awards from VMware. The IT
distributor earned the Global and Americas VMware Partner Network
Awards in the Distribution category. The awards were presented to
Ingram Micro at VMware Partner Exchange 2011, VMware's annual
partner event, on Feb. 9 in Orlando, Fla.
"VMware's partners continue to be the foundation of our
business, and we are pleased to recognize the great work they have
accomplished throughout 2010," said Doug Smith, vice president,
global partner strategy and operations, VMware. "VMware Partner
Exchange brings partners together for training, education and
networking with peers to help deliver enterprise hybrid cloud
solutions to customers -- making this the premier event to help
them strengthen their virtualization and cloud practices and
distinguish themselves in the marketplace. We congratulate Ingram
Micro and we look forward to continuing our work together."
"VMware, virtualization and the cloud play an important role in
our channel partners' solutions portfolios, and represent a strong
and growing sales revenue and services opportunity for all the
players involved," says Scott Zahl, vice president and general
manager, Ingram Micro Advanced Computing Division, U.S. "This
recognition from VMware underscores Ingram Micro's efforts to
deliver best-in-class demand generation capabilities and partner
support for VMware solutions through our Advanced Computing
Division. It also showcases the global business value and regional
success of our targeted enablement programs and specialized tools,
which are proven to accelerate our channel partners' ability to
profitably grow their VMware business here in the Americas and
worldwide."
VMware and Ingram Micro have been doing business together for
nearly 10 years. As one of VMware's top distribution partners and
authorized VMware Service Provider Program Aggregator, Ingram Micro
offers channel partners access to the complete portfolio of VMware
solutions including VMware vCloud® Director, VMware vSphere®,
VMware vFabric™ tc Server and VMware Zimbra®, as well other cloud
computing solutions and services from VMware in a flexible and
cost-effective pay-as-you-go subscription model.
VMware's solutions are also showcased within the Ingram Micro
Experience Center in Buffalo, NY and can be found within both of
the distributor's Solution Centers.
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About VMware Partner Exchange 2011 VMware
Partner Exchange 2011 is the marquis global event for
virtualization and cloud partners, offering more than 150 sessions
and an extensive exhibitor pavilion to demonstrate how partners can
transform their virtualization businesses to deliver enterprise
hybrid cloud solutions to customers. Partner attendees received a
preview into the next generation of programs and products coming
from VMware and offered partners an exclusive opportunity to hear
from VMware executives including Paul Maritz, chief executive
officer; Carl Eschenbach, co-president, customer operations; Raghu
Raghuram, senior vice president and general manager, virtualization
and cloud platforms; Tod Nielsen, co-president, application
platform; Chris Young, vice president and general manager, end user
computing; and Rick Jackson, chief marketing officer.
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.
VMware, VMware vCloud, VMware vFabric, VMware vSphere and VMware
Zimbra are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc.
in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. The use of the
word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership
relationship between VMware and any other company.
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