Ingram Micro VentureTech Network: "The Future is Ours"
April 10 2011 - 9:51PM
Marketwired
Demonstrating the power of one to many, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:
IM) today welcomed more than 640 IT channel partners and industry
influencers to the Spring 2011 North American VentureTech Network
(VTN) Invitational.
Taking place in Chicago April 10 - 13, the Spring 2011 VTN
Invitational is themed "The Future is Ours" to highlight the
community's game plan to build upon its strengths, further enable
its industry leadership and spur organic growth by taking VTN
deeper within member and sponsoring vendor organizations.
"The VTN community continues to yield tremendous influence
within the IT industry, serving as an advocate for North America's
channel partners and a strategic advisory council to Ingram Micro
and VTN manufacturer partners," says John Fago, Ingram Micro's
senior director of channel marketing for North America. "In 2011,
we're putting the pedal to the metal -- driving the power of VTN
deeper into our members' organizations to generate greater business
value, thought leadership and collaboration throughout the entire
community."
To accelerate these efforts, Ingram Micro is providing all
Invitational attendees with a Spotme handheld device to use
throughout the event. Dubbed the "Swiss Army Knife" of interactive
meeting tools, Spotme offers participant management tools and
promotes networking and audience response polling all from a single
hand-held device. During the event, Ingram Micro will survey the
VTN community on various topics including the business climate,
market trends and new technologies. Results will be posted to
Ingram Micro's Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/IngramMicroInc.
Best-Selling Author and Top Executives Address
VTN Community Known for attracting the industry's top speakers
and manufacturer executives, the Spring 2011 VTN Invitational
keynote speaker is New York Times best-selling author Marcus
Buckingham. Additional guest speakers include Ingram Micro CEO Greg
Spierkel, Gartner Vice President Tiffani Bova and Ingram Micro Vice
President of Cloud Computing and Managed Services North America
Renée Bergeron. Executive speakers from Cisco, HP, IBM and
Microsoft will also take main stage throughout the
Invitational.
Targeted breakout sessions, presentations and member-led
roundtables focused on business best practices, sales and services
methodologies, market trending and technology will be held
throughout the event. A number of VTN Mastermind meetings, as well
as a new series of VTN Connect sales training and Citrix technical
training sessions, will also be underway. In addition, attendees
will take part in the 2011 "VTN Gives Back Charity" event
sponsoring the American / Canadian Cancer Society.
"The ingenuity, professionalism and thought leadership this
community possesses goes unrivaled in the industry and remains core
to the unique business value VTN brings to its members and
sponsoring manufacturer partners," says Fago. "The VTN community is
thriving and our membership has never been stronger. This will be a
breakout year for VTN and the future is definitely ours."
The Ingram Micro VTN community is represented by 400 members
throughout North America. In 2010, the VTN community's buying power
grew by 20 percent to $1.3 billion. Ingram Micro VTN members are
recognized among the IT industry's best, brightest and most
successful solution providers and MSPs throughout North
America.
For more information on VTN, solution providers and
manufacturers should contact their Ingram Micro sales or marketing
representative and visit www.im-vtn.com. VTN is also active on
Twitter. Follow the VTN Community at www.twitter.com/VTNcommunity.
The 2011 VTN Invitational Twitter hash tag is #VTN2011.
For more information on Ingram Micro visit
www.ingrammicro.com.
Follow Ingram Micro Inc. on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/IngramMicroInc.
About Ingram Micro Inc. 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, technical and
financial support, managed and cloud-based services, and product
aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global
broad-based IT distributor, serving more than 150 countries on six
continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT
products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.
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