Ingram Micro Earns Four ChannelPro-SMB Readers' Choice Awards Including Best Sales Support and Cloud/MSP Service Offering
June 01 2012 - 9:47AM
Marketwired
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced it earned top honors
in four distribution categories in the ChannelPro-SMB 2012 Readers'
Choice Awards including Best Cloud/MSP Service Offering, Best
Financing Options, Best Sales Support and Best Training Programs.
Ingram Micro also received runner-up mentions in the categories of
Best Hardware/Software Catalog and Best Return Merchandise
Authorization Management.
"With this recognition, ChannelPro-SMB readers have further
validated our leadership in the SMB market and within key areas
such as cloud service and partner enablement," says Kirk Robinson,
vice president and general manager, Commercial Markets Division,
Ingram Micro U.S. "These multiple readers' choice wins speak
volumes about the trust that our channel partners have in Ingram
Micro to help build their businesses, add greater business value
and achieve true competitive differentiation."
ChannelPro-SMB readers participating in the channel's first
SMB-focused Readers' Choice Awards cast their votes for the most
SMB- and partner-friendly products, technologies, services,
programs and professional organizations. Nearly 1,000 VARs, MSPs,
systems integrators, custom builders and IT consultants took part
in the multiple-choice survey, which was conducted in the first
quarter of 2012. For each category, readers selected the option
that best satisfied the unique business requirements, work styles
and budgets of their small and midsize business clients, as well as
those that best serve their own partner organizations.
"We congratulate Ingram Micro on this significant achievement.
Our readers are as passionate and selective about the tools they
choose for their businesses as they are about the technologies they
offer to their SMB clients," says Cecilia Galvin, executive editor
of ChannelPro-SMB. "We were gratified to see such a high level of
enthusiasm for the survey on the part of our readers, helping us
compile the first rankings of their kind for SMBs and the channel
organizations that serve them."
Ingram Micro's dedication to the SMB market is grounded in its
SMB Alliance community, which provides in-depth business education
and training for SMB VARs in the U.S., with the goal of encouraging
members to learn about best practices and grow their
businesses.
Another competitive differentiator that led to these wins is the
Ingram Micro Cloud (www.ingrammicrocloud.com), which provides
channel partners access to hundreds of business, strategy,
marketing, technical and sales resources including the Ingram Micro
Cloud Marketplace, a transactional, online marketplace where
solution providers can shop, procure, provision and obtain invoices
for their cloud services directly from Ingram Micro.
"We are always honored to receive industry accolades, and those
based on the experiences and opinions of our partners carry the
greatest significance," said Jamie Ferullo, director of sales, SMB,
Ingram Micro. "To earn the title of SMB distribution partner of
choice for the IT channel, Ingram Micro is keeping a relentless
focus on enabling our partners with the technology, solutions,
support and resources needed to advance their business, simplify
sales and add more value to their customers."
For more information about the ChannelPro-SMB 2012 Readers'
Choice Awards, please visit www.ChannelProSMB.com/2012Awards.
Ingram Micro solution providers interested in learning more
about Ingram Micro's Small Business Group, please contact your
Ingram Micro sales representative. Channel partners who want to
become an Ingram Micro reseller partner can contact the
distributor's New Accounts sales team at (800) 456-8000 x41 or
visit www.ingrammicro.com.
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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 145 countries on six continents
with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and
services. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.
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