Ingram Micro Teams With SAP to Expand Market Reach of Leading Managed Mobility Solutions
April 08 2013 - 8:00AM
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), the world's largest technology
distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device
lifecycle services and logistics solutions, today announced it has
teamed with SAP AG (NYSE:SAP), a provider of enterprise application
software, to help expand the market reach of SAP's enterprise
mobility solutions. Working closely with SAP, Ingram Micro Mobility
expects to leverage its broad and deep value-added reseller (VAR)
channel to drive SAP® solutions further into the
small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) market.
Beginning April 15, 2013, Ingram Micro Mobility will provide its
VAR community access to the SAP mobile platform, which includes SAP
Afaria® mobile device management solution. Ingram Micro VARs will
also have access to SAP's extensive portfolio of more than 300
mobile apps that support tasks from simple productivity to complex
transactions across 24 different industries, employing mobile
devices using iOS, Android, Windows and BlackBerry operating
systems. Leveraging Ingram Micro's extensive distribution
infrastructure and expertise will make the SAP apps available in an
on-demand fashion through the proven Ingram Micro distribution
model to the VAR community and end customers. Ingram Micro and SAP
expect the relationship to benefit VARs and end-users by providing
a cost-effective solution for the SMB market to take advantage of
enterprise-class mobile solution software applications to
dramatically improve productivity.
Ingram Micro, through its recent acquisition of BrightPoint, is
uniquely positioned as the world's largest technology distributor,
with additional leading global mobile device lifecycle management
services. Ingram Micro Mobility has a broad, established reach into
mobile retail channels and extensive VAR relationships that service
the largest base of small-to-medium-sized businesses throughout
North America. On April 8, 2013, at the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit,
Ingram Micro will begin to educate VARs on what it takes to
successfully drive business in a mobility-centric world and how the
SAP mobile platform can best be leveraged in the SMB market.
"We expect this relationship will greatly benefit both
companies," said Bashar Nejdawi, president, Ingram Micro Mobility,
North America. "SAP can further leverage its extensive mobile
product portfolio through Ingram Micro to more cost-effectively
reach small and mid-tier companies that are looking for better ways
to mobilize their business. We have the strongest track record in
developing viable go-to-market strategies across multiple
technology practices and no other mobile channel player can provide
as broad of a connection with the VAR community as Ingram
Micro. In addition, Ingram Micro benefits by providing our
channel access to the latest technology and product and services
offerings in the highly strategic and dynamic mobility space."
"SAP and Ingram Micro are teaming up to serve enterprises of all
sizes, enabling them to quickly and confidently mobilize their
workforces with little complexity, minimal set-up time and lowered
implementation, management and infrastructure costs," said Sanjay
Poonen, president of Technology Solutions and head of Mobile
Division, SAP. "This is the coming together of two great brands —
SAP, a leader in enterprise mobility, and Ingram Micro, a leader in
distribution and mobile device lifecycle services. We expect the
mobile revolution will benefit our joint customers and resellers,
while also allowing thousands of small development firms and
individual developers to innovate on top of SAP's industry-leading
mobile platform and solutions."
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro is the world's largest wholesale technology
distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device
lifecycle services and logistics solutions. 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 and mobile
solutions, technical support, financial services and product
aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global
broad-based IT distributor, serving approximately 160 countries on
six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT
products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.
Ingram Micro Mobility is a leading provider of device lifecycle
services — with the ability to provide complete lifecycle
capabilities from basic warehousing to software loading, order and
accounts receivable management, end-user fulfillment and reverse
logistics, which includes services from repair to refurbishment and
recycling of wireless devices. Visit
www.ingrammicro.com/mobility.
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CONTACT: Ingram Micro
Damon Wright
Investor Relations
714-382-5013
Ingram Micro Mobility
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Media Relations
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