Ingram Micro's Commitment to the SMB Market Rewarded With Top Honors in Six ChannelPro-SMB Readers' Choice Awards
July 12 2013 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced it earned top honors
in six distribution categories in the ChannelPro-SMB 2013 Readers'
Choice Awards including Best Cloud/MSP Service Offering, Best
Financing Options, Best Sales Support, Best Training Programs, Best
Hardware/Software Catalog and Best RMA Offerings.
"It's extremely rewarding to be named the top-performing
distribution partner in several categories by ChannelPro-SMB
readers for the second year in a row," says Kirk Robinson, senior
vice president and general manager, Commercial Markets Division and
Global Accounts, Ingram Micro North America. "We've made SMB a top
priority and these six readers' choice wins speak volumes about the
trust that channel partners have in Ingram Micro to help build
their businesses, add greater value and achieve true competitive
differentiation."
ChannelPro-SMB readers participating in the channel's second
annual SMB-focused Readers' Choice Awards cast their votes for the
most SMB- and partner-friendly products, technologies, services,
programs and professional organizations. More than 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 2013. 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.
Ingram Micro's dedication to the SMB market is grounded in its
SMB Alliance community and SMB business unit. Both offer in-depth
business education and training for SMB VARs in the U.S., as well
as credit, marketing, technical and sales support. Ingram Micro's
continued leadership within the SMB channel is reflected in the
success of its partners and in particular those noted on the Ingram
Micro SMB 500 (http://im-smb.com/smb500), an annual ranking of the
distributor's top 500 SMB-focused channel partners in the U.S.
"Our SMBA community and SMB business unit are proven to enable
channel partners to build a better business by encouraging best
practices, sharing experiences and providing valuable resources
that help them expand their services and grow more profitably,"
says Jamie Ferullo, director of sales, SMB, Ingram Micro U.S.
Another winning differentiator for Ingram Micro in the SMB
market 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 for more than 170 solutions for their
end customers; plus, they can procure, provision and obtain
invoices for their cloud services directly from Ingram Micro.
"We are honored to receive industry accolades, and those based
on the experiences and opinions of our partners carry the greatest
significance," continues Ferullo. "Ingram Micro is relentless about
enabling our partners with the technology, solutions, support and
resources needed to advance their business, simplify sales and add
more value to their customers. We take the title of SMB Distributor
of Choice seriously and will continue to find ways to help our
channel partners win big in SMB."
For more information about the ChannelPro-SMB 2013 Readers'
Choice Awards, please visit www.ChannelProSMB.com/Awards/2013.
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. 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.
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