Ingram Micro Canada Introduces New Configure-to-Order Services for Cisco Collaboration Solutions
March 05 2014 - 8:00AM
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Ingram Micro Canada Introduces New Configure-to-Order Services for
Cisco Collaboration Solutions
Distributor Now Offering "Out-of-the-Box" Cisco Integration
Capabilities to Reduce Costs, Increase Profitability and Enhance
Customer Relationships for Canadian Channel Partners
MISSISSAUGA, ON--(Marketwired - Mar 5, 2014) - Expanding upon
its advanced integration capabilities, Ingram Micro Canada, a
subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world's largest
wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in
supply-chain and mobile device lifecycle services, today announced
new configure-to-order (CTO) services designed to expedite
deployment, reduce implementation costs and drive sales of Cisco
collaboration solutions for Ingram Micro partners across
Canada.
Available immediately through Ingram Micro Canada's Cisco
Business Unit, the new value-added services accelerate the sales
cycle and creation of custom-built and pre-configured Cisco
collaboration solutions including Cisco Business Edition 6000.
Offered exclusively by Ingram Micro, the new Cisco CTO services
enable channel partners to deploy Cisco collaboration solutions
right out of the box, saving both time and money.
"Ingram Micro continues to build upon its ability to provide
greater value to our reseller partners and help them increase the
speed and efficiency with which they do business," says Dave Mason,
executive director, sales, Ingram Micro Canada. "By providing these
new Cisco CTO services to our mutual partners, we're positioning
them to gain a clear competitive advantage in the market and take
their collaboration business to the next level."
The new CTO service includes a custom-built portal from which
Cisco partners can choose the applications they would like
pre-installed on an end customer's server as well as enter
specifics about the customer's end-user network environment. With
the information captured, each server is then updated, imaged and
configured using the most up-to-date Cisco software. The process
also allows each server to be thoroughly tested to ensure all
components are fully functional and ready for immediate
deployment.
The advanced configuration services are managed by Ingram
Micro's world-class, dedicated Cisco-authorized technicians and
completed in the distributor's highly secure, 25,000 square-foot
Configuration Center in Mississauga, Ontario. Channel partners
leveraging the new services are reporting a time savings of as much
as three days per order.
"Addressing the technical, business and enablement needs of our
reseller partners is a top priority for Cisco and the driving force
behind our relationship with Ingram Micro," says Ian Gallagher,
general manager, collaboration, Cisco Canada. "With these new CTO
services, we're eliminating time-consuming steps in the
configuration process to help our mutual channel partners deliver
world-class collaboration solutions to their end customers in
record time. We're very pleased to team with Ingram Micro on this
endeavor and change the way Cisco collaboration offerings are
ordered, delivered and deployed."
Last year, Ingram Micro Canada announced it was authorized as a
Cisco Unified Computing Systems (UCS) C-Series Build-to-Order
distribution partner in Canada. The designation allows Ingram Micro
to stock, build, test and ship Cisco UCS C-Series servers to
customer specification for authorized Cisco reseller partners
throughout Canada. In addition, the distributor recently announced
it earned three prestigious Cisco Americas Distribution awards
including U.S. Cloud Distributor of the Year, U.S. Security
Distributor of the Year and Canada Collaboration Distributor of the
Year.
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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 and mobile device lifecycle services. 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 170 countries on
six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT
products and services. Visit IngramMicro.com.
Press Contact: Marie Rourke WhiteFox Marketing (for Ingram
Micro) (714) 292-2199
marie@whitefoxpr.com
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