EMERYVILLE, Calif.,
May 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- 365 Data Centers, one of the top U.S. colocation
providers by market presence, today announced a new business
relationship with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world's largest
technology distributor and master cloud services aggregator. Under
the U.S. agreement, Ingram Micro channel partners can further
diversify their offerings by building private cloud services,
running temporary workloads and migrating applications to a hybrid
public-private cloud model in a secure and reliable environment
with access to 365 Data Centers' on-demand colocation services
which are available now via the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace
(www.ingrammicrocloud.com).
"As an official Ingram Micro Cloud vendor, 365 Data Centers
provides the channel with the resources it needs to productize new
cloud services through reliable, secure and no-commitment offerings
that make it easy to consume the services available in our data
centers," said Keao Caindec, Chief
Marketing Officer, 365 Data Centers. "Ingram Micro is the world's largest IT
distributor and a master aggregator of cloud services and solutions
that are proven to accelerate partners' cloud practices and
sales. Targeting the channel with a business service focus
allows 365 Data Centers to concentrate its efforts on helping VARs
and MSPs build cloud environments that are tailored to their
clients' needs and their own."
365 Data Centers recently launched 365 Quick Start, a
commitment-free, pay-for-use colocation bundle that includes the
cabinet, cross connect, power and internet bandwidth that
businesses of all sizes need in order to ease into colocation. 365
Quick Start specifically caters to small and medium-sized
businesses (SMBs) and the channel market by leveraging 17 downtown
data center facilities across the U.S. and addresses the need for
highly secure and reliable services, providing the assurance
businesses need to run mission-critical applications. By going to
market as part of the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, 365 Data
Centers is able to sell through to thousands of MSPs and VARs,
enabling them to consume data center services with the ease of a
cloud-like consumption model.
"Demand for data center services is growing as more small and
midsize businesses seek to leverage cloud-based services to build
greater efficiencies, performance and scale," says Jason Bystrak, senior director, Ingram Micro
Cloud, Americas. "Ingram Micro is pleased to welcome 365 Data
Centers to our growing Cloud Marketplace's portfolio of products,
solutions and services."
Ingram Micro allows its channel partners to easily and
profitably grow their business by providing technologically
relevant solutions. A market leader, Ingram Micro Cloud offers
fully vetted solutions from vendors in nearly every solution
category throughout North America.
Through the Ingram Micro Cloud Desk, VARs seeking to resell cloud
services to their end users can get the help they need from over
200 technical consultants boasting over 1,100 certifications in
relevant industries. Ingram Micro—a Fortune 100 company—has
successfully connected solution providers with vendors worldwide
for 35 years.
About 365 Data Centers
365 Data Centers provides
secure and reliable colocation services that offer an easier way to
scale business growth and connect to the cloud. Through its 17 U.S.
data centers, 100% uptime SLA, and national network of carriers and
content providers, 365 Data Centers offers flexible pricing models
that let customers pay as they grow with no long-term lock in.
Services are secure and tailored for small and mid-sized
businesses, telecom carriers and cloud service providers. We
partner with businesses, technology leaders and community leaders
to build technology centers that enable economic growth. With 365
Data Centers as a local provider, driving business growth just got
easier. For more information, visit 365datacenters.com.
About Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace
The Ingram
Micro Cloud Marketplace will serve as a transactional online
marketplace for channel partners and IT professionals to educate
themselves, browse, buy, deploy and manage a comprehensive suite of
cloud services with ease and efficiency directly from Ingram
Micro. Under the new worldwide organization, Ingram
Micro is adopting a global platform powered by Parallels that
is built to enhance the Cloud Marketplace's capabilities and
support a much broader and deeper portfolio of cloud management
services and solutions.
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.
SOURCE 365 Data Centers