North America Team Recognized for Driving Growth Opportunities With Innovative IT Channel Sales and Marketing Programs
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company, recently received two coveted distribution partner awards from industry giant IBM.
Presented last week at the manufacturer's annual Partnerworld conference in Las Vegas by Rich Hume, vice president, Personal Computing Division Americas at IBM, the awards recognize Ingram Micro for its "stellar" ability to recruit, service and support IBM solution providers, as well as generate new business in growing IT segments, such as small- to mid-sized businesses (SMB) and enterprises.
IBM's Personal Computing Division acknowledged Ingram Micro for being its top distribution partner for the Americas and for achieving the leading market share position in the United States. The honor also recognizes distribution partners that demonstrated strong regional sales, as well as excellence in service and support to the IT reseller channel.
"This honor is testament to the continuing success of our strategic partnership with IBM," said Kevin Murai, president, Ingram Micro North America. "Together, we are increasing market share and driving profitable growth for IBM, our solution provider partners and the channel."
In addition, IBM Software named Ingram Micro its "Top Recruiter" in 2003 -- a direct result of the distributor's success in recruiting 52 new business partners for IBM software. "Attracting new business partners who are trained and resourced to provide a higher level of service and support to the SMB market is an important growth objective for IBM and, as their strategic partner, we understand that," said Murai. "By building comprehensive, results-driven marketing plans, we're not only differentiating ourselves from our competitors, but we're helping IBM target the right customers within the right market segments."
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 services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 100 countries and is the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.
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