No. 1 Distributor Honors Manufacturers for Impressive Channel Growth, Best
Practices and Partner Enablement Programs at 2008 Marketing Symposium
SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM),
the world's largest technology distributor, today announced the winners of the
2007 U.S. Manufacturer Awards of Excellence, including Best New Vendor,
CyberPower, and Channel Community winner, Microsoft. The annual awards
ceremony was hosted by Ingram Micro's executive vendor management team and
took place at Ingram Micro's Marketing Symposium in Anaheim, Calif., on Oct.
25 at the Hilton Anaheim.
Ingram Micro's Manufacturer Awards of Excellence recognizes the
distributor's leading and emerging technology manufacturers and software
developers for outstanding IT Channel performance and partnership, as well as
achievements against measurable objectives, such as revenue, profitability,
marketing programs, solution provider support and services.
This year the Ingram Micro 2007 Awards of Excellence debut two new
award-winning IT categories: Digital Signage and Infrastructure. In addition
the 2007 Leap Award was presented to Oracle for demonstrating outstanding
growth and partnership with Ingram Micro in a broad set of performance
categories including revenue, profit, collaboration, marketing advocacy,
process and logistics. The North America executive vendor management team
including Brian Wiser, Ken Bast and Scott Zahl presented fourteen awards in
all. The winners of the Ingram Micro 2007 Awards of Excellence are:
Best New Vendor - CyberPower
Channel Community Award of Excellence - Microsoft
Components - Intel
Digital Signage - Samsung
Imaging and Document Management - Fujitsu
Infrastructure - Hewlett Packard
Leap Award - Oracle
Mobility - Research in Motion
Networking - Cisco Systems
Peripherals - Lexmark
Security - Juniper Networks
Services - Cisco Systems
Software - Websense
Systems and Notebooks - Hewlett Packard
"The Awards of Excellence winners are in a league of their own when it
comes to leveraging Ingram Micro and understanding the strategic importance
and true sales potential of the solution provider community," says Brian
Wiser, senior vice president sales and vendor management, Ingram Micro North
America. "By working side-by-side with Ingram Micro, these high-performance
manufacturers are notably growing their sales and strengthening their channel
partnerships. It's extremely rewarding to see the ROI these manufacturers
gain by doing business with Ingram Micro and embracing the channel."
Winners of Ingram Micro's Award of Excellence receive priority approval
for and premier locations at Ingram Micro sales and customer events, including
Partner Connections, VentureTech Network and GovEd Alliance Invitationals,
Manufacturer Expo and vertical market-focused events.
To learn more about Ingram Micro's solution provider communities and
business-building resources, visit http://www.ingrammicro.com or call
(800) 456-8000.
About Ingram Micro
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 150 countries and is the only broadline global IT distributor with
operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.
SOURCE Ingram Micro Inc.
CONTACT: Marie Meoli of WhiteFox Marketing & Communications,
+1-714-680-0335, marie.meoli@whitefoxpr.com
Web site: http://www.ingrammicro.com
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