The Channel's No. 1 Distribution Partner Recognizes IT Vendors for Impressive Growth, Best Practices and Partner Enablement Programs at 2009 Marketing Symposium
SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing IT companies with
smart partnership strategies, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced the
winners of the 2008 U.S. Vendor Awards of Excellence, which were presented
yesterday at the distributor's annual Marketing Symposium in Anaheim, Calif.
This year's winners include Best New Vendor, Fortinet, and Channel
Community winner, Cisco. Other standout vendors included MX Logic who raised
the bar to earn this year's 2008 Services Award for its success within Ingram
Micro's Seismic Virtual Services Warehouse. In addition, the 2008 Leap Award
was awarded to both EMC Corporation and Trend Micro for outstanding growth and
partnership with Ingram Micro across the board.
Ingram Micro's 2008 Vendor Awards of Excellence recognize 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.
The winners of Ingram Micro's 2008 Awards of Excellence are:
Best New Vendor Fortinet
Channel Community Award of Excellence Cisco
Components Intel
Digital Signage Samsung Electronics America
Imaging and Document Management Canon USA
Infrastructure Hewlett Packard
Leap Award EMC Corporation and Trend Micro
Mobility Research in Motion
Networking Cisco
Peripherals NEC Display Solutions of America
Security Juniper Networks
Services MX Logic
Software Citrix Systems, Inc.
Systems and Notebooks Sony
"The 2008 Vendor Awards of Excellence winners have developed innovative
ways of partnering with Ingram Micro and enabling our solution providers,"
says Brian Wiser, senior vice president sales and vendor management, Ingram
Micro North America. "This group of high-performance channel vendors continues
to go above and beyond to strengthen their channel partnerships by working
side-by-side with Ingram Micro to develop and execute against channel programs
and initiatives that drive value and generate business growth. We're pleased
to recognize these vendors for their continued advocacy and partnership with
Ingram Micro and our channel partners."
The 2008 annual awards ceremony was hosted by Ingram Micro's executive
vendor management team and took place at Ingram Micro's Marketing Symposium on
Oct. 21 at the Anaheim Marriott in Calif. To learn more about Ingram Micro's
marketing services, visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/marketingservices.
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 broad-based global IT distributor with
operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.
SOURCE Ingram Micro
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