Ingram Micro Unveils New Lineup of Cloud-Based Services

Previewed before this week at the Ingram Micro 2011 Spring VentureTech Network Invitational, the new cloud service offerings are managed by industry leaders IBM and Intermedia and include:

Solution providers and managed service providers can purchase the new Ingram Micro compute-on-demand, backup cloud and hosted VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service as part of the distributor's growing IT cloud services portfolio, which can be found at www.ingrammicrocloud.com.

"Cloud-based services just as compute-on-demand, backup and hosted VoIP represent significant business opportunities for channel partners and offer a great entry point for demonstrating the power, convenience and cost savings of cloud computing to business owners," says Renee Bergeron, vice president, managed services and cloud computing, Ingram Micro North America. "We're thrilled to expand our relationships with IBM and Intermedia and bring to market high-value business services that make it easy for resellers to buy and sell cloud services to their end users."

The future of IT services

"Cloud computing is the future of IT services, and as the trusted business advisor to thousands of solution providers and MSPs, it's our mission to ensure the IT channel remains at the forefront of the cloud movement and has the tools, technologies, services and resources necessary to thrive in this new IT marketplace," concludes Bergeron.

About Ingram Micro Inc. As a vital link in the research value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through in a class by itself marketing programs, outsourced logistics, technical and financial support, managed and cloud-based services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global broad-based IT distributor, serving more than 150 countries on six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.

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