Ingram Micro Expands Data Center Solutions Portfolio, Announces Support for Cisco UCS

Ingram Micro Expands Data Center Solutions Portfolio, Announces Support for
Cisco UCS
World's Top IT Distributor Sees Data Center and IT Infrastructure Solutions as
a High Growth Category Expanding the Addressable Market For Channel Partners

SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Expanding its value-added IT
solutions portfolio, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced its ongoing
global support of Cisco's data center strategy, which includes the recent
launch of its Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) portfolio.

The new Cisco UCS portfolio which consists of the B-series blade servers and
C-series rack-mount servers, as well as, additional storage, networking and
virtualization products are available to qualified Cisco channel partners
worldwide from Ingram Micro. In support of the new technologies, Ingram
Micro's technical support teams have begun a targeted education and enablement
series tailored to its solution provider partners on Cisco's UCS Portfolio and
the importance of the data center.

"Data center infrastructure is a sizable market opportunity for our channel
partners now that the technologies extend from the enterprise all the way down
to address the business needs of small-to-mid-sized businesses," says Ken
Bast, Vice President, Vendor Management, Ingram Micro. "With the addition of
Cisco's new UCS portfolio, Ingram Micro is expanding the addressable market
for our channel partners and enabling them to build scalable, cost-effective
data center solutions that fit the unique needs of their clients."

"When it comes to building and supporting the core IT infrastructure for a
business, the size of the business is just one of the points channel partners
take into consideration," says Bill Brooks, Director, Technical Support,
Ingram Micro.

"Our channel partners' real business challenge and service opportunity is in
finding the right technology to support the data their customers produce and
consume, and ensure the right levels of security, manageability and
flexibility are built into their clients' networks," continues Brooks.
"Cisco's new UCS Portfolio gives channel partners access to a cohesive system
that unites the core network infrastructure into a single, manageable
solution, which in turn works to maximize network performance while reducing
the total cost of ownership for any size business."

Within the U.S. and Canada, Cisco's new UCS portfolio will be supported by a
dedicated team of highly-skilled data center personnel inside Ingram Micro's
Cisco Business Units. Established earlier this year, the Ingram Micro Cisco
Business Units are comprised of dedicated sales, marketing and technical staff
to cater expressly to Cisco channel partners. Cisco's UCS portfolio will also
be featured within the distributor's two U.S.-based Solution Centers. Live and
online Cisco data center training and education seminars are available now to
channel partners.

"Over the past several months, Ingram Micro has cross-trained and certified a
growing number of Ingram Micro technical support and field sales engineers on
Cisco data center solutions," says Holly Garcia, Senior Director, Ingram
Micro's Cisco Business Unit. "Our team is readily available to help channel
partners take advantage of these high growth opportunities."

For more information on Ingram Micro's Cisco Business Unit visit
www.ingrammicro.com/cisco or call 800-456-8000 ext.7647.

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
approximately 150 countries and is the only global broad-based IT distributor
with operations in Asia. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.

SOURCE Ingram Micro Inc.

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Ingram Micro Inc.