| Ingram Micro Enables U.S. Channel Partners' Growth Initiatives With Increases in Credit Limits |
| Aug 28, 2012 (Marketwire via COMTEX) --Leveraging the expertise of its credit analysts and propensity studies developed by its Business Intelligence Center (BIC), Ingram Micro Inc. ( Collectively the increases account for more than $8 million in available credit and were awarded to a select group of more than 500 pre-qualified channel partners who primarily sell to small and mid-size businesses (SMBs), as well as 175 high-potential channel partners focused on the consumer electronics (CE) space. The chosen partners were identified through a collaborative and thorough vetting process conducted by Ingram Micro's credit analysts, BIC team and sales. "Gaining access to working capital is a challenge for many channel partners -- especially those who are focused on meeting the business technology needs of today's growing SMBs," says Jamie Ferullo, director of sales, SMB, Ingram Micro U.S. "By identifying high-potential partners and extending them greater credit limits, we're helping to remove one of the biggest barriers to earning new and incremental business, and further enabling their success." Within the first few weeks of receiving increases to their credit lines, hundreds of Ingram Micro channel partners have experienced increases in revenue growth and expansion in their sales pipelines. "We had a very large project that needed to be financed and rolled out within a short period of time," says leading system integrator Brian Hogan, president of New England Systems and Software. "The willingness of Ingram Micro and its credit team to work with us helped immensely, and the increased credit line and short approval time allowed us to meet our schedule and come in on budget." Craig Raubenheimer, owner of Boston-based MSP Roan Solutions Inc., also reports immediate gains from the recent Ingram Micro credit limits, and calls Ingram Micro a strategic business partner who understands the needs of his business, and knows what it takes to help his business grow. "By automatically increasing our credit lines, Ingram Micro has opened the door to new sales opportunities that are having a direct and positive impact on our business revenues, and certainly positions us to better meet the financial needs of our customers moving forward," says Raubenheimer. In addition to increasing the credit lines for hundreds of SMB and CE-focused partners, Ingram Micro continues to invest in its team of credit analysts. All Ingram Micro channel partners in the U.S. have a dedicated Ingram Micro credit analyst to support their business. Ingram Micro Credit Analysts understand the industry landscape and have a proven track record for consulting with channel partners to identify the best financing options and secure additional credit as needed. "Growing a business is no easy task," says David Maffucci, president and director of technology for Visionary Computer, an Apple Specialist and Premium Service Provider located in Connecticut who has nearly doubled its sales in the last 12 months. "We needed to identify flexible financing options and get a dramatic increase in our available credit, fast. Thanks to the ongoing support from Ingram Micro and the recent increase to our credit line, we now have the purchasing power and resources a small business like ours needs to prosper and succeed." Channel partners who are interested in speaking to an Ingram Micro credit analyst and want to learn more about the financing options available to them should contact their Ingram Micro sales representative, dedicated credit analyst or the Ingram Micro credit department at (716) 616-4000. More information about Ingram Micro is available at www.ingrammicro.com andhttp://ingrammicroinc.wordpress.com. To learn, see and hear more about Ingram Micro online, follow the distributor on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/IngramMicro; Twitter at www.twitter.com/IngramMicroInc; and YouTube athttp://www.youtube.com/user/ingrammicroinc. 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, 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 145 countries on six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com. |
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Ingram Micro Enables U.S. Channel Partners' Growth Initiatives With Increases in Credit Limits
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Dell SecureWorks Cited as a Leader in Managed Security Services
Date : 3/30/2012
Atlanta, Georgia
Dell SecureWorks has been cited as a “Leader” in “The Forrester Wave: Managed Security Services: North America, Q1 2012” report (March 2012). Dell SecureWorks was among nine Managed Security Services (MSS) providers that Forrester Research Inc. invited to participate in the study.
Forrester states in the report that, “An increasing number of CISOs (chief information security officers) now view security outsourcing as a viable method for reducing costs and improving their security capabilities.”
Forrester evaluated the MSS providers’ current offerings and strategies against 60 criteria, and noted “SecureWorks remains a top player in the very competitive MSS market. Dell SecureWorks’ strongest asset is the quality of its analysts. SecureWorks’ correlation and logic engine technology, as well as its Counter Threat Unit research team, provide clients with the latest emerging threats and ensure that suspicious activity is detected and reported immediately.”
Dell SecureWorks’ proprietary, purpose-built security platform - the Counter Threat Platform (CTP) - filters, correlates and analyzes more than 20 billion events across the company’s customer base every day. Utilizing the CTP and knowledge of the applications and technology customers use, the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit security research team delivers early warnings and actionable security intelligence tailored to each of its customers so they can quickly protect themselves against threats and vulnerabilities before impact.
“We appreciate the recognition by Forrester as a leader in the highly regarded Forrester MSSP Wave” said Mike Cote, vice president of Dell SecureWorks. “Our success in the MSSP market is due to our focus on and relationship with our customers, and our elite, renowned security intelligence that we deliver to our customers,” said Mike Cote, vice president of Dell SecureWorks. “We believe this recognition reflects our more than 14-year dedication to information security services that help customers keep their critical assets safe while enabling them to conduct business more efficiently.”
Forrester mentions in the report that, “MSSPs leverage impressive economies of scale to offer clients an enhanced security environment, cost-effective security, and a scalable and flexible security platform capable of handling future expansion.”
Dell SecureWorks serves as an extension of an organization’s internal team to achieve its security objectives. The company helps organizations dramatically reduce the number of false alarms they have to respond to, helps fill gaps between their resources and their security demands, and watches over their IT systems and data 24 hours a day. Understanding the challenges organizations face with compliance, ever shrinking budgets and even smaller in-house security teams, Dell SecureWorks offers a broad range of information security services and service delivery options, including full outsourcing, co-management, monitoring, and on-demand software-as-a-service.
For a complimentary copy of “The Forrester Wave: Managed Security Services: North America, Q1 2012,” visit Dell SecureWorks’ website at www.secureworks.com.
About Dell SecureWorks: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. Recognized as an industry leader by top analysts, Dell SecureWorks provides world-class information security services to help organizations of all sizes protect their IT assets, comply with regulations and reduce security costs. For more information, visit www.dell.com/secureworks.
About Dell
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to its customers and uses that insight to make technology simpler and create innovative solutions that deliver reliable, long-term value. Learn more at www.dell.com.
Forrester states in the report that, “An increasing number of CISOs (chief information security officers) now view security outsourcing as a viable method for reducing costs and improving their security capabilities.”
Forrester evaluated the MSS providers’ current offerings and strategies against 60 criteria, and noted “SecureWorks remains a top player in the very competitive MSS market. Dell SecureWorks’ strongest asset is the quality of its analysts. SecureWorks’ correlation and logic engine technology, as well as its Counter Threat Unit research team, provide clients with the latest emerging threats and ensure that suspicious activity is detected and reported immediately.”
Dell SecureWorks’ proprietary, purpose-built security platform - the Counter Threat Platform (CTP) - filters, correlates and analyzes more than 20 billion events across the company’s customer base every day. Utilizing the CTP and knowledge of the applications and technology customers use, the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit security research team delivers early warnings and actionable security intelligence tailored to each of its customers so they can quickly protect themselves against threats and vulnerabilities before impact.
“We appreciate the recognition by Forrester as a leader in the highly regarded Forrester MSSP Wave” said Mike Cote, vice president of Dell SecureWorks. “Our success in the MSSP market is due to our focus on and relationship with our customers, and our elite, renowned security intelligence that we deliver to our customers,” said Mike Cote, vice president of Dell SecureWorks. “We believe this recognition reflects our more than 14-year dedication to information security services that help customers keep their critical assets safe while enabling them to conduct business more efficiently.”
Forrester mentions in the report that, “MSSPs leverage impressive economies of scale to offer clients an enhanced security environment, cost-effective security, and a scalable and flexible security platform capable of handling future expansion.”
Dell SecureWorks serves as an extension of an organization’s internal team to achieve its security objectives. The company helps organizations dramatically reduce the number of false alarms they have to respond to, helps fill gaps between their resources and their security demands, and watches over their IT systems and data 24 hours a day. Understanding the challenges organizations face with compliance, ever shrinking budgets and even smaller in-house security teams, Dell SecureWorks offers a broad range of information security services and service delivery options, including full outsourcing, co-management, monitoring, and on-demand software-as-a-service.
For a complimentary copy of “The Forrester Wave: Managed Security Services: North America, Q1 2012,” visit Dell SecureWorks’ website at www.secureworks.com.
About Dell SecureWorks: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. Recognized as an industry leader by top analysts, Dell SecureWorks provides world-class information security services to help organizations of all sizes protect their IT assets, comply with regulations and reduce security costs. For more information, visit www.dell.com/secureworks.
About Dell
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to its customers and uses that insight to make technology simpler and create innovative solutions that deliver reliable, long-term value. Learn more at www.dell.com.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
News Release from AT&T - Enterprise-Class Cloud Services
Analyst Firm Recognizes AT&T as an Industry Leader for Enterprise-Class Cloud Services
Industry Recognition Underscores AT&T’s Vision and Execution in Enterprise Cloud Services
Dallas, Texas, March 13, 2012
Prominent analyst firm Gartner Inc. has named AT&T* a Leader in its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting.1
“We feel this recognition is further verification that our strategy of embedding cloud solutions into our network is translating into more reliable, innovative solutions for our business customers,” said Steve Caniano, Vice President, Hosting, Application & Cloud Services, AT&T Business Solutions.
The Magic Quadrant evaluated 17 different global enterprise service providers on their ‘ability to execute’ and ‘completeness of vision’ in managed hosting, which combines data center facilities with managed network, storage and computing services and includes cloud services. Companies named in the “Leaders” quadrant “have proved they have staying power in this market, can frequently innovate on their existing products and can be relied on for enterprise-class needs. They have proved their technical competence and ability to deliver services to a wide range of customers. They address multiple use cases with stand-alone or integrated solutions,” according to Gartner.
“As we continue to evolve our cloud services for businesses, Gartner’s recognition of our strengths inmanaged hosting, cloud, and support services underscores our commitment to delivering industry-leading enterprise-class solutions,” said Caniano.
This latest announcement follows AT&T’s recent launch of new solutions and updates to its roster of cloud services, designed meet the needs of a wide variety of users – from large and medium enterprises to developers and internet-centric businesses – including:
- AT&T Synaptic Compute as a ServiceSM with VMware vCloud® Datacenter Service: news release; sign up here
- AT&T Unified Communications Services: news release; sign up here
- AT&T Cloud Architect: news release; sign up here
- AT&T Platform as a Service: news release; sign up here
AT&T’s portfolio of cloud services also includes AT&T Synaptic Storage as a ServiceSM, and AT&T Synaptic HostingSM and a full array of dedicated and virtualized hosting and applications solutions.
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