Ingram Micro Now Selling IBM Storage N series

Ingram Micro’s Infrastructure Technology
Solutions (ITS) Division is now selling and supporting the
complete line of IBM System Storage N series hardware, software and solutions
for small-to-midsize enterprises (SME’s).

According to Ingram Micro’s Vice President of Vendor Management Scott
Zahl, the IBM N series boasts a solid line of flexible storage solutions that
unify NAS, Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN storage in a single platform for
partners who are focused on the data center infrastructure needs of small and
midsize businesses. IBM turned to Ingram Micro’s ITS Division to extend its
reach and help more solution providers service and support the growing SME
market segment.

"Storage is a lucrative sale for the IT Channel and will continue to rank
among the New Year’s most in-demand technology solutions for SMB and SME
accounts," continues Zahl. "With the addition of the IBM System Storage N
series, we’ve enhanced our existing IBM relationship and our ability to
provide solution providers with a comprehensive, end-to-end IBM branded
solution that addresses the business challenges of enterprise data management.
It’s really a great way for Ingram Micro, IBM and our partners to kickoff the
New Year."

Available to authorized IBM partners in the U.S. and Canada, the IBM
System Storage N series works within heterogeneous environments and delivers
high-end enterprise storage and data management value with midrange
affordability. The N series also offers built-in enterprise serviceability and
manageability features. These intuitive capabilities help solution providers
to improve performance and scalability, while simplifying storage management,
lowering total cost of ownership, and accelerating clients’ return on
investment.

To help solution providers achieve the necessary IBM authorizations to
sell the N series, Ingram Micro’s IBM storage team will offer a number of
advanced technical and sales training opportunities. In addition, specialized
accreditation and service-provider certification assistance and market
education will be offered through the distributor’s world-class Solution
Centers in Buffalo, N.Y. and Santa Ana, Calif. Configuration and sales tools
will also be made available to partners, along with access to the unrivaled
expertise of Ingram Micro’s field credit analysts and sales, marketing, and
technical engineers to ease pre-sales support.

"The market expertise, technical capabilities, and day-to-day support
offerings found within Ingram Micro’s ITS Division continue to strengthen and
expand our relationships with high-value, in-demand manufacturers like IBM,"
says Scott Look, ITS vice president, Ingram Micro North America. "Our ability
to generate demand and offer world-class support for higher-end technologies
such as the IBM N series presents a unique single-source value proposition to
our partners that they just can’t get anywhere else."

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